Sr. Director - Scientific Content - Cardiometabolic Health Global Medical Affairs

Job Opportunity At Lilly

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We're looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Primary Responsibilities

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Communication and Storytelling :

• Lead the strategic development and execution of congress narratives, ensuring alignment with overarching scientific strategy, cross-functional priorities, and external engagement objectives.
• Lead in scientific point of view (POV) content creation for molecules beginning at phase 2, ensuring awareness, coordination, and medical POV integration cross-functionally.
• Drive full picture internal understanding and coordination of holistic scientific disclosure roll-out at key congresses.
• Collaborate with CMH Strategy and Operations teams to drive integrated engagement, strategic coherence, and effective medical narrative delivery within medical and scientific channels.
• Leverage emerging technologies, including AI-driven content solutionsto enhance message delivery and engagement with healthcare professionals.
• Experience in evaluating and refining internal workflows to improve efficiency, consistency, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Champion process optimization across internal workflows to improve efficiency, consistency, and cross-functional coordination.
• Evaluates and redesigns internal workflows to improve operational consistency and enable seamless cross-functional collaboration; recognized for implementing systems that elevate enterprise-wide coordination.
• Drives efficiency gains by identifying bottlenecks and introducing scalable process improvements that reduce redundancy, accelerate delivery, and boost team productivity.
• Ability to define success metrics and use data to guide iterative improvements in content strategy and execution.

Effective Leadership, Collaboration & Cross-Functional Partnership Competencies :

Minimum Qualification Requirements :

4-year bachelor's degree + 10+ years working in a role in a Medical Affairs, Development, Marketing or Communications function + Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization and / or visas for this role.

Additional Preferences :

Medical communications agency experience highly preferred + In-depth knowledge of diabetes, obesity and other cardiometabolic disease states + Supervisory or team lead experience + Change-management experience + Formally or informally, experience leading and managing diverse cross-functional teams and complex deliverables + Experience working with executive leadership

Additional Information :

The position requires approximately 1020% domestic and international travel. A flexible schedule is required, including evenings, weekends, and occasional holiday work. This is an on-site position based in Indianapolis, Indiana or surrounding suburbs; full-time remote work is not available. Lilly is an EEO / Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate based on age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate's education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $150,000 - $237,600. Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus.