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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

$111,000 - $162,800

At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. For more than 140 years, we have worked tirelessly to discover medicines that make life better. These discoveries start in Lilly Research Laboratories, where our scientists work to create new medicines that will help solve our world’s greatest health challenges.

The Associate Director-Copyright and Translation role is accountable for the final delivery of data collection instruments (English/Translations) used in clinical trials. The C/T associate director also provides guidance on linguistic validations, licensing requirements and contracting. This role is a key part of Lilly's Data and Analytics (DNA) organization's eCOA transformation efforts.

Portfolio Trial Support:

Research scales and measurement of criteria needed for clinical trials.Perform quality review of documents to be provided to study teams.Version control of copyrighted and translated documentsIdentify issues that could impact the delivery of scales and questionnaires and implement risk mitigation plans.Coordinate financial requests to commission copyrights and/or translation work.Oversight of eCOA and copyright/translation vendor performanceProactively Identify risks and develop a mitigation plan.

Enterprise Leadership:

Improving C/T processes to reduce cycle time and decrease work effort.Develop relationships with external copyright holders, help influence and mitigate licensing timeline risks to Lilly trials.Represent DnA processes in cross-functional initiatives.Work with vendor and copyright owners to increase vendor/partner efficiencies.Effectively apply knowledge of applicable internal, external, and regulatory requirements/expectations (MQA, CSQ, MHRA, FDA, ICH, GCP, PhRMA, Privacy knowledge, etc.)Bring external innovation by staying current with industry trends and regulatory policies.

Asset Protection:

Understand the confidential nature of company information and takes necessary steps to ensure its protection. This includes understanding various aspects of Privacy as it relates to the data collected via DnA processes.Strive to maintain data integrity and inspection readiness to ensure the availability of data as evidence of compliance to regulatory requirements and to provide traceability.Ensure that an appropriate confidentiality agreement has been implemented before disclosing confidential company information to TPOs or other external partners.Accept obligation to Lilly for compliance to the integrity of the company.Maintain training compliance for all ethics and integrity focused training including Red Book.

Minimum qualifications:

Master’s Degree in a scientific field with 3 or more  years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry; or bachelor’s degree in a scientific field  with 7 or more years of experience in the pharmaceutical industryQualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position.

Additional Skills/Preferences:

Experience with study development process and ERB submission requirementsClinical trial experience in a capacity such as Data Associate, Study Coordinator, CRA, etc.Understanding of the ISPOR requirements for linguistic validation of instrumentsExperience with electronic Clinical Outcome Assessment (eCOA) data and or development activitiesUnderstanding of FDA CFRs and GCP ICH Guidelines

- Domestic and International travel may be required.

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Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and help our company develop talented individuals for future leadership roles. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, African American Network, Chinese Culture Network, Early Career Professionals, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinos at Lilly, PRIDE (LGBTQ + Allies), Veterans Leadership Network, Women’s Network, Working and Living with Disabilities. Learn more about all of our groups.

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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