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.

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 39,000 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 patients around the world.

Eli Lilly Cork, is made up of a talented diverse team of over 1,600 employees across 38 nationalities who deliver innovative solutions that add value across a variety of Business Service functions including Finance, Information Technology, Medical, Clinical Trials and more. Lilly offers a premium workspace across our campus in Little Island, complete with flexible hybrid working options, healthcare, pension and life assurance benefits, subsidised canteen, onsite gym, travel subsidies and on-site parking. Inhouse People Development services, Educational Assistance, and our ‘Live Your BEST Life’ wellbeing initiatives are just some of the holistic benefits that enhance the career experience for our colleagues.

Come join our team - Be Creative, Be an Innovator, and most of all, Be Yourself!

Purpose:
The Associate Director, Clinical Trial Patient Engagement & Diversity Capabilities is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of Engagement & Diversity Capabilities including Health Literate Content, Graphic Design & Animation, Co-design and Services Management team. They are accountable for forecasting and managing resources to deliver business requirements; including recruiting, developing and overseeing a team of individuals with diverse experiences and ensuring they deliver outputs on time to inform business decisions, optimized for value, speed and delivered within budget. Additionally, the Associate Director must foster collaboration within the team, facilitating the timely sharing of best practices to be applied across programs and vendors. They will work closely with leaders in Patient Engagement, Clinical Capabilities, and the CDDA organization to develop talent with broad drug development experience. It is essential to promote a culture of quality and inspection readiness, driving decisions for the timely and optimized delivery of Lilly assets.

Primary Responsibilities:

Strategic and Technical Leadership:

Accountable for providing strategic, technical and operational direction to a diverse team and ensure that processes for the assigned area(s) of focus (e.g., novel recruitment, patient-facing content) are well integrated within the appropriate Clinical Design Delivery & Analytics (CDDA) functions.Oversee that the team effectively provides value through strategic and technical expertise in the creation of right-sized design strategies, including a successful transition to delivery.  Accountable for ensuring collaboration cross-functionally to successfully deliver work expectations/deliverables, including but not limited to Procurement, Investigator Engagement, Quality, Tech@Lilly, etc.Proactively assess and advise CT PE Senior Director of emerging technical needs or potential changes in strategic direction.

Enterprise Leadership

Responsible for fostering a culture of team partnership and shared learning to identify best practices and standardized approaches to drive efficiency and optimized value.Responsible for ensuring the team collaborate within the team and across Clinical Capabilities and the CDDA to learn broadly about drug development and evolving business practices, share learnings/best practices and standardize/automate processes/tools/outputs to drive impact and efficiency.Responsible for engaging with the Patient Engagement Leaders to continuously assess business needs, ensure innovative and timely delivery of business expectations that meet or exceed expected metrics and value

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Personnel Management and Development:

Responsible for recruiting, developing and retaining an innovative, clinically focused and operationally capable workforce skilled and knowledgeable in the recruitment and retention of patients/caregivers in clinical trials, gathering and distilling insights from patients/caregivers/health care professionals across Lilly’s therapeutic areas and associated assets.Responsible for building a team culture that is inclusive, representative and fosters innovationResponsible for developing staff who demonstrate expertise in drug development, therapeutic area science, project management, cross-functional engagement, and judgment-based decision-making.Responsible for establishing and maintaining a flexible staffing strategy to support changing portfolio needs.Responsible for facilitating performance management, personnel development, and career development through frequent interactions, coaching, transparent feedback, and escalation of issues as appropriate.Responsible for ensuring staff compliance with Lilly Corporate, Medical, Regulatory and other standards, procedures, and other internal and external business requirements, including training requirements

Basic Requirements:

Bachelors Degree in scientific, health or business related fieldMinimum of 5 years experience in pharmaceutical industryPrevious supervisory experienceDemonstrated strong leadership skillsStrong interpersonal and excellent communication (written and verbal), organizational and negotiation skillsDemonstrated ability to influence team members and extended team members

Additional Skills/Preferences:

Advanced (Masters or PhD) degree in scientific, health or business related fieldBroad understanding of the pharmaceutical drug/device development processDemonstrated ability to take strategic knowledge and effectively influence the direction of daily operationsPrior experience in managing complex/cross-functional projectsExperience leading teams through transformational changePrior project management experience and/or experience leading multi-disciplinary teamsMinimal travel required

Additional Information:

Position is located in Cork, Ireland

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

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