Sr. Director - Lilly Ventures Tech Platform Lead

Company: Eli Lilly and Company
Location: Indianapolis
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job Description:

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.Actual compensation will depend on a candidate's education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $162,000 - $237,600.In a company-wide effort to speed innovation to patients, Lilly Ventures leverages emerging external innovation to enable Lilly to influence and better understand the evolving healthcare ecosystem and the role of hardware and software in the context of Lilly's prioritized therapeutic areas. This newly designed role will be primarily responsible for the value pull-through of strategic investments in innovative non-therapeutic start-ups as part of the Lilly Ventures Tech (LV Tech) portfolio. In addition, it will promote a team culture of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.This position on the LV Tech team will be responsible for:

• Creating a world-class experience for LV Tech portfolio companies by facilitating introductions across Lilly and identifying ways Lilly can support them.
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with Lilly functional leaders who could partner with or advise LV Tech portfolio companies, facilitating introductions between Lilly leaders and LV Tech portfolio companies when needed.
• Supporting Lilly functional leaders and LV Tech portfolio companies in defining and executing pilot projects to demonstrate value of LV Tech portfolio company solutions.
• Organizing and reporting on unique insights from LV Tech portfolio companies to be shared with LV Tech leadership and other Lilly senior stakeholders.
• Managing pilot budgets to ensure they're delivered on time and on budget.
• Solving unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business.
• Working within small team dynamics to advance multiple projects simultaneously.
• Coaching and mentoring team member(s) while building a strong team culture of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.Basic Qualifications
  • Graduate degree (JD, MBA, MD, PhD) and 3+ years of experience, OR bachelor's degree with a minimum of 7 years of experience in commercial, business development, alliance management, or drug R&D roles in healthcare or drug discovery and development. Recognized as an internal expert for area of expertise.
  • Business development, External Innovation or Alliance Management experience is a must.Additional Skills/Preferences
    • High level of emotional intelligence with exceptional collaboration with colleagues at all levels.
    • Effective problem solving, analytical, and project management skills to evaluate and resolve highly complex or unusual business and organizational problems.
    • Exceptional business acumen, broad learning agility, and market knowledge.
    • Demonstrated negotiation, persuasion, and influence skills.
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
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