Associate Vice President, Pain Early Development

🕒 September 2

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $265.5k - $453.2k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

👔 Vice President

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Eli Lilly and Company

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10,000+ employees

💊 Pharmaceuticals

🏥 Healthcare

🧬 Biotechnology

💰 $6.5M Post-IPO Debt - Eli Lilly on 2024-02

Pharmaceuticals • Healthcare • Biotechnology

Eli Lilly and Company is a multinational pharmaceutical company that researches, develops, manufactures, and markets prescription medicines across multiple therapeutic areas including diabetes, oncology, immunology, neuroscience, and pain. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, Lilly is known for its extensive R&D, clinical development, and global commercialization of biologic and small-molecule drugs. The company focuses on drug discovery, clinical trials, regulatory approvals, and large-scale pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution.

📋 Description

• Define and lead the integrated clinical development strategy for Lilly’s Neuroscience Pain early-phase portfolio from discovery through Phase 2 • Establish governance frameworks and decision-making processes, including go/no-go decisions and stage-gate reviews • Provide senior leadership visibility into portfolio health, pipeline gaps, and development opportunities • Align clinical strategy with long-range business objectives across Lilly Research Laboratories and the Medicines Development Unit • Drive full clinical implementation of the Pain portfolio using innovative and accelerated development approaches • Integrate tissue biomarkers and diagnostics into Pain development programs • Align clinical plans with business unit and Lilly Research Laboratories priorities, including Draft Launch Labels and Value Propositions • Define external portfolio focus across priority biology, novel modalities, diagnostics, and academic collaborations • Establish business development areas and academic partnerships in Pain • Prioritize opportunities based on scientific opportunity, strategic fit, risk, timing, and unmet medical need • Lead execution and integration of partnerships and collaborations • Lead interactions with global regulatory bodies and governmental agencies • Engage external medical and scientific experts in molecule development and clinical trial implementation • Lead scientific data disclosure strategy, including protocols, study reports, publications, and regulatory submissions • Represent Lilly Neuroscience in external scientific forums and meetings • Oversee compliance with adverse event reporting requirements • Integrate early-stage Pain program strategy across Neuroscience and align it with business unit priorities • Drive alignment on governance milestones, go/no-go frameworks, and stage-gate reviews • Manage portfolio-level risk assessment and scenario planning for early-stage pain investments • Establish strategy for the Neuronal Health emerging therapeutic area • Champion early portfolio Pain assets across cross-functional teams and external collaborators • Build, lead, and develop a high-caliber cross-functional team • Serve as a senior role model and culture carrier • Evolve capabilities, frameworks, and operating models for identifying, evaluating, and advancing Pain programs • Coach leaders and teams on portfolio thinking, translational science, and trade-off-based decision making • Foster collaboration across R&D, Medical Affairs, Commercial, Corporate Affairs, and Enterprise External Innovation • Advise senior stakeholders and influence decisions through scientific credibility, insight, and synthesis

🎯 Requirements

• Medical Doctor with board eligibility or certification in a medical specialty relevant to the role, or comparable post-medical school clinical training relevant to the country of hiring • U.S.-trained physicians must have achieved board eligibility or certification • Non-U.S.-trained physicians must have completed education and training at a medical school that meets LCME requirements • 12+ years of progressive experience in analgesic clinical development or pharmaceutical medicine • Deep therapeutic area expertise in pain, including chronic pain • Leadership in early-phase clinical development strategy and portfolio delivery • Ability to influence senior leaders and shape strategic decisions in complex, matrixed organizations • Strong interpersonal, organizational, and negotiation skills • Excellent written and verbal English communication • Track record of leading and influencing cross-functional teams at a senior level • Willingness to engage in domestic and international travel as needed • Knowledge of drug development with a specific focus on early development • Background in external innovation strategy, academic collaborations, or business development in neuroscience or pain • Familiarity with RNA silencing, gene therapy, and novel delivery approaches • Comfort operating with ambiguity and establishing direction in evolving scientific spaces • Track record of driving alignment across R&D, Medical, Commercial, and Corporate Affairs • Experience leveraging data, analytics, and emerging technologies to inform clinical strategy and prioritization

🏖️ Benefits

• Company bonus depending, in part, on company and individual performance • Company-sponsored 401(k) • Pension • Vacation benefits • Medical benefits • Dental benefits • Vision benefits • Prescription drug benefits • Healthcare flexible spending accounts • Dependent day care flexible spending accounts • Life insurance and death benefits • Time off and leave of absence benefits • Employee assistance program • Fitness benefits • Employee clubs and activities