Senior Director, Counsel – Litigation, Legal Policy and Strategy

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $199.5k - $321.2k / year

⏰ Full Time

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⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Eli Lilly and Company

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

• Develop and execute strategy and advise senior leadership and the business on litigation, policy engagement, and advocacy addressing laws, regulations, and trends shaping the pharmaceutical industry • Identify and assess potential new affirmative litigation and advocacy opportunities to advance Lilly’s policy objectives • Provide litigation counsel to Government Affairs, Communications, Regulatory Affairs, Lilly Value and Access on legal policy and strategy priorities • Draft and review communications, comment letters, and related materials • Manage litigation, government investigations, and other disputes from strategy through resolution • Lead and manage outside counsel, including developing and overseeing reasonable budgets • Coordinate internal efforts to deliver results within litigation budgets • Engage with government agencies, state attorneys general, trade associations, industry, and outside policy and counsel networks • Build and maintain relationships across Lilly’s legal and business functions • Monitor and analyze litigation, enforcement, and policy developments affecting drug pricing, access, and reimbursement • Report to the Associate Vice President, Assistant General Counsel – Litigation, Legal Policy & Strategy

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and J.D. • Active license to practice law • Clerkship on a federal court of appeals • Minimum of 8 years of experience as a practicing attorney • Experience managing complex litigation and developing and executing strategy at a global company and/or top law firm • Proven track record of success in complex litigation at both trial and appellate levels • Experience taking matters through discovery, dispositive motions, and trial • Experience briefing and arguing appeals • Experience litigating constitutional claims, statutory and regulatory challenges, and APA matters • Demonstrated experience engaging on complex policy issues • Ability to master complex new subject matter quickly and exercise sound judgment • Strong client-service orientation and executive presence • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively across all levels of the company • Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis • Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization or visas for this role • Preferred: Experience litigating class actions, matters involving state and federal healthcare programs, and fraud and abuse laws • Preferred: Experience managing litigation within the pharmaceutical or another highly regulated industry • Enthusiasm for harnessing artificial intelligence and emerging technology to litigate and practice more effectively • Demonstrated leadership and effectiveness in working with senior leadership • Good judgment and meticulous attention to detail • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to influence others • Demonstrated ability to appropriately handle highly confidential information

🏖️ Benefits

• Company bonus depending in part on company and individual performance • Company-sponsored 401(k) • Pension • Vacation benefits • Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits • Flexible benefits, including healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts • Life insurance and death benefits • Certain time off and leave of absence benefits • Well-being benefits, including employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities • Employee resource groups offering support networks

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