Hybrid Senior Director – US CV Advocacy, Professional Relations

at Eli Lilly and Company

• Job title: Senior Director – US CV Advocacy, Professional Relations
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $169,500 - $248,600 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Indianapolis, United States

About the role

• Senior Director managing U.S. CV advocacy and professional relations at Lilly, a global healthcare leader. Focusing on building partnerships and advancing advocacy for cardiometabolic health.

Responsibilities

• Support Lilly’s goals to accelerate the reach and scale of our CMH CV portfolio by managing assigned patient advocacy customers and their associated collaborations, sponsorships and memberships
• Collaborate with CMH cross-functional colleagues to advance innovation readiness strategic initiatives to support the launch of key late phase programs, line extensions and other pipeline assets in the CV space
• Work cross-functionally across marketing, medical affairs, communications, global public policy, government affairs, clinical development and development in support of CMH corporate affairs and advocacy objectives
• Provide support for initiatives and projects that align with business priorities, including but not limited to managing Lilly’s corporate relationship with major US CV organizations, customer visits, Lilly-sponsored customer events, meetings and congresses, communications campaigns, coalitions and the fulfillment of sponsorship and membership benefits
• Build and sustain relationships with key CV patient advocacy and professional groups, including identifying partnership opportunities and advocating for programs and policies in support of the CMH portfolio
• Represent Lilly mission and values through customer engagements (e.g. congresses, events, meetings)
• Execute memberships, sponsorships, and partnerships to grow brand equity and strengthen relationships, ensuring commitments and benefits are fulfilled
• Address barriers to access through external relationships and collaborations
• Advance understanding of the science related to priority disease states and molecules
• Build understanding of customer priorities, positions on key issues and other environmental factors important to CMH priorities
• Advocate for policies supportive of key CMH priorities in partnership with the policy and federal government affairs team
• Partner with internal stakeholders to align advocacy efforts with scientific and medical strategies
• Support executive engagement with key organizations and at scientific congresses
• Support internal training and awareness to deepen employee understanding of the patient experience and to educate on patient advocacy best practices
• Oversee and manage internal communications tools and resources to keep business partners informed of A&PR activities and support shared consciousness
• Ensure all advocacy activities comply with regulatory, legal, and ethical standards
• Manage sponsorships, grants, and partnerships in alignment with company policies
• Lead local Indiana advocacy efforts with key cardiometabolic health groups that touch Lilly leadership and employees
• Identify innovative opportunities to communicate the impact of patient advocacy efforts to internal and external audiences.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 10+ years of experience working in or with patient advocacy and professional organizations
• Specific experience or expertise in the cardiovascular disease and work with CV groups/advocacy strongly preferred
• Experience in environmental shaping, policy, marketing, communications or other relevant experience
• Strong communication, leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Passion for and knowledge of the cardiometabolic health space
• Ability to travel up to 25%
• Strong strategic thinking skills with the ability to lead strategy projects, engage others and translate strategy/business priorities into implementation tactics and capabilities
• Comfort operating within ‘white space’ and within a dynamic and shifting landscape
• Demonstrated relationship-building skills, ability to influence others/lead without authority
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experience working and communicating with executives
• Strong interpersonal skills across functional and geographic boundaries as well as across, up, and down the organizational ladder
• Proven success understanding, interacting with, partnering and influencing decisions of external stakeholders
• Understanding of policy landscape and impact on CMH business priorities preferred
• Extreme learning agility, ability to prioritize, problem-solving and multi-tasking capabilities.

Benefits

• 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
• well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities)