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Purpose: The purpose of the Lilly Heath Economic and Outcomes Research (HEOR) team is to accelerate equitable patient access and transform healthcare delivery through the execution of bold, high impact science.

The Associate Vice President, HEOR – Oncology is responsible for the development and delivery of HEOR and RWE plans for a business unit across the lifecycle of each asset including early phase, late phase, and US launch/ post launch work. The leader will provide clinical expertise as well as scientific, strategic, and people leadership to realize the full potential of these capabilities. The clinical leader will serve as the global lead and point of contact for the respective business unit, provide HEOR and RWE strategic leadership to all the assets within that portfolio, and enable the integration and implementation of these strategies with functional, cross functional and, as necessary, alliance partners. In addition to leadership accountability for the team’s work, this leader will have individual ownership of key project work and associated deliverables. The project workload will consume 30-50% of the leaders capacity while the remaining capacity will be focused on team leadership and strategy development and execution.

Responsibilities of the position encompass people management and organizational leadership, strategy development and execution, research and publications oversight and execution, and external engagement as specified below in the key responsibilities section. The leader will attract, develop, and grow talent and build a high performing, diverse, and inclusive team. Additionally, the Associate Vice President will work with the Medical Affairs leadership team to influence broadly and achieve the function’s long term strategic objectives. The leader will report to the Sr. Vice President Global Medical Affairs, Oncology .

Project Workload

• Ownership of individual dedicated projects; approximately 30%-50% of time

• Prioritize and resource the most important, high impact work

• Ensure effective execution of work plans resulting in the development of relevant, reliable, and timely evidence

People Management and Organizational Leadership

• Establish and nurture a work environment and culture that upholds the Lilly values and Team Lilly expectations

• Develop diverse, inclusive, and high performing teams by establishing trust, alignment, and accountability

• Set and communicate performance standards for staff, measure and report execution and impact

• Ensure clarity of roles and responsibilities to enable individual and organizational performance

• Engage, inspire, and motivate individuals to be their very best

• Identify and recruit new talent; intentionally develop technical talent and future leadership

• Develop critical skills/ capabilities of individuals to effectively communicate, influence, and deliver high impact results

• Provide coaching and performance management of personnel to support career growth and business contributions

• Ensure compliance with appropriate internal and external standards and policies

• Collaborate seamlessly across all HEOR teams and Lilly to achieve functional and corporate objectives

• Influence internal and external stakeholders to increase the understanding and use of HEOR and RWE

• Lead and champion innovation and transformation efforts

• Identify and ensure implementation of continuous improvement and simplification initiatives

Strategy Development and Execution

• Drive the early and sustained integration of HEOR and RWE into development and commercial strategies—including early phase, late phase, US launch/post launch throughout the lifecycle

• Operate a world class RWE infrastructure inclusive of data, analytics, and capabilities

• Create the ecosystem and processes to engage in innovative external collaborations

• Drive execution of HEOR brand/product strategies in partnership with cross-functional leaders to optimize impact

• Accountable for design and delivery of platform and disease HEOR and RWE strategy and research deliverables

• Ensure that strategic input, RWE, and Patient Reported Outcomes insights are integrated into product development

Research and Publications Oversight and Execution

• Develop and foster an HEOR and RWE research ecosystem that results in consistent delivery of bold, high impact science that accelerates equitable patient access and transforms health care delivery

• Establish plans for HEOR and RWE activities in alignment with portfolio and product priorities

• Contribute to, review, and approve protocols, contracts, final reports, and disclosures

• Ensure high impact, targeted disclosure and dissemination plans are developed and delivered

• Ensure that appropriate research and publications impact measures and metrics are developed and communicated

• Facilitate strong collaboration between HEOR and cross functional business to optimally support the brand/molecule

• Partner with HEOR leaders to prioritize and ensure on-strategy, on-time, on-budget delivery of all research deliverables

• Work cross-functionally to identify, procure, and leverage real world data sources to enable evidence generation

• Generate, communicate, and broaden the application of RWE internally and externally

• Support and lead the implementation of operational, quality, and business processes

• Ensure regular and transparent communication of project status to functional and cross functional leaders

External Engagement

• Ensure appropriate and effective engagement with payers, third party organizations, and health outcomes academic/government researchers and institutions that support business priorities and objectives

• Partner effectively with policy focused cross functional colleagues to prioritize engagement on key external initiatives and/or environment shaping activities

• Monitor and understand the external environment and use insight to define and articulate future needs and priorities

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Extensive experience/ knowledge in Oncology

• Bachelor’s degree in science

• Previous leadership experience and demonstrated ability to build trust, gain alignment, deliver high performance, and achieve results

• Relevant Drug Development and/or Commercialization experience within the pharmaceutical industry with strong knowledge of payer requirements

• Must be in the United States, preferably Indianapolis

Required Competencies:

• Strong communication skills with the ability to inspire, motivate, and achieve alignment with diverse personnel

• Knowledge of the relevant payer environment including evidentiary standards for formulary and health policy decision making

• Leadership, advocacy, negotiation, persuasion, and conflict management skills at a senior level

• Demonstrated ability to inspire and set strategic direction for diverse individuals and teams while achieving teamwork, engagement, action, and accountability from those individuals

• High emotional intelligence

• Demonstrated commercial awareness, business acumen, and customer focus

• Demonstrated talent recruitment, management, and development capabilities

• Ability to anticipate future external payer environment requirements, thinking broadly, and focusing teams on key business drivers

• Ability to network effectively with and use technical and non-technical skills to be respected and influential cross-functionally

• Leadership skills and problem-solving capability as demonstrated by the ability to evaluate threats and opportunities for payers and plan for appropriate evidence generation within a development program, including complementary research

Other Information/Additional Preferences:

• MD, PhD, PharmD

• Deep therapeutic expertise in research discipline related to HEOR and RWE

• Relevant disease state expertise

• Experience across discovery, drug development, and commercialization

• Proven ability to influence across organizations both horizontally and vertically

• Experience with alliance and/or partnered products

• Strong understanding of the US and global health care systems and environment

• Cultural competency

• Some domestic and international travel may be required

• Lilly currently anticipates that the base salary for this position could range from between $229,500 to $336,600 and will depend, in part, on the successful candidate’s qualifications for the role, including education and experience. Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including 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; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Of course, the compensation described above is subject to change and could be higher or lower than the range described above. Further, Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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