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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.

Company Overview:

For more than 50 years, Lilly has been dedicated to delivering life-changing medicines and support to people living with cancer and those who care for them. Lilly is determined to build on this heritage and continue making life better for all those affected by cancer around the world. Lilly Oncology is focused on rapidly delivering impactful new medicines for people with cancer. Our approach centers on creating new medicines that unequivocally show early signs of clinical activity and will matter to patients.

**Position Overview** :

External Engagement work is geared towards creating awareness, shifting attitudes, and affecting change around systemic issues impacting our oncology portfolio. EE activities will engage key influencers, including select professional organizations, patient advocates, policy makers (not specific decision-makers) and expert voices. EE responsibilities include delivering analysis, strategy development, and tactical implementation of initiatives that aid in successful approvals, launches and uptake of oncology products. Additionally, this role also supports the implementation of the strategic policy agenda for the OBU, in coordination with the policy and government affairs teams.

The position will report the Executive Director, Oncology Advocacy & Professional Society Relations and will be part of the Oncology Business Unit Corporate Affairs team.

**Position Responsibilities** :

The Associate Director, Oncology Corporate Affairs External Engagement (EE) will work across the Lilly Oncology portfolio to lead assigned projects supporting key programs and initiatives. The position provides strategic support to other Oncology Corporate Affairs team members as well as cross-functionally with organizations including marketing, medical, medical affairs, value and access, government affairs, policy, legal, ethics and compliance, etc.

Primary responsibilities include:

+ Work with members of the Oncology Corporate Affairs team and in partnership with global public policy, government affairs, marketing, medical, value and access, affiliates and external stakeholders to develop and implement initiatives around key programs:

+ Get in front of potential barriers to approval, launch and uptake

+ Partner externally to advance understanding of the science

+ Lay the foundation to create a clear and compelling value proposition for our assets

+ Distill complex concepts into strategies and deliverables to create scientific, regulatory and value campaigns.

+ Build and sustain relationships with select professional groups and patient advocacy organizations, including identifying partnership opportunities and advocating through this organizations for programs and policies in support of the oncology portfolio.

+ Partner with advocacy teammates to deliver an integrated strategy with patient groups to advocate with KOL’s, payers, policy makers and the government to achieve oncology EE goals.

+ In partnership with the Lilly Federal Government Affairs team, advocate for policies supportive of key oncology priorities.

+ Work with Legal and Compliance functions to outline appropriate guardrails related to influencing the external environment.

**Requirements** :

+ Bachelor’s degree.

+ 5+ years of environmental shaping, policy, marketing, value & access, communications or other relevant experience

+ Expertise working in the external environment to advance policy or environment shaping goals

+ Passion for and knowledge of the oncology space

Preferences

+ Strong understanding of the policy levers impacting R&D of and market access to medicines.

+ Experience working in oncology.

+ Strong strategic thinking skills with the ability to engage others and translate strategy into implementation tactics and capabilities.

+ Comfort operating within ‘white-space’ and within a dynamic and shifting landscape.

+ Demonstrated ability to influence others and lead without authority.

+ Excellent written and oral communication skills

+ 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.

+ Experience working with or on behalf of professional, advocacy, government or payer organizations or similar stakeholders.

+ Extreme learning agility and multi-tasking capabilities.

+ Fluency in juggling many projects.

+ Ability to understand the business need and use EE levers to drive the business forward.

+ Strong problem-solving and relationship building skills.

+ Ability to prioritize and make good trade-off decisions.

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form ( https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation ) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups.

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is

$126,000 - $184,800

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).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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