Associate Director, Medical Affairs Project Management 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. Lilly Medical Affairs delivers improved patient care outcomes through understanding and addressing clinical care gaps, generating integrated evidence, and sharing information through omnichannel engagement. The Medical Affairs Project Manager plays a critical role in delivering improved outcomes for patients by creating, maintaining, and driving the integrated operational plan throughout the asset lifecycle. Responsibilities: Develop the integrated operational, content, or congress plan based on an understanding of strategic priorities and knowledge of the brand plan, customer plan, clinical care gaps, and integrated evidence generation plans. Collaborate with development, medical, marketing, outcomes research, global scientific communications, affiliates, medical education/omnichannel, external engagement, congress team, and/or medical information to ensure key activities and timelines are translated into the operational plan. Drive development and maintenance of an integrated project budget that aligns team, functional, and third-party resources. Develop a change management and team communication plan to drive alignment to critical activities, resolve issues, and manage changes to scope, quality, cost, and timing. Support annual business planning. Deliver on the integrated plan by managing timelines, budget, forecasts, risks, and quality. Lead the team to meet or exceed project goals. Identify and appropriately communicate risks or issues in achieving key project deliverables. Proactively identify and collaboratively resolve capacity constraints or expertise gaps. Support functions responsible for delivery of customer facing information and tactics. Work with these functions to recommend, identify and drive innovative approaches to quickly, efficiently and impactfully share scientific information. Utilize standard project management processes and tools to deliver project goals on time and within budget. Identify and implement solutions for continual process improvement in the planning, flow of information, and execution of medical affairs deliverables. Drive the cross-functional team decision making process, facilitating tradeoff decisions, prioritization, and alignment. Appropriately document and communicate team decisions. Schedule and lead cross functional meetings by providing strong agendas, pre-reads, and meeting minutes. Deliver timely and accurate communication of key decisions and results. Keep project documentation up to date using good documentation practices. Deliver cross-functional results through people utilizing project management, influence, and communication skills rather than direct or positional authority. Basic Requirements: Bachelor's Degree Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position. Additional Skills/Preferences: 5+ years of work experience in the pharmaceutical industry and/or drug development Previous Medical Affairs experience Strong project management expertise, skills, operations capabilities, and attention to detail Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate clearly and succinctly with the team Skilled at using Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Project and other systems to maintain the appropriate project documentation Bias for action with a proven ability to prioritize, focus, and execute amidst competing deliverables Flexibility to adapt quickly and effectively to frequent change and altered priorities Highly collaborative with strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated success in developing effective collaboration in diverse teams Demonstrated success in proactively identifying problems, diagnosing root-causes, and driving toward solutions Demonstrated success in mobilizing teams to action despite ambiguity Ability to apply critical thinking and judgment to achieve results PM certification Applied knowledge of project management tools and processes Higher degrees or certifications (i.e. Master's degree in Project Management or PMP) Additional Information: Position requires approximately 10 - 25% travel - domestic with possible international Remote status supported after proven time in role and with agreement from supervision Flexible work schedule - weekend activities and occasional evening conference calls may be necessary 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. 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. Actual compensation will depend on a candidate's education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $111,000 - $162,800. 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.