Director - Neuroscience

About the role

The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated scientific laboratory leader with a solid background in Neuroscience, with an emphasis on psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders. This role involves leading a laboratory in industry and/or biotech that provides critical and robust decisional data, developing preclinical in vivo biomarker assays like EEG for translational early clinical phase development, and working on novel medicines across broad neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a group of dedicated laboratory neuroscientists.
• Lead cross-functional teams in preclinical drug development phase.
• Present data and conclusions to leadership and decision makers in a clear, balanced, and compelling manner.
• Identify, develop, and implement innovative approaches to add functional capabilities and gain new insights into psychiatric and neurological disease biology, target engagement, and pharmacodynamics.

Qualifications

• PhD in Biology, Biochemistry, Neuroscience, Neurophysiology, or related scientific discipline with 10+ years industry or academic experience beyond any postdoctoral positions.
• Alternatively, a Masters degree in Neuroscience, Neurophysiology, or related scientific discipline with 20+ years industry or academic work experience leading a laboratory and leading discovery projects through preclinical development.

Additional Skills/Preferences

• Clear understanding of pharmacology principles and measures of target engagement ex vivo or in vivo to drive human dose projections.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a cross-functional team and translate preclinical biomarkers to clinical development.
• Experience preparing documents for regulatory filings.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work both independently and in cross-functional teams, as well as influence beyond direct reports.
• Demonstrated expertise in Neuroscience research as evidenced by peer-reviewed publication record.

Additional Information

20-30% travel
On-site position at Lilly Corporate Center in Indianapolis, Indiana and/or Lilly Seaport Innovation Center in Boston, Massachusetts
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