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 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Skills

• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Expertise in neuroscience research.

Benefits

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).

Pay

The anticipated wage for this position is $144,000 - $250,800.

Schedule

This is an On Site position at Lilly Corporate Center in Indianapolis, Indiana and/or Lilly Seaport Innovation Center in Boston, Massachusetts.