Director- RWD Scientist

About the role

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

Strategy

• Drives sustained integration of HEOR from early clinical development through commercialization.
• Develops and oversees HEOR research strategy for compounds in the Lilly portfolio in the relevant therapeutic area(s).
• Serves as a strategic partner on lead/core teams throughout development and/or commercialization.
• Formulates and drives Patient-Focused Outcome, Real-World Evidence, and/or economic value strategies for priority products and geographies.

Study Development and Execution

• Develops bold high-impact science for products across the lifecycle to influence and support evidence needs for Lilly products in support of improving patient outcomes.
• Applies technical expertise appropriate for the role (e.g., scope or depth in statistical analysis, economic modeling, clinical trials, PFO development, observational/epidemiologic research, and health technology or other value assessment) within a therapeutic area.
• Applies disease state knowledge and research methods to solve HEOR issues associated with registration, pricing, reimbursement, and access initiatives.

Organizational Leadership and Influence

• Links technical expertise with business acumen and establishes and maintains strategic relationships with key internal and external decision makers.
• Effectively leads HEOR evidence planning and implementation in collaboration with cross-functional teams across the development and commercialization lifecycle.
• Effectively integrates with and influences key business partners and external stakeholders to achieve goals and outcomes.

Information Dissemination

• Effectively communicates HEOR information to internal business partners, the scientific community, and customers.
• Drives research dissemination strategies and leads research communication efforts including abstracts, posters, podium presentations, promotional materials, and manuscripts.
• Plans for, aligns, and drives application of results/deliverables to increase the impact of HEOR work.

Environmental Awareness

• Maintains awareness of significant developments in disease states in the Lilly portfolio and HEOR field including current HEOR methodologies and applications and other issues as appropriate for the position.
• Anticipates and evaluates future market needs and trends for HEOR information within pertinent therapeutic area and geography of interest.
• Monitors and influences internal and external environmental factors that shape and impact generation and use of HEOR research.

Project Management

• Ensures HEOR projects meet timelines, budget, and scope by coordinating research efforts with cross-functional Lilly business partners and external collaborators as appropriate.

Minimum Requirements

• Doctorate (PhD, MD) in an appropriate discipline (e.g., economics, epidemiology, medicine, pharmacoeconomics, statistics, data science or other relevant sciences).
• 5+ years of experience in creating, executing, and delivering outcomes strategies/projects using advanced methods and analytics.
• Demonstrated 5+ years of hands-on experience with Real-World Data including, but not limited to, high proficiency in the use of statistical language and software (e.g., R, SAS, Python) to efficiently manage, harmonize, and analyze large-scale electronic health and/or administrative medical, pharmacy claims data and translation of research questions into program specifications.
• Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization or visas for this role.

Additional Preferences

• Strong comprehension and communication skills including the ability to translate and disseminate complex scientific information in a clear and concise manner.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate within and across teams.
• Understanding of health care systems in at least one of: US, Europe, Asia.
• Understanding of and experience with health care delivery models and clinical research.
• Technical and analytic capabilities in one or more of the following areas: economic modeling, economic evaluation, cost-effectiveness evaluation, patient-focused outcomes, real-world evidence, burden of disease, epidemiology, statistics, health care policy.
• Demonstrated ability to drive research agendas to completion and dissemination.
• Ability to think and act globally with a customer focus and a solution orientation.
• Location: Indianapolis is preferred; remote upon consideration. Domestic and international travel may be necessary.