Medical Director: Neurology, Immunology, Oncology -IBU Alliance Markets in Basingstoke

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.

Overall Job Purpose

As a Clinical Research Physician (CRP), this person will be the therapeutically aligned scientist who will play a key role within the Medical Affairs organization. The primary focus of the CRP is to use their knowledge of the specific disease states within immunology, oncology and neurology, available treatments, and investigational compounds to help deliver strategic/tactical medical planning. The CRP plays an important role in the cross-functional partnership, participating and presenting at meetings with government regulatory agencies, medical support for pricing, reimbursement and access (PRA) by providing medical guidance on the PRA plan and interacting with government PRA agencies as needed and leading in local scientific data dissemination.

Key Responsibilities

• Business/Customer Support: Understand and anticipate the scientific information needs of all local/regional customers (payers, patients, health care providers) and actively address their questions in a timely fashion by leading data analyses and new clinical or health outcomes research efforts. Contribute to the development of medical strategies to support brand commercialization activities by working closely with the global Medical Affairs and brand teams.
• Scientific Data Dissemination/Exchange: Establish and maintain appropriate collaborations and relationships with external scientific experts, thought leaders, and the general medical community. Be the scientific expert on Lilly compounds in immunology, oncology and neurology and share this knowledge across partners and Lilly internal team.
• Clinical Planning & Clinical Research/Trial Execution And Support: Represent the clinical needs of the country/region to the business unit medical leadership in the development of clinical strategies, development plans and study protocol design.
• Regulatory Support Activities: Participate in development and review of local labelling and labelling modifications in collaboration with global Development, brand teams, regulatory, and legal.
• Scientific Technical Expertise: Be aware of current trends and projections for clinical practice and access in the therapeutic areas relevant to the products.

Qualification

• Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathy/ MBChB/MBBS with national-council registration.
• Must be board-eligible or certified in a specialty or specialty relevant to immunology, oncology or neurology.
• Fluent in English, both verbal and written; Fluent in Spanish, both verbal and written; fluency in additional local or regional languages an advantage.
• Clinical and/or research experience in immunology, oncology or neurology — with the ability to provide medical support across all three therapeutic areas — strongly preferred.

Key Job Requirements

• Previous TA leadership across geographies.
• Able to lead and provide clear direction to internal and external teams.
• Strong planning and execution skills.
• People management skills.
• Willingness to travel to customers, meetings, and congresses within the Alliances and international (more than 30% of travel time could be required).

Working Arrangement

This role is open to candidates in EMEA locations aligned with Alliances operating hours. Hybrid working may be possible, depending on location needs and local arrangements.