Clinical Research Physician - Oncology

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.

ABOUT LILLY: Lilly is a global healthcare leader that unites caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We were founded more than a century ago by a man committed to creating high‑quality medicines that meet real needs, and today we remain true to that mission in all our work. Across the globe, Lilly employees work to discover and bring life‑changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.

ROLE OVERVIEW: As a Clinical Research Physician (CRP), you’ll bring your scientific training and clinical experience to the heart of how we develop and deliver medicines. You’ll play a central role across the product lifecycle — from designing and running global clinical trials through to registration, commercialisation, and beyond. Day to day, you’ll contribute to protocol development, study reporting, and data dissemination. You’ll review publications, support labelling updates, and help shape documents for pricing, reimbursement, and access. You’ll ensure adverse events are reported in line with our patient safety standards, and you’ll engage with regulatory agencies and external thought leaders to advance our science. You’ll also serve as a key scientific resource — advising study teams, contributing to business unit and global product strategy, and supporting medical activities that help get our medicines to the patients who need them. Throughout all of this, you’ll be expected to uphold the highest standards of compliance, ensuring your work aligns with applicable regulations (FDA, ICH, CPMP), Good Clinical Practices, Lilly policies, and the Principles of Medical Research.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Clinical Planning: Collaborate with business unit geographical regions, Discovery, Program Phase Medicine, and Clinical Pharmacology in the development and maintenance of a Draft Launch Label and Value Proposition, the product lifecycle plan, clinical strategies, development plans and study protocol design.
• Clinical Research / Trial Execution and Support: Plan, collaborate on and review scientific content of clinical documents such as protocols, informed consent documents, final study reports, and submissions according to the agreed upon project timeline.
• Scientific Data Dissemination / Exchange: Understand and actively address the unsolicited scientific information needs of external health care professionals in compliance with local laws, global policies, and compliance guidelines.
• Regulatory Support Activities: Participate in development and review of label changes and labeling modifications in collaboration with affiliates, brand teams, regulatory, and legal.
• Business / Customer Support (Pre and Post Launch): Contribute to the development of medical strategies to support brand commercialization by working closely with business unit, brand team, clinical plans personnel and other cross‑functional management.
• Scientific / Technical Expertise: Critically read and evaluate relevant medical literature; know the status and data from competitive products; keep updated with medical and scientific developments relevant to the product.
• General Responsibilities: Support the management team in preparation and administration of the business unit development budget.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Medical Doctor. Must be board eligible or certified in appropriate specialty/subspecialty or have completed the comparable level of post‑medical school clinical training relevant to the country of hiring.
• Experience of international oncology practice.
• Fluent in English; both written and verbal communications.
• Demonstrated knowledge of drug development process.

ADDITIONAL PREFERENCES:

• In depth knowledge of breast oncology.
• Experience with CDK 4 & 6 inhibitors.
• Demonstrated strong communication, interpersonal, organisational, teamwork and negotiation skills.
• Clinical research or pharmaceutical medicine experience preferred.

EMBRACING DIVERSITY: Embracing diversity is at the core of our long‑held value of respect for people. It is the lens through which we understand and respond to the unique needs of the millions of individuals who depend on our medicines. For us, embracing diversity means understanding, respecting, and valuing differences, including but not limited to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.