Lilly Hiring Associate Director – Scientific Writing

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Lilly

Location: Bangalore, Karnataka

Position: Associate Director – Scientific Writing

Lilly, a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, is dedicated to improving lives through life-changing medicines, disease management, and community contributions. We are hiring an Associate Director – Scientific Writing to join our team in Bangalore, Karnataka.

Job Details:

Position	Associate Director – Scientific Writing
Organization	Lilly
Qualification	Bachelor’s degree; PharmD, PhD, MA, MBA preferred
Experience	Minimum 1 year
Location	Bangalore, Karnataka
Industry Type	Pharma/Healthcare/Clinical research
Functional Area	Research & Development
Application Deadline	30th July 2024

Job Description:

Personnel Management:

• Recruit and staff positions to meet business needs.
• Develop staff competencies and supervise direct reports.
• Facilitate performance management, personnel, and career development.
• Create a culture of accountability, excellence, and integrity.
• Resolve personnel issues in collaboration with HR and management.
• Participate in succession planning, talent assessment, and reward activities.
• Manage sourcing strategy, ensuring capability and capacity to meet deliverables.
• Prioritize work, assign resources, manage timelines, and shift resources as needed.

Business Planning and Operations:

• Participate in business planning and budget development.
• Oversee metrics development, review/analysis, reporting, and issue resolution.
• Communicate progress of deliverables and risk mitigation strategies with business partners.

Organizational Effectiveness:

• Establish and maintain relationships with internal/external partners.
• Provide functional influence, leadership, and management.
• Ensure audit readiness, quality, compliance, and develop risk management plans.

Strategy Development and Implementation:

• Drive/oversee implementation of GSC/enterprise strategy.
• Develop synergies across teams and functional areas.
• Represent GSC in work stream projects and process improvement initiatives.

External Outreach:

• Understand customer expectations and ensure fulfillment.
• Develop metrics for customer focus.
• Evaluate and act on competitive and regulatory environments.
• Develop and maintain key external contacts and partnerships.

Candidate Profile:

Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Advanced degree (e.g., PharmD, PhD, MA, MBA) preferred.

Experience Requirements:

• Minimum 1 year in developing/supervising creation and delivery of communications/plans.
• 1 year leading/coaching others.
• 3 years in scientific communications/medical writing.
• Experience with tools/systems used by GSC.
• Manager-level or equivalent experience.
• Operations, business planning, sourcing, and metrics/reporting experience.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and teams in a changing environment.
• Problem-solving and conflict management skills.
• Strategy development and implementation skills.
• Exemplary oral and written communication skills.
• Six-Sigma and/or project management experience is a plus.
• Limited travel, including international, up to 15% in a given month.

Application Deadline: 30th July 2024

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