The Senior Director will co-build and co-lead a Lilly Gateway Labs (LGL) program, executing external search and evaluation efforts across assigned geographies to identify biotech partners in areas of interest with innovative assets, targets, and platforms
Job Summary
The Senior Director will co-build and co-lead a Lilly Gateway Labs (LGL) program, executing external search and evaluation efforts across assigned geographies to identify biotech partners in areas of interest with innovative assets, targets, and platforms.
Provide end-to-end development guidance spanning preclinical through proof-of-concept, informed by experience advancing an asset into or toward the clinic in a biotech setting.
Influence and build relationships across diverse internal and external stakeholders in a largely virtual model, demonstrating strong cultural sensitivity across countries and company cultures.
Matching Summary
The Senior Director will co-build and co-lead a Lilly Gateway Labs (LGL) program, executing external search and evaluation efforts across assigned geographies to identify biotech partners in areas of interest with innovative assets, targets, and platforms.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Drug development leadership
Mechanism-to-disease translation
Integrate multiple scientific disciplines
External search and evaluation
Relationship building with stakeholders
Lilly Gateway Labs program co-development
Nice-to-have
Creative thinking and judgment
Strong business acumen
Cultural sensitivity
Mediation skills
Legal acumen for contracts
Key Requirements
Advanced degree (PhD, MS, MBA)
10+ years of experience in pharmaceutical or drug development industry
Direct biotech experience
Experience with search and evaluate and business development