Role Summary
Sr. Director, Global Medical Affairs, Obesity leads medical affairs strategy and execution for obesity, developing global and regional clinical and medical plans, guiding clinical trials, and ensuring regulatory compliance and safety reporting. The role includes medical information leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and engagement with external experts to advance the patient journey.
Responsibilities
- Develop global/regional clinical and medical plans.
- Conduct and report clinical trials.
- Implement global clinical trials in local affiliates/countries.
- Ensure regulatory compliance and safety reporting.
- Support pricing, reimbursement, and access (PRA) strategies.
- Lead scientific data dissemination and educational program development.
- Business / Customer Support (Pre- and Post-Launch).
- Plan symposia, advisory board meetings, and other HCP engagements.
- Support medical information in preparing and reviewing medical letters/materials.
- Train medical personnel, including liaisons and health outcomes staff.
- Review or prepare scientific information for HCPs or media requests.
- Conduct follow-up as per global SOPs.
- Support data analysis, slide sets, abstracts, posters, manuscripts, and publications.
- Maintain collaborations with external experts, thought leaders, and professional societies.
- Provide congress support (presentations, exhibits, advisory boards).
- Collaborate on protocols and data collection; identify and select investigators.
- Ensure ethics approvals, informed consent, and regulatory approvals per GCPs and local laws; provide scientific training to investigators and site personnel.
- Serve as a resource to monitors, investigators, and ethics boards; review IIT proposals/publications.
- Align Phase 3b/4 (and Phase I/II, if applicable) studies globally; monitor safety/adverse events per policy.
- Track trends in clinical practice and access; evaluate literature and scientific developments.
- Train clinical study teams scientifically; act as a protocol expert for study teams; explore extramural scientific experiences.
- Attend and contribute to medical congresses and symposia.
- General Responsibilities: Serve as an ambassador for patients and the Lilly brand.
Qualifications
- Required: Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathy; board eligible or certified in an appropriate specialty/subspecialty or equivalent post-medical training; US-trained physicians must have board eligibility/certification; non-US trained physicians must meet LCME requirements.
- Preferred: Board-certified/licensed clinician in Endocrinology and Metabolism; clinical/research experience in Obesity; prior pharmaceutical medical affairs and/or development experience; knowledge of the drug development process; strong leadership, communication, teamwork, organizational, and negotiation skills; ability to influence cross-functionally; willingness to travel domestically and internationally; fluent in English (verbal and written).