Associate Director - Competitive Analytics

JOB DESCRIPTION

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.

Organization Overview :

At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. We make a difference for people around the globe by discovering, developing and delivering medicines that help them live longer, healthier, more active lives. Not only do we deliver breakthrough medications, but you also can count on us to develop creative solutions to support communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.

Purpose of the Job :

Lilly continues to generate tremendous value through R&D, both through our promising internal programs as well as accessing exciting external innovation. We continue to set our sights higher, with a goal of launching multiple high-value NMEs per year and reducing cycle times to speed innovation to patients. Our ability to analyze information on our competitors’ data and strategies to drive decision-making has become a critical element of setting and executing our strategy.

The Associate Director, Competitive Analytics, will influence the broader R&D strategy by collaborating with the R&D team as well as LRL and BU partners. In this role you will provide actionable analyses for therapeutic and functional areas to guide decisions and strategies for scientists, project teams, and management, ultimately enabling corporate initiatives (e.g. Next Gen R&D, 3NME).

Responsibilities :

Competitive Analysis :

Co-lead data integration and analytical frameworks : Develop and implement a structure that connects multiple data sources together to enable improved data quality, optimize analytical capabilities, and enable broad industry trend analyses to produce actionable competitive intelligence that informs portfolio strategy.

Generate competitive value insights from across the industry :   Develop and prosecute hypotheses for different strategies that competitors are leveraging to invest in and deliver their portfolio, develop capabilities, and maximize their value and productivity.

Build and sustain valuable partnerships to drive strategy : Collaborate across the portfolio strategy team to support competitive insight projects with competitive analytics on an ongoing basis. Collaborate with key LRL and BU stakeholders for input on analytical conclusions and communications, incorporating feedback to develop new analyses and reporting capabilities.

Leverage storytelling to communicate & influence : Tailor clear, concise, and compelling messages adapted to each audience. Communicate analyses to key customers beyond the portfolio strategy organization (e.g. figures, tables, and verbal conclusions to scientists, project teams and leadership). Demonstrate mastery of the subject matter, attention to detail and an ability to professionally defend the analyses and conclusions.

Data management and process improvement :

Partner with Decision Sciences and Analytics staff to monitor and communicate progress towards sustainability goals for our portfolio, including speed, success rates, and value creation.

Deliver excellent portfolio review content, ensuring the accuracy of information with high attention to detail reported for pipeline progression and value analyses.

Own the creation and sustainability of data analytics principles, integrating into competitive intelligence processes with a continuous improvement mindset.

Serve as the functional SME / champions for information / data sharing platforms (e.g. Minerva, Penumbra, VITAL, etc.), improving the awareness and availability of competitive intelligence information.

Represent competitive analytics on cross-functional data, system, and analytical improvement initiatives (e.g. Polaris, Prism,).

Design data systems and databases for continuous analytical improvements, including coaching colleagues on best practices to maintain these systems and databases.

In close collaboration with the Portfolio Strategy Decision Sciences team, maintain the internal pipeline database for key peer-set companies and Lilly programs, including connection with Polaris. Lead and improve the overall data update process, partnering with colleagues managing the external data updates, to drive a focus on data integrity, attention to detail, and efficiency.

Anticipate and lead functional improvement efforts, including process updates and new analytical frameworks, to enable faster and more efficient work to meet evolving business needs.

Basic Qualifications :

Bachelors Degree in a health-related, scientific or engineering field

Experience in the pharmaceutical business, R&D processes, and scientific concepts to contextualize analyses and establish credibility to customer base, peers and management.

5+ years of experience in one or more business analytics and visualization tools including (but not limited to) AWS, SQL, VBA, Power BI, Python, or R, etc that enable production of data-driven analyses and insights from competitor data.

Qualified candidate must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this position.

Additional Skills / Preferences :

Advanced degree in life sciences and / or business / finance

Degree or formal training in IT or computer science

Combined fluencies in the life sciences, and business / finance analytics.

Excellent analytical and creative problem-solving skills. Ability to identify and pursue alternative paths of inquiry for challenging questions. Comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty.

Ability to connect sets of data through data translation. A general understanding of database design, data ingestion through APIs, text mining, or other advanced data manipulation capabilities,

Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to simplify and articulate the \ complex

Demonstrated Team Lilly mindset and collaborative approach, including a track record of strong teamwork practices and achieving success by working with others.

Ability to effectively prioritize work and deliver on time-sensitive requests.

High learning agility; able to quickly grasp new concepts and absorb large amounts of information under time pressure.

Skilled in searching out information from both traditional and non-traditional sources, all within the guidelines of our policy.  Ability to work with multiple sources of incomplete data sets and synthesize a “true” understanding of our competitors’ strategies.

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (

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Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include : Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups.

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

$132,000 - $193,600

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and / or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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