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Senior Director, Investigator Engagement - Neuroscience Ta Lead

Lilly
Lilly
10+ years
$151,500 – $222,200
10 Oct. 8, 2025
Job Description
Job Type: Full Time Education: B.Sc/M.Sc/M.Pharma/B.Pharma/Life Sciences Skills: Causality Assessment, Clinical SAS Programming, Communication Skills, CPC Certified, GCP guidelines, ICD-10 CM Codes, CPT-Codes, HCPCS Codes, ICD-10 CM, CPT, HCPCS Coding, ICH guidelines, ICSR Case Processing, Interpersonal Skill, Labelling Assessment, MedDRA Coding, Medical Billing, Medical Coding, Medical Terminology, Narrative Writing, Research & Development, Technical Skill, Triage of ICSRs, WHO DD Coding

Position Title: Senior Director, Investigator Engagement – Neuroscience Therapeutic Area Lead

Job ID: R-88068
Category: Research & Development
Job Type: Full Time, Regular
Location: Preference for Indianapolis, USA; remote considered


🌍 About Lilly

Lilly unites caring with discovery to make life better for people worldwide. Employees:

  • Discover and deliver life-changing medicines

  • Improve understanding and management of disease

  • Contribute to communities through philanthropy and volunteerism


🎯 Role Purpose

The Senior Director is a strategic global leadership role responsible for:

  • Developing and implementing investigator selection and enrollment strategy across the Neuroscience clinical development portfolio

  • Driving global consistency with local customization in investigator engagement

  • Leveraging field intelligence and centralized data to optimize trial design, geographic placement, and enrollment capabilities

  • Ensuring patient-centered, intelligence-driven investigator engagement for inclusive and efficient enrollment

  • Fostering best-in-class investigator relationships across the clinical portfolio lifecycle


🧠 Primary Responsibilities

1️⃣ Strategic Ownership of Investigator Engagement & Enrollment

  • Lead development and execution of data-informed investigator/site strategies

  • Identify priority investigators using historical performance, scientific expertise, and patient access

  • Establish a scalable model for investigator selection, engagement, and enrollment acceleration

2️⃣ Collating Global Insights to Optimize Design & Delivery

  • Collect and synthesize insights from field teams, investigators, and sites globally

  • Influence trial design elements (inclusion/exclusion criteria, visit burden, site placement)

  • Pressure-test enrollment assumptions and refine study designs for feasibility and competitiveness

  • Contribute insights on clinical paradigms, competitive landscape, and investigator needs

3️⃣ Collaboration with CD, PE, and Asset Teams

  • Act as enrollment strategy lead with clinical development teams

  • Align TA priorities, trial design, and patient engagement

  • Share insights to shape protocol decisions and proactively address feasibility challenges

4️⃣ Operational Leadership & Performance Management

  • Monitor site and portfolio-level enrollment performance

  • Identify at-risk studies and implement timely mitigation strategies

  • Implement innovative models like site networks, digital recruitment, and preferred partners

5️⃣ External Collaboration

  • Build long-term relationships with key global investigators and strategic sites

  • Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion in investigator selection

  • Strategically use CROs and external vendors to meet enrollment goals

6️⃣ Leadership, Culture & Quality

  • Model enterprise leadership behaviors and foster an inclusive, high-performing culture

  • Ensure compliance with GCP, internal standards, and regulatory expectations

  • Mentor and develop future leaders through influence and coaching


🎓 Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or health-related field (or equivalent)

  • 10+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience, including drug development and clinical research

  • Legal authorization to work in the country (no visa sponsorship anticipated)

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Postgraduate degree (PharmD, MS, MBA, PhD)

  • Experience leading through transformational change

  • Strong influence, communication, organizational, and negotiation skills

  • Experience managing multi-disciplinary and complex projects

  • Understanding of global drug development processes and quality systems

  • Customer-focused with a results-oriented approach


💰 Compensation & Benefits

  • Salary Range: $151,500 – $222,200

  • Eligible for company bonus

  • Benefits include 401(k), pension, vacation, medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, wellness programs, and more


🔖 #WeAreLilly

  • Equal Opportunity Employer

  • Workplace accommodations available for individuals with disabilities

  • Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) support inclusion and networking, e.g., PRIDE, WILL, VLN, enAble, and others