Associate Director – Biostatistics

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Delivery & Strategy

• Develop comprehensive understanding of the Lilly’s Therapeutic areas, Establish and lead a cross-functional team, be a scientific thought leader for the group to enable effective and efficient delivery of high-quality clinical outcomes with aggressive metrics.
• Effectively and efficiently deliver the business unit portfolio with quality, on-time
• Participate in strategy development and monitor metrics for on-time delivery of statistical support
• Assess demand for resources, prioritize work, and resolve issues related to scope of work
• Coordinate resource allocation and tracking for internal and outsourced projects
• Communicate and resolve issues related to statistics with appropriate level of customer team personnel
• Partner with Global leaders in driving project decisions related to clinical data execution options
• Partner closely with other development and administrative functions to effectively plan, forecast, and manage the resources required to deliver all sanctioned projects
• Develop deep therapeutic area expertise within LILLY, BENGALURU teams

Statistical and analytical Capabilities Development

• Establish deep technical capabilities at LILLY, BENGALURU with supervision of direct reports and a total staff comprised of diverse skill set accountable for hands-on statistical activities
• Develop strategies and build, capabilities and expertise within the team catering to advanced statistical capabilities
• Build-up, maintain and foster deep therapeutic, scientific excellence and environmental expertise to ensure accountability and proactive ability to deliver specific business needs

Enterprise Leadership

• Within functional and cross-functional teams, exhibit strong technical know-how, business acumen, strong problem-solving skills and agility to adjust to changing business priorities and needs
• Represent the Statistics, Data & Analytics organization at appropriate internal and external venues to demonstrate the leadership
• Maintain awareness of regulatory requirements, particularly those related to the US, EU, Japan, and China, and be connected externally to be considered an external thought leader
• Be influential as an external thought leader in the area of statistics by being highly connected and driving changes at the industry level
• Ensure that activities are performed according to established guidelines, best practices, and in compliance with all laws and regulations
• Drive continuous improvement of key performance metrics
• Drive shared learning and process expertise between teams within the organization

People Management and Development

• Provide technical leadership in developing future statistics leaders
• Provide leadership in recruiting, coaching and mentoring LILLY, BENGALURU talent and integrating them into global teams
• Recruit, develop, and retain a scientific and operationally capable workforce skilled and knowledgeable in Statistics, Data & Analytics
• Effectively create and manage an agile organization that continuously meets the needs of a changing portfolio
• Build an organizational culture that fosters inclusion and innovation.
• Develop staff who demonstrate expertise in drug development, therapeutic area science, project management and cross-functional leadership
• Develop an organizational talent base that demonstrates judgment-based decision making, and provides leadership in clinical delivery

Qualification & Requirements

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• M.S. or Ph.D. in Statistics/Biostatistics
• Minimum of 10 years of industry experience
• Broad knowledge of the drug development process which includes industry requirements, quality expectations, and practices.

Other Information/Additional Preferences:

• Demonstrated management and leadership capabilities both with internal staff and outside partners
• Strong project management skills
• Exceptional team building and relationship building skills
• Demonstrated ability to influence across boundaries
• Demonstrated ability to think and operate creatively and strategically
• Strong communication skills
• Strong computational capability.

Benefits

• Insurance Benefits
• Retirement Benefits
• Vacation Policy
• Other Perks and Benefits…