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. Role Overview: The Associate Vice President and Regional Head of Lilly Gateway Labs, UK/Europe is responsible for providing leadership and oversight to regional sites, local site heads, and associated portfolio companies. This role connects Lilly to an entrepreneurial community in the UK/Europe, fostering innovation and scientific exchange with local life science companies to develop medicines that improve lives. The individual in this role will leverage Lilly's expertise to build and accelerate opportunities into the portfolio, manage strategic oversight of locations and Gateway models, and ensure operational integration across sites. Key responsibilities include establishing Lilly's scientific presence in the region, maintaining effective relationships with companies that align with Lilly's strategic focus, and working closely with regional peers and leadership to manage the Lilly Gateway Labs Portfolio of External Innovation Responsibilities: The role will influence senior leadership and external partners on critical business and technical decisions. The individual will facilitate the flow of external opportunities through the drug development process by ensuring productive interactions between teams, functions, governance bodies, and senior management. They will drive positive exchanges across the development value chain and remove bureaucratic barriers to execution. Importantly, they will represent the regional value Gateway brings to complex business discussions and ensure flawless execution after site entry decisions. Additionally, the individual will assess and address issues related to the "flow" of portfolio projects and provide guidance on portfolio decisions to senior management and identified companies. They will maintain strong links with LRL and portfolio management decision-makers, leveraging mature relationships with key Lilly leadership and stakeholders to ensure the success of the innovation hubs. Functional and Technical Expertise: Recognized as a drug development expert and has an established network across the industry. This leader makes significant decisions guided by experience and industry norms. Applies rigor in the oversight and execution of external innovation and continually evaluates the opportunity to the portfolio (complementary, additive or synergistic). Actively respected as a resource of insights and information on current and future directions and trends and maintains active contributions to LRL next generation research efforts. Applied knowledge of project and portfolio management (e.g. management of integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, regulatory). Extensive experience in driving project and portfolio advancement via clear and succinct communication to all levels within and external to the organization. Influence: Leads and influences innovative thinking / decision-making / integration for new targets / molecules / platforms / capabilities across all Lilly therapeutic areas / grey / white space. In order to present a unified face to potential external partners, the individual will possess a deep understanding of Lilly’s on-going efforts across geographic regions and work to ensure alignment between them. Individual will play an integral role in fostering and maturing relationships with both internal and external partners (including biotechs, venture funds, and academic partners) thereby influencing senior leadership and innovative thinking across multiple functions, and geographies. Ensure integration of efforts through rigorous goal setting, effective teamwork, performance management, collaboration with Lilly groups, and a commitment to serving customers both inside and outside the Company. A key component involves forming and shaping new projects with companies and connecting them directly to Lilly’s internal drug discovery teams as well as securing leadership buy-in and funding to advance these to portfolio inflection points. Leadership: Responsible for maintaining a portfolio of companies that will be housed in Lilly Gateway models in the UK/Europe. These companies will provide a sustainable flow of innovative assets to the therapeutic area portfolios (50%) as well as white space opportunities (50%). Fosters a collaborative environment between Lilly Research Labs and those companies in the LGL innovation hubs. Examples: 1) symposia from specific technical areas e.g. regulatory or business development 2) facilitates connecting companies internally with key technical areas. Focus on excellence in science and people, and a culture based on leadership and teamwork that creates a work climate and culture exemplifying Lilly values. Foster and maintain effective partnerships and knowledge transfers within Lilly. Coach and mentor team members, including performance management and career planning and development Excellent oral and written communication skills; able to develop credibility in a network that spans components inside and outside of the company. This is of critical importance and a track record of handling sensitive confidential data (ideally in 2 and 3 way discussions with entrepreneurs and investors) is required. Excellent self-management and organizational skills; able to independently manage workload, set personal and team priorities and adjust as needed. Strong interpersonal and teambuilding skills; able to create a shared vision and productively manage conflict between team members and diverse interpersonal styles; able to deliver effective coaching and feedback. Well-grounded in business fundamentals with the ability to maintain a corporate view of the portfolio Practical experience leading a team of people to deliver portfolio efforts Able to exercise sound judgment and take and defend tough positions. Minimum Qualifications: Graduate degree (PhD, MD, MBA) with significant experience in the pharmaceutical or related industry drug development Experience with search and evaluate and business development Additional Preferences: Ability to make sound decisions on critical issues with minimum supervision. Demonstrated ability to think and work creatively; exhibiting sound judgment and risk management practices to effectively make decisions. Strong business acumen with an ability to apply internal and external business knowledge to execute the strategy. Supervisory experience, as this role will have direct reports. Proven ability to capture support and influence of senior leadership on a consistent basis. Highly developed project management and team facilitation skills. Ability to work across cultures—people, company and geographic. Significant mediation skills across both group and individual interactions. Legal acumen to understand contractual terms and proactively identify issues. Advanced analytical skills and the ability to communicate complex information and analyses to a variety of scientific and non-scientific audiences. Additional Information: Role Located in UK 10-20%, including US 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 ( https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation ) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response. Lilly does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. WeAreLilly