Associate Director - Product Management

Associate Director - Product Management

Company Name: Eli Lilly and Company

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.

What You’ll Be Doing

The HEOR Tech at Lilly team in Indianapolis, IN seeks an Associate Director to lead technical transformation strategies and oversee support, release delivery, and innovation for core HEOR applications. The role involves close collaboration with stakeholders—including senior management, technical experts, and vendors—to ensure successful project execution. Responsibilities include enabling information management, evidence planning, data analytics, and AI capabilities to support evidence generation.

The position requires strong leadership, cross-functional partnership, business process analysis, and adaptability to new technologies. As Associate Director – Evidence Generation, in Indianapolis, IN you will report to the Sr Director – Health Economics Outcomes Research.

How You’ll Succeed

• Own and evolve the product roadmap for key HEOR applications by incorporating stakeholder requirements and end user needs.
• Oversee support operations of HEOR evidence planning.
• Lead end user research and stakeholder engagement to define product enhancements and prioritize deliverables.
• Partner with infrastructure teams and vendors to plan and deliver technical solutions, balancing speed, quality, and compliance.
• Advocate for investment by developing business cases and communicating product value and impact.
• Continuously assess industry trends and emerging technologies to inform roadmap decisions.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, and compliance standards.

What You Should Bring

• Proven history of solution delivery.
• Experience managing business platforms.
• Familiarity with SAFe Agile or other scaled Agile methodologies.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate technical requirements into strategic initiatives and vice versa.
• Familiarity with analytics tools and KPI tracking for measuring product success.
• Experience managing vendor relationships and driving work across global teams.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related technical field.

OR

• High School Diploma/GED with 5+ years of experience as an IT professional.
• 5+ years of experience in product management or IT strategy and global program implementation.
• Qualified candidates 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 employment position.

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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $123,000 - $180,400.

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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