Director - Neuroscience
Eli Lilly and Company
Full-time
On-site
Indianapolis, IN
$144,000 - $250,800 USD yearly
Operations
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Role Summary
Director - Neuroscience responsible for leading a laboratory team within Neuroscience Discovery Group, focusing on psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders, and steering preclinical development and cross-functional collaboration to generate translational data.
Responsibilities
- Supervise a group of dedicated laboratory neuroscientists.
- Lead cross-functional teams in preclinical drug development phase.
- Present data and conclusions to leadership and decision makers in a clear, balanced, and compelling manner.
- Identify, develop, and implement innovative approaches to add functional capabilities and gain new insights into psychiatric and neurological disease biology, target engagement and pharmacodynamics.
Qualifications
- PhD in Biology, Biochemistry, Neuroscience, Neurophysiology, or related scientific discipline with 10+ years industry or academic experience beyond any postdoctoral positions.
- Alternatively, a Masters degree in Neuroscience, Neurophysiology, or related scientific discipline with 20+ years industry or academic work experience leading a laboratory and leading discovery projects through preclinical development
Skills
- Clear understanding of pharmacology principles and measures of target engagement ex vivo or in vivo to drive human dose projections.
- Demonstrated ability to lead a cross-functional team and translate preclinical biomarkers to clinical development.
- Experience preparing documents for regulatory filings.
- Excellent communication and presentation of scientific skills.
- Ability to work both independently and in cross-functional teams, as well as influencing beyond direct reports.
- Demonstrated expertise in Neuroscience research as evidenced by peer reviewed publication record.
Education
- PhD or Masters with relevant experience as specified in Qualifications.
Additional Requirements
- 20-30% travel
- On Site position at Lilly Corporate Center in Indianapolis, Indiana and/or Lilly Seaport Innovation Center in Boston, Massachusetts