Senior Director, Competitive Insights and Strategy

Role Summary

The Senior Director, Competitive Insights and Strategy will integrate complex scientific, technical, business, and market information to generate actionable competitive insights and strategic recommendations for teams, decision makers, and leaders. This role serves as Lilly Research Labs’ trusted expert on the external landscape for drug discovery and development platforms and emerging innovation, delivering enterprise-wide competitive insights across therapeutic areas and informing international market strategy.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the expert on external drug discovery and development platforms and technologies, anticipating competitive shifts to guide strategic priorities and decisions
• Conduct comprehensive company and industry pipeline analyses, both within and outside Lilly's current therapeutic areas, to identify opportunities, assess risks, and guide portfolio prioritization
• Provide tailored insights on priority global markets to inform Lilly’s R&D strategy
• Build strong relationships with R&D leadership, therapeutic area and functional teams in order to translate insights into actionable recommendations, influence complex technical and business decisions, and enable differentiation strategies
• Deliver high-impact portfolio reviews and presentations that simplify complexity and drive strategic decision-making
• Lead the successful delivery of complex initiatives, while championing technical and scientific excellence, strategic insight, and a culture of collaboration and innovation
• Communicate key insights and implications across governance committees and leadership forums

Qualifications

• Required: Four-year degree in an engineering or scientific discipline
• Required: 10+ years of pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry experience with experience in drug discovery and/or development

Education

• Advanced degree (PhD, PharmD, MS or the equivalent) in an engineering, scientific, health-related, or business field

Skills

• Deep intellectual curiosity and a passion for advancing knowledge in cutting-edge science and technologies and emerging or novel therapeutic areas; thrives in ambiguity
• Proven ability to evaluate technologies and platforms across diverse modalities, including oligonucleotide therapeutics and genetic medicines
• In-depth experience analyzing the biotech and pharmaceutical competitive landscape across key Asian markets, particularly China
• Strong strategic thinking and business acumen, including experience in discovery, drug development, business strategy, and influencing leadership decisions
• Exceptional communication skills, capable of synthesizing and conveying complex technical concepts into actionable insights for diverse audiences
• Demonstrated success leading high-impact initiatives and team execution while building relationships with global stakeholders and collaborating across time zones and cultures

Additional Requirements

• Travel < 20%; attendance at key scientific conferences, technology symposia, and strategic meetings required
• Role may require calls outside of core hours to coordinate with global team members and business partners