Sr. Advisor Drug Delivery & Injection Physiology

Role Summary

Sr. Advisor Drug Delivery & Injection Physiology at Lilly. The role focuses on studying physiological barriers across various routes of administration to develop patient-centric drug delivery solutions, with emphasis on injection device platforms and novel delivery devices to improve patient care. The group serves as a center of excellence in injection physiology, drug delivery technologies, nanomedicine, and connected devices.

Responsibilities

• Ownership in advancing multiple research projects to advance our injection physiology understanding while collaborating with diverse teams and engaging with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop and champion scientific or technical breakthrough approaches to address complex problems.
• Plan and implement experiments to support product development across novel drug delivery platforms and technologies.
• Understand delivery and device strategy; identify opportunities and obtain support for organizational strategy or scientific direction linked to the business strategy.
• Identify scientific challenges, drive assessment of options, and proactively implement value-added solutions.
• Identify and evaluate potential areas for improvement of patient experience within our therapeutic areas.
• Maintain a deep understanding of injection physiology, device-enabled delivery and theoretical knowledge of drug delivery.
• Engage with the external scientific community to enhance internal research efforts and identify collaboration opportunities.
• Effectively represent area of expertise on multi-disciplinary teams in both internal and external venues.
• Demonstrate technical depth in primary area of expertise, as recognized across function or component. Sought after for coaching and consultation.
• Develop, mentor, and lead junior team members to foster growth and development.

Qualifications

• PhD in Pharmaceutical sciences, Chemistry/Chemistry/Materials Science/ Chemical Engineering or related field with a minimum of 5 years of relevant industrial or post-doctoral experience; or MS with 10 years of relevant experience; or BS with 15 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to run in vivo studies and measure various physiology parameters such as back pressure, sub cut plume geometry, and biodistributions.
• Demonstrated technical mastery and scientific leadership in advanced drug delivery and drug transport through publications.
• Knowledge of drug delivery devices and combination products is preferred.
• In Vivo animal research experience is preferred.
• Self-motivated, dedicated and adaptable to evolving priorities.
• Excellent communication skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a dynamic and multidisciplinary matrixed team environment.
• Ability to travel about 10% of the time.
• Employees may be required to engage with potentially hazardous agents, adhere to specific safety protocols, and/or receive immunizations as necessary.

Skills

• Injection physiology knowledge across injection barriers
• Device ideation, modeling and simulation
• Drug delivery technologies development across modalities and routes
• Nanomedicine and targeted delivery
• Connected devices and digital biomarkers
• Scientific leadership and collaboration
• Experiment design and execution for product development
• External scientific engagement and collaboration

Education

• As listed under Qualifications (PhD/MS/BS in relevant fields as applicable).

Additional Requirements

• Ability to travel about 10% of the time.