Associate - R&D Communications

100 Eli Lilly and Company; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis is seeking a Scientific Innovations Manager to coordinate project plans, track deliverables, and ensure efficient workflows across the Scientific Innovation Communications team.

The role offers exposure to multiple therapeutic areas, executive communications, and data storytelling while building essential project management and operational skills within a leading pharmaceutical environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage project timelines, deliverables tracking, and workflow coordination.

Job description

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

The Scientific Innovations Manager provides project management, operational support, and surge capacity across all three pillars of the Scientific Innovation Communications function. This role is the connective tissue that ensures the team operates efficiently at the pace Lilly's pipeline demands. Reporting to the Senior Director, Emerging and Portfolio Scientific Communications, with operational accountability across all pillars, this role supports the planning, coordination, and execution of communications activities across the full Scientific Innovation Communications team. The Scientific Innovations Manager ensures that processes run smoothly, deadlines are met, resources are coordinated, tactics are delivered and the team has the operational infrastructure to focus on strategic work. This is an ideal role for a communications professional who wants to build broad exposure across therapeutic areas, executive communications, data storytelling, and consumer science while developing the project management and operational skills that are foundational to a communications career at Lilly.

Key Objectives / Deliverables

PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Manage project timelines, deliverables tracking, and workflow coordination