Executive Medical Director, CardioRenal

Eli Lilly and Company; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 250,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Eli Lilly and Company seeks an Executive Director with broad cardiovascular and renal disease expertise to lead clinical development strategies and trials globally. The role requires the ability to direct cross‑functional teams across preclinical, clinical, and regulatory activities, ensuring alignment with safety and regulatory standards.

Strong leadership and communication skills are essential for success in complex, worldwide programs.

Qualifications

• Broad scientific expertise in cardiovascular diseases.
• Experience in developing clinical development strategies and trials.
• Strong track record in leading multi‑functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead global clinical trial strategy and execution across phases.
• Supervise cross‑functional teams including preclinical and clinical operations.
• Engage with regulatory agencies and external experts to advance development programs.
• review protocols, study reports, and regulatory submissions to ensure alignment with GCPs and local laws.
• Provide medical expertise for regulatory documents and safety reporting.
• Collaborate with business units to align development plans with company priorities.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Cardio‑renal expertise

Regulatory interaction

Study design

Education

MD/PhD in a relevant field

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.

Lilly has innovated in diabetes care since 1923, when we introduced the world's first commercial insulin. We are currently building upon this heritage by working to meet the diverse needs of people with diabetes, obesity, and complications. Today, Lilly aims to become the next leader in cardiovascular and renal diseases. We are looking for physician/scientists to provide clinical development leadership to a rapidly expanding cardio‑renal portfolio.

The Executive Director will report to the Senior Vice President of Cardio‑Renal Research and Early Clinical Development and should have broad scientific expertise in cardiovascular diseases. Additional experience in renal diseases is a bonus. He/She should have a demonstrated track record of developing clinical development strategies and trials in various diseases including, but not limited to, heart failure, ASCVD, hypertension, pulmonary hypertension, and/ or CKD. The Executive Director; leveraging her/his scientific training, clinical expertise, and relevant experience; will work with preclinical teams to develop sound preclinical strategies to progress molecules to first‑in‑human trials and develop sound clinical development strategies and trials across all phases of development consistent with best clinical practices. She/He will conduct and support clinical trials in each phase of development. She/He will support commercial decision for compounds in various disease states in other therapeutic indications as determined by Cardio‑Renal and DOCTA management. The Executive Director will also supervise the implementation of global clinical trials; the reporting of adverse events as mandated by corporate patient safety; the review process for protocols, study reports, publications, regulatory submissions and data dissemination. The Executive Director will take a leadership role in interactions with regulatory bodies worldwide and other governmental agencies as needed to advance the clinical development. He/She will also engage external medical and scientific experts as needed to represent Lilly and to engage them in the development of molecules and implementation of clinical trials.

The Executive Director must be aware of and ensure that all activities of the medical team are in compliance with current local and international regulations, laws, guidance (e.g. FDA, ICH, CPMP etc.), Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), company standards, Lilly policies and procedures, company integrity agreements as applicable, and the Principles of Medical Research.

Core Job Responsibilities

The core job responsibilities include those listed below as well as all other duties as assigned.

Clinical Planning

• Collaborate with the Preclinical groups, Clinical Pharmacology, Health Outcomes and New Product Planning in the development and maintenance of Draft Launch Labels and Value Propositions that address key customer needs (patient, provider, and payer); are consistent with known biological characteristics and effects of the molecule; consider all appropriate clinical strategies, development plans and study protocol designs.
• Contribute to global alignment of clinical strategy and clinical plans with business unit and LRL priorities.
• Understand and keep updated with the pre- clinical and clinical data relevant to molecules
• Represent Lilly in external forums where standards, common protocols, assessment instruments, regulatory standards and clinical guidelines concerning drug development

Clinical Research/Trial Execution and Support

• Collaborate with clinical research staff in the design, conduct and reporting of local clinical trials (e.g., sample size, patient commitment, timelines, grants, and governance review interactions).
• Review and approve risk profiles to ensure appropriate communication of risk to study subjects.
• Participate in investigator identification and selection, in conjunction with clinical teams.
• Ensure that operational team has documented the completion of administrative requirements for study initiation and conduct (i.e., ethical review board, informed consent, regulatory approval/notification) consistent with Good Clinical Practices (GCPs) and local laws and requirements.
• Assist in planning process and participate in study start‑up meetings and other activities to provide the appropriate training and information to investigators and site personnel.
• Serve as resource to clinical operations personnel / clinical research monitors, investigators and ethical review boards to address any questions or clarify issues arising during the conduct of study.
• Understand and actively address the scientific information needs of all investigators and personnel.
• Monitor patient safety during the conduct of studies and conduct the appropriate tracking and follow‑up of adverse events, in alignment with corporate patient safety policies and procedures.

Scientific Data Dissemination/Exchange

• Knowledge of and compliance with local laws and regulations, and global policies and procedures, compliance guidelines with respect to data dissemination and interactions with external health care professionals.
• Knowledge of clinical research methodology including latest developments in relevant areas of biomarkers, efficacy measures, diagnostic practices, study designs, safety evaluations and regulatory standards.
• Understand and actively address the unsolicited scientific information needs of external health care professionals according to guidelines above.
• Participate in reporting of clinical trial data in Clinical Trial Registry activities.
• Support the planning of symposia, advisory board meetings, and other meetings with health care professionals.
• Prepare or review scientific information in response to investigator questions or media request.
• Support data analysis and the development of slide sets and publications (abstracts, posters, manuscripts).
• Establish and maintain appropriate collaborations and relationships with external experts, thought leaders, and the general medical community on a national and international basis.
• Develop and maintain appropriate collaborations and relationships with relevant professional societies.
• Support the design of customer research as medical expert in collaboration with New Product Planning.
• Support training of medical personnel, including geographic/affiliate CRPs, medical and outcome liaisons and health outcomes personnel.
• Provide technical support for due diligence activities as needed.
• Participate in data analysis, development of scientific data dissemination, and preparation of final reports and publications.

Regulatory Support Activities

• Participate in development and review of regulatory documents globally in collaboration with affiliates, regulatory, and legal.
• Provide medical expertise to regulatory scientists.
• Support / assist in the preparation of regulatory reports, including INDs, FDA annual reports, regulatory responses and Periodic Adverse Drug Experience Reports (PADERS), preparation for FDA communication and resolution of regulatory issues, including regulatory response, from a global perspective.
• Participate in face to face meetings with FDA, EMEA and other regulatory bodies as needed.
• Participate in risk management planning along with affiliates and Global Patient Safety (GPS).

Business/ customer support (pre and post launch support)

• Contribute to the development of medical strategies to support brand commercialization activities by working closely with business unit, New Product Planning, and business development.
• Understand the scientific information needs of all Development customers (business unit, payers, patients, health care providers