Retina Thought Leader & Strategy Advisor

100 Eli Lilly and Company; United States; Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 249,000; Full time

Job summary

Lilly in the United States is seeking a Thought Leader Liaison for Retina to translate external expert insights into strategic direction across brand planning, launch readiness, and access. This field-based role emphasizes shaping strategy, building partnerships with retina specialists, and delivering credible, compliant external engagement while supporting both pre-launch and pipeline assets.

Travel up to 50% and collaboration with Medical, Market Access, Marketing, and Compliance are key to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years of ophthalmology or retina experience with specific experience in commercial, marketing, or sales strongly preferred.
• Valid driver's license and acceptable driving record.
• Ability to travel approximately 50%.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with emerging and existing KOLs to support insights generation on topics relevant to commercial strategy, including healthcare system dynamics and payer policies impacting practice decision making and patient access.
• Conduct regular field-based engagements to gather practice-level, competitive, and market-access insights to understand their priorities and role(s) within the broader retina community, and then develop individualized engagement plans.
• Synthesize insights into structured input for brand and franchise business planning.
• Partner with the LRM commercial team to translate KOL and market insight into strategy, messaging, and launch planning.

Skills

Retina experience

Commercial experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Lilly in the United States is seeking a Thought Leader Liaison for Retina to translate external expert insights into strategic direction across brand planning, launch readiness, and access. This field-based role emphasizes shaping strategy, building partnerships with retina specialists, and delivering credible, compliant external engagement while supporting both pre-launch and pipeline assets.

Travel up to 50% and collaboration with Medical, Market Access, Marketing, and Compliance are key to