Director Medical Gastroenterology

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our 35,000 employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Eli Lilly Italia is currently searching for Director Medical Gastroenterology. At Lilly, we are inspired to make a difference in people’s lives every day - through the discovery of life-changing medicines, better understanding of disease management and support for people living with illness and their families and friends.

Our work today - from our research programs to our volunteer initiatives - is a reflection of our heritage of uniting caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world.

We are committed to investing in our employees - through competitive salaries, training and development, health, and the opportunity to make life better. The pharmaceutical industry is a complex, rapidly changing environment and we are looking for highly capable people to help us accomplish our mission.

CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

The core job responsibilities may include those listed below as deemed appropriate by line management, as well as all other duties as assigned
- BUSINESS/ CUSTOMER SUPPORT (PRE AND POST LAUNCH SUPPORT)_
- Understand and anticipate the scientific information needs of all local/regional customers (payers, patients, health care providers)
- Actively address customer (payer, patient and health care providers) questions in a timely fashion by leading data analyses and new clinical or health outcomes research efforts.
- Contribute to the development of medical strategies to support brand commercialization activities by working closely with the global Medical Affairs and brand teams, Global Patient Outcomes/Real World Evidence and global PRA, clinical management or personnel and other cross-functional management during the development of the local business plan.
- Contribute as a scientific and clinical expert to activities and deliverables of the PRA organization, in particular giving clinical input and insight to develop payer partnership programs and defend the product value.
- Support business-to-business and business-to-government activities as medical expert.
- Contribute actively on an ongoing basis to the strategic planning for currently marketed brands.
- By offering scientific and creative input, contribute to the development, review, and approval of promotional materials for the brand team.
- Support training of sales representatives, and other medical representatives.
- Become familiar with market archetypes and potential influence on the medical interventions for the product.
- Take a leadership role in defining the Patient Journey and corresponding Moments of Truth based on his/her medical knowledge. Become patient advocate, as well as a medical expert.
- Provide medical insight and training to patient support programs.
- 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.
- Understand and actively address the unsolicited scientific information needs of external health care professionals according to guidelines above.
- Lead and/or support the planning of symposia, advisory board meetings, and and/or the facilitation of other meetings with health care professionals.
- Support medical information associates in preparation and review of medical letters and other medical information materials.
- Support training of local medical personnel, including medical and/or outcome liaisons and health outcomes staff.
- Prepare or review scientific information in response to customer questions or media requests.
- Provide follow-up to information requested by health care professionals as per global SOPs
- Support data analysis and the development of slide sets (through reviewing and/or approving) and publications (abstracts, posters, manuscripts).
- Establish and maintain appropriate collaborations and relationships with external scientific experts, thought leaders, and the general medical community on a local, national, regional, and possibly international basis.
- Develop and maintain appropriate collaborations and relationships with relevant professional societies.
- Support the design of customer research as medical expert.
- Provide congress support (for example, availability to answer questions at exhibits, provide oral and poster presentations, staff medical booth, meet thought leaders, and participate in customer events).