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Purposes/Overview:
Clinical Trial Foundations (CTF) delivers innovative and reliable systems, processes, and information to enable clinical development and speed medicines to patients. The Clinical Design, Delivery & Analytics (CDDA) Information Hub (Info Hub) is a joint business and capability with the goal of enabling "on demand access" to information which has been identified as critical in enabling drug development. The Info Hub focuses on establishing a single, digitized source of information which is accessible and usable across Clinical ensuring quality and timely availability of that information to enable efficiencies across clinical data flow.
The Sr Director, Clinical Information Management has leadership accountability for clinical information management and automation capabilities along with ownership of related technologies. The Sr Director is responsible for developing the information management strategy for the information hub and the automation strategy across clinical processes, to achieve cost efficiencies and improved outcomes for clinical development. The Sr Director is responsible for collaborating with Process Owners, System Owners, CDDA functional leadership and in the development of information management and automation strategies and drive implementation. The ability to align and integrate this work with other CDDA programs is critical to the success of this role and to CDDA in the long-term enabling on demand information and speeding medicines to patients.
Primary Responsibilities:
1. Information Management
Develop, implement, and maintain the clinical information management strategy through effective data governance, stewardship and access processes for key clinical and operational data
Deliver on-demand information for highest priority projects enabling digitization, automation and reuse across CDDA and Lilly in partnership with IT, System Owners and Functional Leadership
Partner across Lilly to adopt and contribute to enterprise data capabilities related to catalog, storage, access and roles
Mature reuse of data to maximize insights and learnings across Lilly
In partnership with CDDA functional leadership and drive continuous improvement in information and process solutions that enable integrated data and analytics capabilities improving processes resulting in simplification, reduced cycle time and decreased costs
2. Process Automation
Develop, implement, and maintain the clinical automation strategy and associated capabilities
Deliver value-based process automation focusing on highest value opportunities in partnership with IT, System Owners, Process Owners and CDDA functional leadership leading to reduction in manual effort. Continually seek and implement means of improving processes to simplify, reduce cycle time and decrease work effort resulting in decreased costs.
3. People Management and Development
Recruit, develop, and retain a scientific and operationally capable workforce skilled in clinical information management and automation, knowledgeable in clinical development processes, and knowledgeable in the application of technology in clinical development
Ensure staff receive appropriate training to perform their responsibilities
Minimum Qualifications Requirements:
Bachelor's degree
Work experience in clinical drug development with expertise in related process, technology and information flows (8 years)
Management experience (1-3 years)
Other Information/Additional Preferences:
Proven ability to develop strategies and translate strategies to plans
Technical background, with experiences in system ownership
Strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to influence broadly across organizations and work effectively across levels
Experience in effectively leading organizational change initiatives
Established network throughout CDDA
Knowledge of emerging IT capabilities used for clinical research
Demonstrated track record of successful execution of complex initiatives
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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate's education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is
$151,500 - $222,200
Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly's compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.