Associate Director - Business Operations, Catalyze360

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Organization Overview: 
 

Lilly Catalyze360 is a comprehensive approach to enabling the early-stage biotech ecosystem, agnostic of the therapeutic area.  There are three pillars designed to accelerate emerging and promising science, strategically removing barriers to support biotech innovation: Lilly Ventures is our global investment arm; Lilly Gateway Labs offers lab facilities and scientific engagement; and Lilly ExploR&D specializes in R&D solutions.

Through Lilly Catalyze360, biotechs have unique access to our expertise and knowledge, with selected access to subject matter experts, vendors and the connections we have fostered over many years.

Responsibilities:
 

The Associate Director of Business Operations for Catalyze360 is responsible for negotiating a variety of contracts to support drug discovery and development; managing budgets and invoices; and driving process optimization and associated system implementations.  Key responsibilities include:
 

Contracts / Alliance Management

• Collaborate with a variety of stakeholders (including discovery, development, business development/transactions, IT, legal, and finance teams) to draft, negotiate, and manage a variety of contracts, including Sponsorship Agreements, Research Agreements, Consulting Agreements, Master Service Agreements, and Work Orders

• Identify and mitigate risks throughout the contracting process

• Act as alliance manager for key contracted engagements, including addressing and resolving any issues or conflicts that arise

Project Management / Financial Planning

• Track contracted deliverables as well as financial and resource obligations

• Develop budgets and forecasts 

• Support key projects across the team as needed

• Create presentations to communicate updates with leadership

Process Improvements

• Design and manage pilots to improve processes and increase automation, including mapping process flows and identifying and executing process improvements

• Support system configurations to enable process updates

Basic Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s Degree

• 5+ years of business development or supplier management experience, preferably in a biotechnology or pharmaceutical setting with significant experience negotiating and managing drug discovery/development engagements

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• Able to meet strict deadlines, work independently, and multi- task

• Excellent attention to detail and critical thinking skills

• Agile mindset to adapt to change and apply key learnings to new situations

• Experience optimizing the tracking and sharing of information, including establishing new processes and/or systems

• Comfortable with financial / procurement / contract lifecycle management systems

• Strong communication skills

Additional Information:

• The role may be based in Indianapolis, San Diego, San Francisco, Boston, or Remote with minimal expected travel

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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

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.

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