Sr. Associate / Manager - Clinical Laboratory Sciences Imaging

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 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 Cork is made up of a talented diverse team of over 2000 employees across 60 nationalities who deliver innovative solutions that add value across a variety of Business Service functions including Finance, Information Technology, Medical, Clinical Trials and more. Eli Lilly Cork offers a premium workspace across our campus in Little Island, complete with flexible hybrid working options, healthcare, pension and life assurance benefits, subsidised canteen, onsite gym, travel subsidies and on-site parking. Inhouse People Development services, Educational Assistance, and our ‘Live Your BEST Life’

wellbeing initiatives are just some of the holistic benefits that enhance the career experience for our colleagues.

Eli Lilly Cork is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). We cater for all dimensions ensuring inclusion of all ethnicities, nationalities, cultural backgrounds, generations, sexuality, visible and invisible disabilities and gender, with four pillars: EnAble, embRACE, LGBTQ+ & Ally and GIN-Gender Inclusion Network. EnAble, our pillar for people with disabilities and those that care for them, partners with the Access Lilly initiative to make our physical and digital environment accessible and inclusive for all. Together they are committed to promoting awareness to create a disability confident culture both at Eli Lilly Cork and beyond.

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The TA (Therapeutic Area) Associate, Clinical Laboratory Sciences will have early engagement with the appropriate study team, business and therapeutic partners on development of the clinical laboratory, diagnostic and biomarker strategies at the trial level. The TA associate coordinates vendor activities for assigned trials as well as facilitates research and resolution to any clinical laboratory and diagnostic issues or needs throughout the life of the trial. They partner with the clinical team to provide input into the protocol development/design, develop and implement the integrated trial clinical laboratory plans and the review and monitoring of resultant data, ultimately providing high quality, combinable data in a cost effective and timely fashion.

The Lilly CLS organization is unique within the pharmaceutical industry in that it is a standalone function that specializes in managing and overseeing all lab and diagnostic deliverables for Lilly’s entire clinical portfolio.  In an effort to bring additional capacity and flexibility to deliver on this rapidly expanding portfolio of medicines, CLS is excited to announce that we are expanding our team into Cork, Ireland.  By centralizing many aspects of CLS’ lab and diagnostic support activities in Cork, we will now be able to offer expanded hours of coverage across Europe and Asia to better support our internal clinical development partners who manage studies from outside of North America.   

Responsibilities:

1. Imaging TPO Strategy and Oversight

• Collaborate with business partners and TPOs to develop and maintain appropriate capabilities to match business needs, including the appropriate partnership to ensure data and imaging delivery.
• Develop innovative clinical trial approaches related to quality, financial and operational efficiency.

2. Internal and External Engagement

• Collaborate with internal business partners regarding imaging best practices including regulations, quality and business operations.
• Study level project management – including start-up, maintenance, data lock and closeout.
• Establish vendor contracts – including competitive bids, budget review, and vendor selection.
• Review and approve vendor documents – including manuals, training, charters, data transfer specifications.
• Partner with Global Business Services centers on device and data tracking or other study maintenance and closeout tasks.
• Partner with Lilly study teams as well as external vendors to ensure progress towards timelines and deliverables.

3. People Development

• Participate fully in the performance management process
• Model the Lilly core values and behaviours
• Provide peer coaching within the organization that fosters inclusion and innovation, continual improvement, and an external awareness and understanding

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a science or related life sciences field
• Prior experience in pharma, diagnostics or CRO environment

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• Demonstrated knowledge of the technical area covered by this position (eg. ECG, Imaging, genomics, safety labs, etc).
• Experience in clinical research or a closely related field.
• Solid knowledge of global internal, external, and regulatory requirements/expectations for connected devices or imaging.
• Demonstrated skill and experience in managing alliances with outside partners (for example CROs, Patient Recruitment Management, Alliance Partners), including strong negotiation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and influence across functional areas and regional geographies and culture.
• Demonstrated problem solving ability and attention to detail.

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