Description:
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.
- To create a market access environment in which the benefits of our innovative products are recognized and these are made available to affected patients as quickly as possible.
- To purposefully expand the external perception of Lilly's commitment in the therapeutic area to various stakeholders in the public, social, medical and political sectors.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop a comprehensive Environmental Shaping (ES) strategy and action plan to achieve market access for prioritized new products to be launched.
- Work cross-functionally at affiliate, regional and global level to ensure a structured, coordinated and synergistic ES approach.
- Establish strategic partnerships and resilient network with key scientific societies, patient organizations and key influencers in the therapeutic area.
- Build stakeholder map and engagement plan, and deliver partnering and coalition opportunities to maintain and enhance future relationships with external stakeholders.
- Represent Lilly's positions effectively and clearly in industry associations and working groups.
- Lead external communications plan delivery, including readiness for data, regulatory and reimbursement milestones.
- Contribute to strategic planning of the internal communications to outreach the therapeutic area communities.
- Partner with International Corporate Affairs to ensure close alignment and effective reuse and adaptation of International Business Unit ES campaigns.
- Operate with full understanding and adherence to the highly regulated pharmaceutical environment, including but not limited to Medicines Australia Code of Conduct and Lilly policies.
Essential Skills
- Clear focus on results; initiative, speed and good balance between structured approach and creativity
- Communications excellence: ability to successfully execute high-stakes, high impact product communications strategies
- High personal integrity: ability to operate in ambiguous settings, maintain values and achieve business outcomes
- Critical strategic thinking: ability to facilitate integrated campaigns and influence planning, and execution of therapeutic access policy programs
- Interpersonal, influence and negotiation skills: strong interpersonal, networking and communication skills
- Collaborative mindset: the ability to place “We” greater than “Me” in the way work is performed and results achieved
- Project management skills: proactive execution, budget management and business planning. Experience dealing with agencies and service providers
- Demonstrable knowledge of the Australian healthcare system, pharmaceutical access environment and key player interests
- Qualifications: University undergraduate or post-graduate degree in Communications or Politics/Law desired.