Advisor/Sr Advisor - Pharmacoepidemiology

at  Lilly

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.
Advisor/Sr Advisor- Pharmacoepidemiology
Purpose:
The purpose of the Global Patient Safety Pharmacoepidemiology Scientist (GPS PE) is to provide pharmacoepidemiology leadership and technical support to the GPS Organization, Business Unit (BU) Teams, Value, Evidence and Outcomes (VEO), Affiliates, and other functional areas within the Company. As part of a cross-functional team, the GPS PE will have the following responsibilities: support the development and execution of risk management plans; identify and evaluate potential safety signals and address safety questions from regulators. The GPS PE will have primary responsibility for designing and conducting pharmacoepidemiology studies using appropriate methods and data sources; for understanding the natural history of targeted health conditions; and for collaborating with external research organizations. The GPS PE role may also entail some in-line or project-level supervisory responsibilities
Primary Responsibilities: This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the job requirements at the time it was prepared. The job requirements of any position may change over time and may include additional responsibilities not specifically described in the job description. Consult with your supervision regarding your actual job responsibilities and any related duties that may be required for the position.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• The role may also entail line supervisory or contract-employee responsibilities for a small group of Epidemiologists, including implementation of organizational objectives, putting in place and ensuring execution of performance management and development plans, performance assessment, coaching, addressing human resource related issues, providing scientific guidance and project oversight, ensuring compliance with SOPs and regulations, implementation of functional coordination/standardization across projects, and building staff capacity or optimizing productivity. The supervisory responsibilities may require up to 25-30% of the epidemiologist’s time; the remaining 70-75% will focus on direct portfolio support and technical/scientific activities.