Director / Senior Director - MRI Scientist

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.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

• PhD in Medical Imaging, Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering or related discipline with minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS/PREFERENCES:

• Evidence of your direct role and contribution to the medical image analysis field (publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals, presentations at imaging-related conferences and/or developed software codes).
• Participation in clinical trials and implementation of MRI biomarkers.
• Knowledge of structural, diffusion, functional MRI procedures and acquisition protocols.
• Proven expertise in programming and medical imaging & statistical software
• Proven leadership, organizational, and communication skills

In this role your responsibilities will include:

• Design and implement customized MRI (structural, functional, diffusion) image analysis methods, leveraging novel and standard methodologies.
• Assess MRI endpoints as diagnostic and efficacy biomarkers.
• Provide strategic and technical input on the development, implementation and quantitative evaluation of medical image analysis techniques in various phases of clinical development across therapeutic areas such as Neuroscience, Diabetes, Immunology.
• Lead cross-functional projects with internal research and clinical (medical, operations, statistics, regulatory) teams as well as external partners to support the validation of imaging biomarkers and their application in therapeutic development.
• Evaluate key scientific developments in image analysis and implement emerging technologies including modeling and artificial intelligence.
• Author and review clinical trial documents (protocols, study reports, and technical manuals).
• Communicate, present, and publish conference abstracts and manuscripts.