Senior Advisor, Clinical Research
About this opportunity
At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work, but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.
Provide medical expertise in clinical strategy, execution, and enhancing customer scientific interactions with Eli Lilly.
Collaborate with global teams (or lead, for China-led multi-country studies) on clinical development strategy, Phase I-IV trials, and non-trial activities, ensuring high-quality study planning, execution, and reporting of China data.
Partner with regulatory affairs in health authority communications for Clinical Trial Permission (CTP) and New Drug Application (NDA) processes.
Lead efforts in defining the patient journey, identifying evidence gaps, and developing integrated evidence generation plans and medical strategies while serving as a patient advocate and medical expert.
Support brand commercialization and local business plans by contributing to strategic planning for marketed brands.
Provide clinical insights for payer partnerships, negotiation strategies, and dossier preparation to demonstrate product value.
Strategically plan and execute medical meetings, real-world studies, data analyses, and publications (abstracts, posters, manuscripts) while ensuring compliance.
Build and maintain relationships with external scientific experts, thought leaders, and the broader medical community.
Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form ( https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation ) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.
Lilly does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.
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How this role compares
Computed from every other active Clinical Development role in our database, not just this employer's listings.
We currently track 254 comparable Principal Clinical Development roles across 35 biopharma companies.
Salary context
95 of 254 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)
Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.
Where these roles are based
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Seniority mix
254 of 254 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
73 of 254 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden
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How we calculate "similar"
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0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.