Patients are at the heart of everything we do at Loxo Oncology, and we continue to be motivated by our goal of improving the lives of people living with cancer. We pursue this goal with a tenacity, focus, and commitment to excellence that defines who we are and how we work.
We seek dedicated, passionate, hardworking, intelligent, thoughtful, and authentic individuals who thrive within a collaborative and fast-paced environment and will bring their experiences, unique perspectives and problem-solving skills to the team. In return, we cultivate an environment that rewards and recognizes hard work and provides opportunities for learning and growth as part of a team making a meaningful difference in the lives of patients.
Executive Director, Medical Affairs
Loxo Oncology at Lilly conducts discovery research, clinical development and regulatory affairs for oncology, with the goal of creating a pipeline of therapies that have the potential to make a meaningful difference for patients. Loxo Oncology at Lilly was created in December 2019, combining the Lilly Research Laboratories oncology organization and Loxo Oncology, which was acquired by Lilly in early 2019. The unit has team members in Boulder, CO, Indianapolis, IN, New York City, South San Francisco, Stamford, CT, and Madrid, Spain.
The Associate Director, Diagnostic Medical Affairs will provide input to diagnostic strategy and support execution of that strategy for assigned precision medicine product launches. This role has specific focus on identifying unmet medical needs and barriers to adoption of clinical biomarker testing for the program disease states. Strategic planning and execution will include but is not limited to planning educational needs, publication planning, thought leader engagement, and internal cross functional alignment with business unit teams. As part of the Loxo Oncology at Lilly global medical affairs team, the Associate Director will focus on understanding the diagnostic testing environment and building plans to address identified gaps which may impact adoption or utilization of biomarker tests. The Associate Director Medical Affairs may help to inform diagnostic development strategy as well as support launch strategy for biomarker testing. The Associate Medical Director provides expertise to a variety of diagnostic focused tasks and utilizes their expertise in clinical diagnostics and companion diagnostics to establish strong partnerships with internal and external stakeholders. Additionally, the Associate Director will provide cross functional support to address business needs of the development, clinical and commercial teams as it relates to diagnostic testing.
The physical demands of this job are consistent with light office duties. This role requires up to 40% travel primarily to US offices but also with global travel for international business meetings several times per year.
The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
This position’s work environment is in a home office.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those encountered by an employee while performing the essential functions of this job.
*To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each role and responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Loxo Oncology, Inc. is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and 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.