Lilly Hiring for Sr Director-Asst General Patent Counsel – Neuroscience at Indianapolis, Indiana Full Time

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 35,000 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.

Organization Overview:

At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. We make a difference for people around the globe by discovering, developing and delivering medicines that help them live longer, healthier, more active lives. Not only do we deliver breakthrough medications, but you also can count on us to develop creative solutions to support communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.

Role Overview:

In Lilly IP Legal, we strive to file, issue, maintain, and enforce an IP portfolio that maintains exclusivity and maximizes value for our discovery, research, and development pipeline, and marketed products. This senior director role will be a key leader in developing and delivering IP portfolios for Lilly’s Neuroscience therapeutic areas and business units.

Responsibilities:

Highly experienced and strategic patent attorney with impeccable judgment and exceptional leadership and people management skills who will lead the Neuroscience patent team in providing global strategic legal advice and counsel senior leadership on matters related to Neuroscience. This position reports to the Vice President- Deputy General Patent Counsel. Must be proactive, agile, and experienced working in a highly matrixed environment, and energized by the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment with broad responsibility.

• Lead and develop an effective team responsible for patent drafting, prosecution, maintenance and strategy for Neuroscience, informed by internal legal and business strategy, external legal and industry landscape awareness;

• Support appropriate training, coaching and development for the team, and facilitate an environment of shared learning and efficiency throughout the patent procurement legal group.

• Develop effective relationships, partner with and become an integral member of with the Patent Procurement Lead Team and IP Lead Team regarding patent filing, maintenance, defense and enforcement strategies, and related departmental management responsibilities;

• Effectively partner and coordinate with Neuroscience Leadership on patent filing and maintenance strategy with long-term strategic considerations in mind, as well as strategic prioritization;

• Provide legal counsel and advise leadership and senior management in Neuroscience-related patent strategy, including relevant Business Units (BU) and Lilly Research Labs (LRL) as well as to identify, prevent and solve complex problems and drive solutions with significant business impact.

• Facilitate and coordinate post-execution agreement integration, including Agreement Management systems, Alliance Management, LRL and BU.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in the biological and/or chemical sciences that together with prior work experience, provides essential background for effective communication with scientists and management about scientific aspects of discovery, development, and commercialization of all aspects of pharmaceutical products, including small molecule, biologics (including peptides and antibodies), and awareness of siRNA and gene therapy and editing product landscapes.

• Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) degree from an accredited U.S. institution.

• Minimum of 7 years of post-JD experience as a practicing patent attorney with significant prosecution, transaction, and at least some litigation experience at a pharmaceutical company.

• Presently admitted to practice law in at least one US jurisdiction and presently licensed to represent clients in patent matters before the USPTO; in good standing in each state and in the USPTO; no discipline issues on record.

• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position.

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• Demonstrated leadership and effectiveness in working with senior leaders.

• Proven coaching and supervisory skills to develop people leading to strong team performance.

• Previous experience supporting Neuroscience assets preferred.

• Collaborative partner with the ability to work effectively with team members and members of management across all levels of the organization

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Innovative- proactively identifies opportunities, and looks for new, creative solutions

• Ability to influence and lead boldly in a dynamic environment

• High learning agility, including: creatively solving problems; having ability to deal with complexity; having high curiosity; responding well to constructive feedback; seeking improvement of self and Lilly; accepting or leading change and helping others adapt to change; having the ability to adjust style to audience; and having the ability to make the complex understandable.

• Good judgement and a meticulous level of attention to detail.

• Sensitivity to others; composure under stress; ability to quickly learn and adapt.

• Ability to organize self, to multi-task effectively, to complete projects with deadlines on time, and to direct others.

• Effective as individual contributor, team member, and leader

Additional Information:

• Position located at Lilly Corporate Center (Indianapolis, IN); Remote applicants will be considered.

• Travel 0-10% as needed

Lilly 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.

Lilly 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.

As a condition of employment with Eli Lilly and Company and its subsidiaries in the United States and Puerto Rico, you must be fully COVID-19 vaccinated and provide proof of vaccination satisfactory to the company. If you would like to request an accommodation for medical or religious reasons, you may do so at [email protected].

At Lilly we strive to ensure our employees are part of a team that cares about them and our shared purpose of making life better for those around the world. How do we do this? We continue to look for ways to include, innovate, accelerate and deliver while maintaining integrity, excellence and respect for people.​ We hope that you seek to join us on our journey as we create medicine and deliver improved outcomes for patients across the globe!

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