Post-doctoral Health Economics and Outcomes Research Immunology - Global Medical Affairs

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.

Are you motivated to improve patient health? Do you have a passion for generating evidence to better understand drug development? Are you energized by being hands-on with RWD and analytics? Do you seek advanced training that combines these topics?

The Health Outcomes Post-Doctoral position in Lilly’s Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) Immunology team will develop your scientific expertise to create health outcomes research for patients, payers and providers. Projects will focus on disease states of interest to Lilly or treatments that Lilly is developing and may span the entire lifecycle of clinical development and drug commercialization. You will work with experienced health outcomes and real-world data scientists to develop research strategies and execute RWE studies, so patients, payers, and healthcare providers understand when and how to use the medicines and the expected patient benefits as well as to inform internal stakeholders about potential new disease areas of interest. Responsibilities include the conduct, quality, and integrity of health outcomes and RWD analyses and studies. Through your work on these studies, you will demonstrate understanding of clinical, economic, and/or patient reported outcomes methodologies.  You will communicate study findings to internal audiences and take a leadership role in the dissemination to the scientific community. The candidate will also work extensively with therapeutic area medical, development, and commercial teams and HEOR colleagues.

Key objectives and deliverables:

• To support the Lilly Immunology portfolio increase or develop knowledge and use of:
  • Real world evidence (RWE) such as retrospective and/or prospective observational studies
  • Patient reported outcomes (PRO) such as those used in randomized clinical trials
  • Economic modeling and potentially participate in health technology assessment submissions
• Develop different types (RWE, PFO, economic) of research studies for publication.
• Increase or develop knowledge of health care systems in applicable geographies across the globe.
• Increase or develop understanding of and experience with clinical trials research.
• Increase or develop skills in Environmental Awareness, Strategy, Study Development, Project Management, Organizational Leadership

 Basic Qualifications:

• An advanced degree, including Masters, Ph.D. or MD degree in an appropriate discipline (e.g., epidemiology, economics, health services, pharmacoeconomics, data science, statistics, or other relevant sciences).

• Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization or visas for this role, including but not limited to F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, J-1, H-1B, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, or L-1."

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• This position is not permanent. It is for a fixed duration of 2 years with potential for extension to a maximum of 4 years.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work successfully in a team-oriented/cross-functional environment.
• Some domestic travel is anticipated.
• Technical and analytic capabilities in RWD and one or more areas of economic modeling, economic evaluation, cost-effectiveness evaluation, burden of disease, epidemiology, statistics, health care policy etc.
• The ability to influence individuals.
• Demonstrated project management skills.
• Programming skills in R, SQL, SAS

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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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