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.

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 40,000 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.

Position Name - Associate Manager - Marketing Project Owner

Function Name - Project Management, Global Content Hub

Position Description:

In a Project Management role, the primary responsibility is implementation of insourced projects through our marketing material approval system – bringing accurate and compliant marketing materials to market quickly, efficiently and on schedule. The primary role is to partner with brands, agencies, and internal partners to ensure quality, speed, value and compliance throughout the Customer Information Materials Lifecycle. The Marketing Project Owner serves as the main personal accountable for insourced projects – bringing accurate and compliant marketing tactics to market quickly, efficiently and on schedule.

Key Objectives/Deliverables:

Know Lilly’s processes, brand strategies and tactics, and support resources

Understand Lilly’s culture, organizational structure, roles, and practicesUnderstand outside agency structures and processesKnow Lilly’s products and services, associated brand strategies and disease statesModel strong knowledge of tactic lifecycle, from project kick-off through withdrawal from the marketDemonstrate knowledge of tactic types and associated business rulesHave a thorough understating of Lilly's Quality processes and must be capable of understanding and applying these processes and requirements when executing their roleComprehending project/content management tools such as Wrike and Veeva VaultIdentifying ways to continuously improve processes by exploring opportunities to reduce costs and by documenting the rationale behind tactic decisions

Ensure quality, speed, value and compliance throughout the Customer Information Materials Lifecycle

Work with brands/Multi Channel Engagement (MCE) to understand needs, goals and objectives for insourced tactics and define outcomesAdd value when attending critical brand or MCE planning meetings with agency to ensure tactics can meet marketers’ expectations and timelinesTroubleshoot barriers and provide solutions to deliver insourced projects on timeIdentify ways to continuously improve processes by exploring opportunities to reduce costs and by documenting the rationale behind tactic decisionsActively participate in deviation investigations, and contribute to continuous improvement efforts as role dictatesDemonstrate Agile mindset while collaborating with the stakeholders 

Bring accurate and compliant insourced marketing tactics to market quickly, efficiently and on schedule

Manage tactic review preparation and take ownership through the approval workflow as a core member of the Agile Brand PODParticipate in Agile stand-up meetings, retrospective meetings, etcManage and track timelines for insourced tactics and key milestonesCollaborate with Promotions Manager (PM) to schedule reviewers of insourced tacticsCheck tactic thoroughly between document approval system handoffs for insourced tacticsPartner with PM on promotional material approval process (e.g., PCA) review meetingsLead annual claims review/assessmentSupport the PM and marketer during the label change process and resulting actionsAnticipate potential problems by proactively communicating with brand teams and reviewers

Work Experience:

18 months of pre-MBA work experience is requiredMBA in Pharma / IT / Operations / Marketing is preferred. Experience on project management tools such as Wrike/ Workfront and hands on experience on Veeva vault is preferable but not mandatoryPrior experience on Agile Methodology is preferable but not mandatoryProven ability to be an agile learner who’s proactive dailyDemonstrated ability to be stress tolerant under a variety of work conditionsExcellent communication skills (Oral & Written)Use clear and concise and relevant languageBuild strong partnership with internal and external stakeholders   Schedule weekly callsProvide status reports proactivelyBe open in communication and ask questions on processes with Account Managers and get clarityAccept & Own responsibility of deliverablesAble to influence, collaborate and work effectively on a teamSkilled at showing attention to detail, with an eye toward quality and continuous improvementProven planning and organizational skills

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