Senior Director – Enterprise Pandemic Preparedness and Response

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead Lilly's strategy for enterprise pandemic preparedness and response to infectious diseases.

• Develop and implement policies, standards, governance processes, readiness expectations, objectives, metrics, and assessments.

• Provide guidance to executive leadership regarding emerging infectious disease threats, preparedness investments, and business risks associated with outbreaks.

• Create and enhance the enterprise-wide plans for pandemic and infectious disease response.

• Prepare strategic briefings, recommendations, and risk assessments for executive leadership, governance committees, and the Board.

• Oversee global surveillance for infectious diseases, epidemiological intelligence, and public health advisories.

• Convert outbreak signals into relevant business risk assessments and strategic recommendations.

• Conduct assessments of pandemic-related vulnerabilities in facilities, supplier networks, clinical trials, and critical business processes.

• Provide strategic leadership for continuity planning in manufacturing, supply chain, clinical development, and commercial operations.

• Establish strategies for surge capacity and contingency planning concerning critical medicines and vaccines.

• Advise on maintaining clinical trial continuity and patient access during outbreak situations.

• Coordinate and lead enterprise response activities during infectious disease events and public health emergencies.

• Participate in Lilly's incident command and crisis management structure.

• Direct cross-functional response teams and strategies for mitigation and recovery.

• Coordinate stakeholder efforts to safeguard employees and ensure business continuity.

• Assist in executive communications and stakeholder engagement.

• Represent Lilly in industry coalitions, public-private partnerships, professional organizations, and preparedness initiatives.

• Build relationships with public health agencies, regulators, academia, NGOs, and industry groups.

• Implement enterprise preparedness training, simulations, and exercise programs.

• Lead executive tabletop exercises and enterprise-wide response simulations.

• Drive after-action reviews and capture lessons learned.

• Promote organizational preparedness and resilience.

⛳️ Requirements

• PhD, PharmD, MD, or an equivalent advanced scientific or medical degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Infectious Disease, Virology, Microbiology, Pharmacy, Medicine, Global Health Security, or a related field.

• Over 10 years of progressively responsible experience in public health preparedness, infectious disease management, pharmaceutical operations, emergency management, business continuity, global health security, or related areas.

• Proven success in leading enterprise-wide preparedness, crisis management, or risk management programs.

• Experience in advising senior executives on complex issues related to risk, preparedness, public health, or operational resilience.

• Capacity to influence and lead cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority.

• Strong knowledge of regulatory and public health frameworks pertinent to the pharmaceutical industry and public health emergencies.

• Familiarity with pharmaceutical supply chain, manufacturing, clinical development, and commercial operations.

• Direct leadership experience in responding to significant infectious disease outbreaks or pandemics.

• Engagement experience with organizations such as FDA, EMA, WHO, CDC, BARDA, CEPI, HHS, or similar entities.

• Experience briefing executive committees, boards of directors, or governmental leaders.

• Certification in emergency management (CEM), FEMA ICS/NIMS, or comparable preparedness frameworks.

• Proficiency in epidemiological modeling, health security analytics, and decision-support tools.

• Experience in GxP-regulated environments related to manufacturing, clinical development, or vaccine and infectious disease contexts.

🏝️ Benefits

• Company bonus based partially on individual and company performance.

• Company-sponsored 401(k).

• Pension plan.

• Vacation benefits.

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug benefits.

• Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and/or dependent daycare.

• Life insurance and death benefits.

• Time off and leave of absence benefits.

• Employee assistance program.

• Fitness benefits.

• Employee clubs and activities.