Associate -Project Management Divestiture Task Force

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Job description

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.

Company Overview

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. We have more than 35,000 employees around the world that 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.

The Sr. Associate Project Management, Divestiture Task Force will have the following responsibilities:

• Serve as the Project Manager, coordinator, and record keeper for the task force.
• Coordinate all business development due diligence gathering, negotiation records, and meetings prior to deal signing. Including updating Inova and all SharePoint record keeping activities.
• Create project tasks and timelines to keep deal teams and transition teams on track to execute transactions within the agreed timelines with Lilly Leadership.
• Manage global divestiture projects from 1 year post close through to the end of the transition and supply period.
• Manage regional divestiture projects after 30 days post-close through to the end of the transition and supply period.
• Coordinate, lead, and facilitate the successful transfer of "Know How" to the purchasing party per the contract.

Position Requirements:

• Knowledge of Smartsheet, SharePoint, and Microsoft Software
• Experience working in global divestitures.
• Highly organized skills, with knowledge of working through ambiguity.
• Deep expertise in Project Management working with internal and external parties.
• Able to take on challenges and find solutions, regardless of having direct accountability or reporting responsibility, lead by influence.
• Excellent judgment regarding the "how", "what", and "when" of addressing divestiture partners and key stakeholders with sensitive issues.
• Strong verbal and written skills - able to address and persuade key stakeholders to follow a set course of action. Able to distill complex ideas down to action plans.
• Significant mediation skills for group or individual interactions.
• Able to work across cultures - both corporate and national cultural boundaries
• Able to work independently and cooperate and collaborate with all levels of an organization.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 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

• Minimum >3 years of combined project management, alliance management, and/or International Business Unit experience.
• Prosci Change Management Professional
• Education: Undergraduate degree (BS)
• Familiarity with Lilly's partnering/Corporate Business Development process
• Previous experience with one of Lilly's key partnerships or divestitures
• Experience in working with OUS markets

Additional Information

• Traveling to visit partners is a critical part of the job and a candidate must be willing to spend from 10% of his/her time away from Lilly.
• Accommodating working hours to engage OUS Lilly affiliates and partners.
• Lilly is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form ( ) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

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.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and help our company develop talented individuals for future leadership roles. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, African American Network, Chinese Culture Network, Early Career Professionals, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinos at Lilly, PRIDE (LGBTQ + Allies), Veterans Leadership Network, Women's Network, Working and Living with Disabilities. Learn more about all of our groups.

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