Senior Director-Health Outcomes Liaison-Health Outcomes and Medical Engagement

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us. 

Summary

In this Health Outcomes Liaisons senior role, you operate at the intersection of evidence-based payer strategy and program execution, shaping formulary decisions through data-driven insights and advanced analytical thinking. You serve as the internal expert on payer engagement, anticipating complex challenges, and leveraging strategic problem solving to navigate multi-stakeholder scenarios that influence coverage decisions. You autonomously steward sizeable budgets and resources for payer engagement programs, ensuring initiatives scale with impact across regions or functions. By translating analytics, platforms, and tools into actionable recommendations, you influence senior stakeholders and external partners while advancing health outcomes objectives. The role delivers measurable value by aligning evidence, economics, and stakeholder needs to secure optimal patient access and payer support.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based recommendations and data-driven insights to support payer formulary decision-making.
• Apply advanced critical thinking to anticipate and resolve complex issues in payer engagement scenarios.
• Manage budgets and resources for payer engagement programs with substantial business impact.
• Identify and escalate emerging market trends and payer feedback to inform strategic access planning.
• Incorporate insights from digital engagement tools to enhance payer communication effectiveness.
• Analyze payer environments and formulary management trends to inform targeted access strategies.
• Review and interpret health economic and real-world evidence data to prepare tailored presentations for payer and health system stakeholders.
• Deliver high-quality, rigorous, and impactful work products evidencing the value of Lilly medicines to external stakeholders.

Core Capabilities

• Apply strategic problem solving to complex payer engagement scenarios, guiding evidence-led decisions across programs.
• Leverage analytics platforms and tools to extract actionable insights that inform formulary recommendations.
• Demonstrate analytical thinking to structure issues, test hypotheses, and validate data-driven conclusions.
• Produce clear, technically sound reports and summaries for senior stakeholders and external partners.
• Foster strategic relationships with payers, regulators, and internal teams to align on objectives and outcomes.

Preferred Capabilities

• Exhibits strong project governance to advance Health Outcomes initiatives across multiple functions.
• Leverages cross-functional collaboration to influence senior stakeholders on program direction.
• Keeps abreast of regulatory developments shaping health outcomes strategies and policy implications.
• Demonstrates disciplined execution and accountability in leading large-scale programs.

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Advanced degree (PharmD, MD, PhD, MS, MSN, MPH) in a scientific or health related field with 5+ years of relevant experience in health science or health outcomes
• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or health related field with 8+ years of experience in health science or health outcomes

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• Deep understanding of the US healthcare system, US population-based decision makers (including national payers), and their evidence needs
• Ability to analyze and effectively communicate study findings on a range of clinical and scientific and value evidence and education  topics including real-world data analysis and interpretation
• Strong comprehension and communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to translate and present complex scientific information in a clear, concise manner
• Experience working with or supporting PBDMs
• Track record of coaching, influencing, and driving strategic initiativesRelevant experience in data analytics and/or HEOR research/application
• Experience and expertise in the treatment or management of relevant therapeutic areas
• Demonstrated expertise in HEOR (including observational and pharmacoeconomic research) and value assessment which may include experience using real-world data, AMCP Dossiers, FDAMA 114, and pharmacoeconomic models
• Significant experience and success in self-managing priorities and multi-tasking projects
• 5+ years of experience in field-based customer-facing roles in industry (e.g., medical, clinical development, government affairs, HEOR, managed care, sales)
• Demonstrated leadership
• Proven ability to obtain results and drive impact across multiple stakeholders/functions

Additional Information:

• The position is field-based in the US with the potential for periods of high travel (50%+)required.
• Ability to use field-based electronic or other communication tools for all aspects of the job is critical

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Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia (AMECA), Black Employees at Lilly (BE@Lilly), Chinese Culture Network (CCN), EnAble, Evolve, Lilly Indian Network (LIN), Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), Pride (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN) and Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL).

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

$183,000 - $294,800

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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