Medical Affairs Project Manager (p4 – P4-2)

Eli Lilly Eli Lilly · Pharma · Indianapolis, IN

Project Manager for Medical Affairs at Eli Lilly, responsible for creating integrated operational plans, managing project budgets, and driving process improvements in medical affairs deliverables. Requires a Bachelor's degree and significant experience in project management, cross-functional team leadership, change management, stakeholder management, and financial/business planning.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead the creation of integrated operational plans for medical affairs priorities
  2. Translate key activities and timelines into operational plans
  3. Drive development and maintenance of integrated project budgets that align team, functional, and third-party resources
  4. Develop change management and team communication plans
  5. Promote alignment of critical activities and manage changes to scope, quality, cost, and timing

Skills

Required

  • Project Management
  • Operational Planning
  • Budget Management
  • Change Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Cross-functional Team Leadership
  • Risk Management
  • Business Transformation
  • PMBOK
  • PRINCE
  • Stage/phase-gate
  • Agile

Nice to have

  • Microsoft Project
  • Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint

What the JD emphasized

  • Bachelor’s degree in Project Management or related field and 3 years of portfolio or project management experience
  • 3 years of experience leading cross-functional teams
  • 3 years of experience in organizational change management, business transformation, scope, and risk management
  • 3 years of experience in complex stakeholder management and cross-functional cooperation in large-scale matrix organizations
  • 2 years of financial experience in audit, budgeting/budget management, or financial/investment analysis
  • 1 year of experience leading business planning, operational planning, or other major organizational process in a complex cross-functional environment
  • 2 years of academic or employment experience with PMBOK, PRINCE, Stage/phase-gate, or Agile structured project management methodology