Associate Director – Lilly Ventures Impact Investing

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.

Lilly Catalyze
360 is a comprehensive approach to enabling the early-stage biotech ecosystem by democratizing access to infrastructure, expertise, and resources. Through its interconnected pillars—Lilly Ventures, Lilly Gateway Labs, Lilly Explo

R&D, and Lilly Tune Lab—Catalyze
360 strategically removes barriers that traditionally block bold science from becoming life-changing medicines, providing biotechs with flexible combinations of capital, physical lab space, R&D capabilities, AI/ML tools, and decades of enterprise learning.

Lilly Ventures (LV) is a pan-therapeutic, global innovation organization embedded within Eli Lilly & Company. Our mission is to identify and integrate breakthrough science - including the rapidly maturing spaces of AI/ML, computational biology, and platform technologies that drive medicine advancement - into Lilly Research Labs (LRL) to accelerate drug discovery and development. We operate at the intersection of venture capital, biotech innovation, and R&D transformation.

Lilly Ventures is seeking an investment professional who is passionate about using venture capital for global health impact. The Associate Director – Impact Investing will focus on scaling and strengthening Lilly Ventures’ impact investment portfolio, including sourcing new investment opportunities, adding value to existing investments, and championing excellence across strategy and operations. The Associate Director will work within a small team to advance a portfolio focused on improving healthcare accessibility, affordability, and quality for people living in limited resource settings around the world.

Three key pillars are necessary for successful execution in this role: excellence in communication, relationship management, and strategic thinking.

• Identify, diligence, and lead investments across a variety of impact initiatives
• Serve as a primary point-of-contact for existing investments to monitor strategic and financial performance, strengthen partnership connectivity, and respond to requests
• Foster external relationships with key partners and thought leaders (e.g., venture capital funds, corporate venture capital funds, incubators, health systems)
• Develop and implement processes and tools for impact measurement, tracking, and reporting to create consistent, clear communications internally and externally
• Drive innovative thinking across Lilly’s social and global health impact priorities
• Coach and mentor team members while building a strong team culture of inclusion
• Work within small team dynamics to advance multiple projects simultaneously

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree
• Experience:
  
  6+ years of experience in healthcare across finance, drug development, business development, or investment (venture capital, private equity, philanthropy)
• Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization and/or visas for this role

• Master's degree in business administration, public health, health policy, international development, or life sciences
• Passion for and deep understanding of global health challenges and solutions
• Experience with impact investment frameworks and best practices
• Proficiency with corporate finance concepts and financial modeling
• Business development, investment, and/or alliance management experience
• Strong negotiation, influence, and conflict resolution skills
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and proactively with minimal supervision
• Strong interpersonal skills and…