Sr Director, ExploR&D Clinical Operations West Coast
Listed on 2026-02-05
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Healthcare
Healthcare Consultant, Healthcare Management, Healthcare Administration
Overview
Lilly Catalyze
360 is Lilly's 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 Labs—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 Explo
R&D is a team of drug discovery and development experts who partner with biotechs from discovery through clinical proof-of-concept, putting Lilly's industry-leading capabilities behind their missions. We provide flexible support—from strategic consulting to full program execution—making it faster, easier, and more capital-efficient for innovators to transform bold science into life-changing medicines.
The Senior Director, Explo
R&D Clinical Operations West Coast role serves as the clinical technical lead and strategic partner for cross-functional teams, biotech collaborators, and Lilly stakeholders in advancing breakthrough biotechnology initiatives. This role focuses on high-level consulting to enhance efficiency, innovation, and strategic execution of clinical plans and trial designs across the Explo
R&D external pipeline.
The Senior Director develops optimized clinical strategies by conducting comprehensive feasibility assessments using proprietary tools and databases. Additionally, this role provides expert guidance to clinical directors and project teams from trial conception through start-up, advising on optimal clinical approaches, risk mitigation strategies, and operational best-practices that drive competitive advantage and accelerate development timelines.
A critical component of this role is serving as the primary clinical operations bridge between the US West Coast office and China Explo
R&D office, providing expert guidance and hands-on problem-solving support for China-based studies requiring specialized intervention or strategic course correction.
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