Scientific Director/Sr. Director - RNA Therapeutics Biology

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.

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 43,000 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 is passionate about the discovery, development and commercialization of potential new medicines that will impact and improve the lives of patients. Our RNA team is an innovation-focused organization striving to identify, develop and apply the most groundbreaking therapeutics to deliver maximum benefit to our patients.

Our RNA team in Indianapolis is seeking to grow our in vitro team to advance our ability to delivery nucleotide-based therapeutics. Our team works cross-functionally with multiple therapeutic modalities and the incumbent of this position will have the opportunity to impact efforts in RNA therapeutics spanning a range of therapeutic areas and targets. This position will be based in Indianapolis, IN and located at Lilly Corporate Center.

Top candidates for this position will be able to demonstrate ability to:

• Lead discovery of potent, durable, and safe small RNA therapeutics molecules
• Influence and design experimental workflows that enable rapid discovery of highly potent and safe RNA sequences
• Serve as a lead advisor for bioinformatics and computational colleagues to improve algorithms for sequence discovery
• Mentor and coach colleagues on experimental and workflow designs
  
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• PhD in molecular biology, biochemistry, or related field
• 6+ years of working in Pharma or biotech with 3+ years of smallRNA sequence discovery related work
  
  
  

Additional Skills/ Preferences

• Extensive lab experience in RNA biology area (e.g. RNAseq, qPCR, RNA isolation, library prep)
• Demonstrated excellence in managing cross-functional relationships
• Extensive experience in and knowledge of RNA biology and RNA therapeutics
• 2+ years of experience in RNA therapeutics specific bioinformatics
  
  
  

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