Associate Director of Marketing, Lilly Brand Office

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 has established a centralized Global Customer Office (GCO) to bring together teams dedicated to understanding and serving customers in the complex healthcare ecosystem. As part of the GCO, the Global Brand Activation team is dedicated to creating a strategic global approach to building Lilly as a brand for consumers, customers and collaborators.

Lilly is staffing for an Associate Director of Marketing who will be responsible for supporting the Lilly Brand Office and reporting to the Senior Director of Marketing.

The ideal candidate will have experience in and a passion for brand management, marketing and/or brand strategy. This individual will be responsible for the proper implementation of the Lilly brand identity through oversight of the Brand Book and brand governance, both internally and externally. Responsibility will also include the continued implementation of our recent brand refresh, integrating the brand through our corporate brand sponsorships and partnerships, supporting global creative requests and overseeing brand merchandise for the global organization.

Prior experience in leading complex marketing and branding projects, working with creative teams, and a demonstrated ability to collaborate and get work done across functions with strong operational skills are expected. This person can navigate ambiguity and subjectivity while keeping the work moving and is solutions oriented.

This position has a global remit, with a strong focus in the US. Requires ability to work well with agencies, vendors, creative teams and can communicate at all levels within the business. You are adept at building trust and rapport across cross-functional teams while establishing new capabilities to support the evolving landscape. You must quickly build trust and deliver executional excellence at the same time.

Leadership: Provide team with strategic insight and creative vision that aligns with the brand book with appropriate training, development, and coaching. Set bold plans for the work across the team, playing to each team member’s strengths and delivering executional and operational excellence for the Brand Office. This position requires inclusive leadership and leadership with a culture-first approach.

Project Management: The role requires the ability to design a strong operational infrastructure to sustain and fulfill global, enterprise-wide branding and marketing requests, while ensuring adherence to brand guidelines and creating consistency and accuracy in how the brand shows up in execution.

Transformation: Support transformation change management by implementing enterprise workstreams across teams to deliver internal programs and assets that establish the application of the Lilly Brand across the enterprise.

Collaboration and Agency/Vendor management: Work closely with external agency partners, vendors and sponsorship/partnership teams, as well as internal cross functional partners to oversee and support the use of the Lilly Brand, globally. Need to have ability to work within an IAT agency model. If and where applicable, handle external agency/vendor relationships to accomplish goals. Develop action plans as needed based on regular partnership evaluation.

Asset Management: Implement strong organizational and operational skills to manage brand resources and assets, oversee utilization and catalog.

Risk Management: Ensure compliance with brand guidelines, policies, and procedures. Maintain good practices across Privacy, IT, Analytics, Legal and Regulatory.

Financial Management: Instill detailed fundamentals into budget management across team.

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years’ experience in brand management and/or marketing.
• 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.

• Creative agency or sports entertainment/marketing partnerships and/or sponsorships experience a plus
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite a plus
• Familiarity with print production a plus
• Familiarity with brand merchandising a plus
• Must be highly collaborative in nature and understand how to get things done within a complex, layered organization
• Team player that understands broader vision and can drive to action while keeping the team engaged and motivated
• Demonstrated critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Self-directed, with strong decision-making skills, strong project management, budget management and prioritization skills.
• Have a consistent record in influencing levels above them and outside of their functional area
• Demonstrated ability to work in a dynamic, constantly evolving environment
• Comfort with ambiguity and have the ability to resolve problems quickly with high levels of subjectivity
• Record of successfully working on cross-functional teams to deliver results
• Inclusive leader with proven ability to respect and work effectively with a team with varied strengths
• Strong verbal and written communications skills with high attention to detail
• Strong problem-solving skills

• Position may be remote, but require up to 15% travel

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

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

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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