Chief Operating Officer Lilly India

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.
- Act as ‘chief of staff’ for OILT (One India Lead Team) by overseeing lead team meetings/off-sites, site visits, critical activities, and processes, ensuring follow-up on actions - which includes consolidation of all activities for Lilly sites across India
- Act as ‘chief of staff’ for Lilly commercial site by overseeing lead team meetings/off-sites, site visits, critical activities, and processes, ensuring follow-up on actions
- Steward governance of India to ensure compliance, agility and execution to drive the most important work
- Monitor the progress on milestones and take action to escalate/remove barriers.
- Drive connectivity between sites in India to ensure alignment on strategic objectives
- Proactively assess strategic and capability gaps / opportunities across India and partner with OILT members to drive improvement
- Ensure thorough and meaningful measurement and analytics on key questions to help drive our business and better serve our customers
- Coordinate with India functions to ensure key organizational policies/processes are followed
- In partnership with finance and brand teams, oversee the annual strategic planning and business plan processes
- Align and represent cross Business Unit efforts and Corporate/Global initiatives - act as single point of contact across enterprise
- Lead and coordinate efforts to deliver a robust internal operational scorecard (quarterly scorecard) across all functions and geographies within IBU
- Partner with GM and LT members to ensure alignment of business priorities
- Lead and manage special projects

**Basic Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s degree, with 5+ years of relevant experience or advanced degree.
- Demonstrated experience in converting strategies into actionable steps, building governance systems that ensure execution with excellence.
- Experience working effectively in a highly changing and dynamic environment, demonstrating ability to learn and adjust quickly, and bring others along when designing or implementing new ideas.
- Experience in defining and executing continuous improvement and/or automation programs to drive improved business outcomes.
- Business Knowledge - includes value added perspective, financial awareness and cost control, industry knowledge, strategic focus, diverse business experience.
- Communicate (written and orally) in a highly effective way with Senior Leaders - focusing on content, outcomes and value relevant to business leaders.

**Additional Requirement**
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically and solve problems
- Excellent communication and project management skills
- Ability to lead and influence others with or without authority
- Strong business acumen
- Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity
- Demonstrated operational excellence

Lilly does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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