Business Excellence Associate Corporate Affairs

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.

Business Excellence Associate Corporate Affairs, in direct report to the Associate VP Corporate Affairs & PA, support the development and the strengthening of the management systems and processes of CA & PA organization to improve performance and create value for internal and external stakeholders. In addition, he/she supports the organizational activities of the function, the implementation of corporate communication and external engagement strategies to enhance the organization's image e positioning with key external stakeholders, through the coordination of the Associate VP CA&PA activities. He/she supports the development of materials and position papers to support internal and external institutional engagement.

The role requires an understanding of business needs and priorities, cross-functional mindset, writing-communication skills, both in Italian and English, and supports the raising of the company's profile working with the different components of CA&PA function.

Responsibilities:

• Support the development and the strengthening of the management systems and processes of CA & PA organization
• Support the improvement of performance of CA&PA team and create value for internal and external stakeholders
• Support the organization and coordination of CA&PA team functions and activities 
• Help oversee projects of high importance of Affiliate working cross-funcionally
• Participate in the construction of key CA network, working closely to the Ass VP, to position the brand Lilly in the Italian and CEE market
• Ensure positive coverage of Lilly's ambition to be a leader in the marketplace leveraging multiple channels such as medical, industry press, and social media, working closely with communication team (both internal and external)
• Support evolution of compliance procedures through simplification and effectiveness
• Co-develop and identify the Affiliate's strategies for responding in the event of a crisis. Provide real-time support and guidance to the Associate VP on crisis/issues management
• Support the VP and multiple level of the company on the external institutional positioning with the government affairs team
• Support institutional engagement in collaboration with PRA, Medical and Marketing Team
• Work cross-functionally to ensure alignment with other departments within the affiliate
• Coordinate the relations between Italian CA function with other countries and IBU CA e GA management team

Basic Requirements: 

• Degree in Law, Political Science or Institutional Relations
• Previous experience in Institutional bodies or at political level and in companies in National Public/Government Affairs roles or in comms & PA departments of pharmaceutical industry
• Knowledge of the Italian political-institutional set-up and the national academic and university ecosystem
• Excellent knowledge of English, both written and oral
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• Native Italian speaker
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, influencing and negotiation skills, coupled with ability to build relationships, influence, drive execution of organizational priorities.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in company cross-functional teams and multicultural enviroment.
• Solution oriented mindset;
• Deep confidentiality, diplomacy, intuition to manage confidential dossiers/information.
• Experience, even limited, in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience, including limited experience, in academia.
• Keen to travel, work independently, plan own time and match strict deadlines.

Additional Information:

• Travel 20%
• Position location: Rome

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