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The AVP – Consumer Brand Strategy & Experience is a visionary, consumer-obsessed leader responsible for architecting and operationalizing a future-ready consumer strategy across the U.S. Affiliate Therapeutic Area. This leader will drive innovation, challenge conventions, and foster a culture where consumer needs and experiences are at the heart of every decision.
Reporting directly to the Group VP of U.S. CMH, this role leads a dynamic team that spans consumer journey design, consumer marketing, and consumer support. The AVP will champion seamless, personalized, and emotionally resonant experiences, leveraging agile squads and modern operating models to accelerate impact and scale best-in-class solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Consumer Experience Strategy & Vision
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Set an audacious, TA-specific, consumer-obsessed vision for experience transformation, inspired by world-class exemplars (e.g., "experiences like Disney, through an integrated platform like Amazon)
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In partnership with LVA, create industry-leading consumer affordability and support services strategies: Innovate strategies and partner with Consumer Services Hub (CSH) on solutions that ensure seamless access and exceptional consumer experiences.
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Own the end-to-end consumer journeys relentlessly seeking opportunities to simplify, personalize, and elevate every touchpoint.
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Lead the evolution of the Consumer Operating Model, embedding agile squads and governance forums to accelerate delivery, scale innovation, and maximize consumer impact
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Partner with CSH to deliver seamless, omnichannel experiences and innovate across patient affordability, patient support services, telehealth, digital health, and direct-to-consumer models.
Consumer Marketing Strategy & Message Development:
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Lead the development of consumer marketing strategies, ensuring alignment with brand objectives and successful product launches.
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Drive the creation of insight-based messaging and creative platforms in partnership with agencies and market research, enabling seamless consumer engagement and retention.
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Champion culturally competent and multicultural marketing initiatives, leveraging consumer insights to inform strategic brand development and media planning.
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Oversee the planning, execution, and measurement of brand tactics across channels, ensuring all activities are data-driven and deliver a positive, differentiated consumer experience.
Operating Model & Squad Orchestration
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Stand up and lead a cross-functional team, integrating marketing, digital, analytics, and consumer services.
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Drive agile ways of working: facilitate sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives to ensure rapid iteration, continuous improvement, and fast scaling of successful innovations.
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Streamline collaboration and decision-making, creating a single source of truth for consumer strategy and prioritization.
Measurement & Accountability
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Define and monitor consumer experience KPIs (e.g., CSAT, journey analytics, VOC pulse surveys), linking metrics to business outcomes and incentives.
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Leverage dashboards and scorecards to drive accountability and fuel innovation.
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Report regularly to executive leadership and governance forums on progress, impact, and opportunities for improvement.
Leadership
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Build and lead a high-performing, cross-functional Consumer Experience team, including Consumer Journey Leaders, Consumer Marketing, and Consumer Support roles.
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Integrate team members within the U.S. TA Lead Team, collaborating with the Consumer Services Hub, GCO, and other central capabilities to align with therapeutic area priorities and ensure consistent, non-contradictory consumer experiences.
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Champion a culture of innovation, experimentation, and continuous learning-empowering the team to pilot new programs, rapidly respond to market dynamics, and deliver exceptional consumer/patient experiences end-to-end (awareness ? education ? diagnosis ? treatment ? ongoing support).
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Identify and incubate disruptive solutions that transform consumer engagement, leveraging digital, data, and design thinking.
Basic Qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree
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Leadership experience in healthcare or life sciences
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Experience leading innovation and transformation initiatives in complex, matrixed organizations (e.g., new product launches, digital program rollouts, or process redesigns).
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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.
Preferences
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Track record of building and leading cross-functional teams, including setting priorities, defining KPIs, and achieving performance goals.
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Ability to develop and implement strategic plans, analyze performance metrics, and run customers across multiple business units.
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Hands-on experience applying agile methodologies, conducting consumer research, designing customer experiences, and delivering digital solutions.
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Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience presenting to executive leadership and coordinating diverse teams.
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Experience implementing improvements that delivered measurable outcomes (e.g., increased patient engagement, cost savings, or improved customer satisfaction).
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MBA degree preferred
Key Competencies
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Visionary Thinking & Consumer Obsession
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Innovation Leadership & Experimentation
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Agile Squad Orchestration
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Measurement & Data-Driven Decision Making
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Change Management & Cultural Transformation
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Collaboration, Influence, and Relationship Building
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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
$232,500 – $341,000
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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