Associate Director - Community Engagement Site Lead

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.  Associate Director - Community Engagement Site Lead  Social Impact Community Engagement advances Lilly’s commitment to improving lives through strategic community engagement, employee giving, and volunteerism. This role owns and drives the delivery of Lilly’s Community Engagement strategy across key manufacturing sites, aligned to enterprise priorities. Purpose: You'll build the model for how Lilly shows up in the communities where it manufactures medicine — starting with new sites, then setting the standard the rest of the network follows. This isn't a coordination role; you lead the strategy, the governance, and develop the relationships that shape how community engagement gets done across Lilly's manufacturing footprint. Based in Indianapolis, up to 50% travel. Why this role matters Lilly is opening new manufacturing sites in communities across the US, and how Lilly engages in those first years will shape our civic engagement for the next several decades. Right now we need a leader who will ensure that engagement is consistent, well-governed, and actually measurable across sites — you'd be the person who builds that and holds sites accountable to it. What you'll own ●    Community engagement strategy at new manufacturing sites — from first entry into a community through embedding engagement into site culture ●    The governance model for site-level community engagement: standards, decision rights, approval pathways, and escalation thresholds that determine what you decide versus what goes to site leadership ●    Strategic partnerships with nonprofit, civic, and community stakeholders, including representing Lilly externally in those relationships ●    Alignment of enterprise programs (United Way, Global Day of Service, employee giving) with local site execution, adapting where local market needs require it ●    KPI definition and tracking for community engagement impact, plus the executive reporting and storytelling that shows the value beyond dollars donated ●    Reputational, operational, and compliance risk related to community engagement activities across sites What success looks like in year one ●    A documented governance model (standards, decision rights, escalation path) adopted at our newest manufacturing site ●    Implementation of a repeatable playbook or framework that new sites could pick up and execute without you rebuilding it from scratch ●    A KPI dashboard or reporting structure that lets you show impact to executive stakeholders in concrete, non-dollar terms (e.g., relationships built, community trust indicators, program reach) Must-haves (basic requirements) ●    Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience in community engagement, social impact, or corporate philanthropy ●    A specific, citable example of designing and leading a community engagement or social impact program at scale (multi-site, multi-market, or enterprise-wide — not a single one-off event) ●    Direct experience leading a cross-functional initiative involving at least 3 different functions (e.g., HR, Legal, Communications, Site Leadership) where you did not have direct authority over the other participants ●    Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly