Director – Thought Leader Liaisons

Director – Thought Leader Liaisons

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business or Life Sciences discipline
• Advanced degree, MBA, MA preferred but not required
• Minimum of 10 years of related commercial experience in specialty or rare disease marketing
• People management experience required
• Demonstrated track record of taking on roles with increasing scope of responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Contributes to the development of overall marketing strategies and cascades these strategies to the TLL team
• Provides leadership, mentorship, and guidance to a team of TLLs, ensuring their professional development and success
• Creates and executes individualized development plans for each TLL, focusing on skill enhancement and career growth
• Monitors team performance and provides regular feedback to ensure the achievement of key objectives
• In partnership with sales and medical field teams, plans and executes key account business plan
• Represents the TLL team on cross-functional initiatives, ensuring effective communication and collaboration across departments
• Identifies, cultivates, and maintains relationships with key regional KOLs on a priority list through 1:1 meetings, virtual interactions, and engagements at congresses
• Tracks and measures team brand sentiment scoring and the movement of KOLs along the advocacy spectrum
• Aggregates and communicates high-quality insights from KOL interactions to appropriate stakeholders
• Oversees the team’s execution of key programs and initiatives, including conference engagements, speaker programs, national and regional advisory boards, and programs at key institutions
• Manages the annual advisory board plan and speaker bureau plan, including speaker training, ensuring their effective implementation and continuous improvement
• Continuously review and update territory plans and operationalize engagements with thought leaders through development and refinement of insight gathering processes
• Fosters strong collaboration with cross-functional teams, including Medical Affairs, Sales, Patient Advocacy, and Market Access, to ensure alignment and achieve shared goals
• Key member and active participant of key account business planning team
• Continuously seeks opportunities to improve team processes, enhance communication, and increase the effectiveness of TLL activities

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong scientific acumen and understanding of specialty clinical medicine
• Proven, consistent history of high performance and leadership in managing remote teams
• Demonstrated ability to build and sustain exceptional business relationships
• Strong professional experience in a similar role within the pharmaceutical industry
• Well organized with the ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage shifting responsibilities in a dynamic, cross-functional teamwork environment
• Excellent collaboration skills with strong attention to detail and the ability to multi-task and manage complexity
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills are required
• Successful record of creating and managing complex project plans, timelines, budgets, and critical paths
• Ability to adapt to modification and changes to project plans, demonstrating flexibility to implement new strategies and tactics to accommodate these changes