Associate Director, Thought Leader Liaison

The Associate Director - Thought Leader Liaison, Venclexta - South reports to the Director, Thought Leader Strategy.
The Associate Director - Thought Leader Liaison, Venclexta - South is a remote-based, hybrid role supporting Venclexta. Candidates should reside within the territory (within reasonable distance of a major airport). The South territory includes the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, and Kentucky. TLL will focus on engaging and maintaining relationships with leading hematology external experts across the assigned territory to provide critical insights that shape strategy and tactics. Additionally, this role partners with fellow commercial team members, agencies, legal, compliance, medical and co-marketing colleagues to successfully drive the business forward. TLL must demonstrate the ability to lead without authority and contribute to building a collaborative and integrated commercial team.
Key Responsibilities Include:
Develop, implement and maintain accountability for interactions and feedback with national and regional oncology hematology external experts
Ensure external expert perspectives are shared and considered consistently across leadership and the Integrated Brand Team
Manage planning and execution of marketing consultancy arrangements
Engage in congress related engagement activities nationally, including supporting and executing any ongoing TL strategies and tactics
Partner with internal cross functional partners including, and not limited to, sales, marketing, medical affairs, legal, compliance, and, and managed care
Collaborate with brand to ensure speaker bureau fully staffed, trained, and aligned to educational needs
Ensure a culture of compliance
Develop and execute national and regional advisory boards in collaboration with brand team and co-promotion partners
Partner to develop, refine, and execute and the Venclexta External Expert Engagement strategy
Contribute to the formation of regional strategies with cross-functional partners
Participate in cross-functional project teams and/or supporting the Marketing Team and overall franchise
Basic Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree required; master’s degree preferred
Previous hematology experience
Exceptional presentation, interpersonal, collaboration and data discussion skill sets
Proven track record for consistently meeting or exceeding qualitative and /or quantitative goals
Proven & thorough knowledge of commercial issues associated with highly competitive oncology therapeutic area
Business travel, by air or car, is regularly required
Position is remote based. This role requires the ability to work effectively while engaged in travel and delivering timely results
Preferred:
5+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical, diagnostic or biotech industry, specifically in oncology
Previous experience with hematology thought leaders with demonstrated access to key accounts
Previous experience developing productive insight collection activities with top tier External Experts
Previous field management, marketing, or commercial experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry
Health care certification/qualification (e.g. APP, RN, RPh, other)
Advanced degree in life sciences
Thorough knowledge of Oncology market
Launch experience in pharmaceutical marketing or sales
Significant Work Activities
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8-hour day)
Travel
Yes, up to 75 % of the time

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
Yes