Associate Director, Thought Leader Liaison

Job Description: • Identify, cultivate, and maintain professional relationships with national, regional, and emerging KOLs and other key stakeholders. • Assess where customers are in their engagement and advocacy journey and deploy tactics to deepen engagement and advocacy. • Identify and secure KOLs for key projects and initiatives. • Conduct 1:1 and small-group engagements to strengthen advocacy and enhance understanding of the disease area and product data. • Collaborate with the thought leader strategy lead and other cross-functional teams to develop/update KOL strategy and engagement plans. • Gather and share actionable insights from KOL interactions to inform brand strategy and execution. • Identify and monitor emerging trends, sentiment shifts, and competitive activity, ensuring timely communication to the broader commercial organization. • Stay current on data readouts, congress presentations, and scientific developments to support informed KOL discussions. • Translate national brand strategy into actionable regional marketing plans including key account strategy and plans that address regional opportunities and barriers. • Lead regional cross-functional initiatives in collaboration with Sales, Medical Affairs, and other cross functional partners in a compliant manner. • Partner with sales and medical leadership teams and field teams to ensure strategic alignment across KOLs, accounts and customer segments. • Act as a collaborative, field-based marketing partner to Sales and Medical, supporting account access and relationship development, especially in hard-to-reach or strategically important accounts. • Identify and facilitate educational and partnership opportunities with professional societies and centers of excellence. • Lead compliant execution of regional speaker programs and P2P educational events. • Provide ongoing coaching and feedback to ensure message consistency and speaker excellence. • Partner with field teams to identify, vet, and contract qualified speakers based on regional needs. • Collaborate with regional business directors to plan and execute programs aligned with educational priorities. • Lead thought leader engagement planning and execution at key national and regional congresses. • Coordinate on-site KOL meetings, non-CME educational events, and customer receptions in collaboration with cross-functional teams. • Partner across Sales, Medical Affairs, and cross-functional teams to ensure coordinated and compliant external engagement. Requirements: • Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (MBA, MS, PharmD, or equivalent) preferred. • 8+ years of biotech or pharmaceutical industry experience, including at least 5 years in a customer-facing or marketing role (e.g., Sales, MSL, KOL Management, Field Marketing/TLL). • Strong understanding of the U.S. healthcare landscape and experience engaging with thought leaders in specialty therapeutic areas. • Proven ability to build and sustain trusted professional relationships. • Strong collaboration and communication skills with demonstrated cross-functional leadership. • Experience developing and executing thought leader engagement or regional marketing strategies. • Strong clinical and scientific acumen. • Excellent presentation, communication, and storytelling abilities. • Deep understanding of compliance and regulatory frameworks governing HCP engagement. • Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment. Benefits: • Please visit to see our competitive benefits. Apply tot his job