Director, National Thought Leader Liaison

Role Summary

Director, Thought Leader Liaison will be a key member of the Commercial and Marketing teams, reporting to the Senior Director, Thought Leader Strategy & Partnerships. They will spearhead thought leader engagement to support the market launch of Zidesamtinib and Neladalkib, guiding relationships and partnerships to align with brand objectives and coordinating end-to-end engagement for the Commercial organization. They will also support the execution of brand strategies to ensure launch readiness.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive Commercial engagement strategy for lung cancer thought leaders, including academic researchers, digital opinion leaders, and other key influencers.
• Collaborate with internal teams to implement commercial strategies and manage interactions with key accounts, ensuring alignment with Nuvalent’s business goals.
• Capture valuable therapeutic and competitive insights from Thought Leaders and other key stakeholders to guide impactful field insights integration that shapes positioning, messaging, and stakeholder engagement strategies
• Work closely with the Senior Director, Thought Leader Strategy to aggregate insights and determine implications to the brand and disseminate as part of the Insights Team.
• Work closely with internal teams to execute commercial launch strategies, managing interactions with Thought Leaders throughout the process.
• Identify and engage promotional speakers to represent Nuvalent at regional and national events.
• Identify and nominate promotional speakers for the brand Speaker Bureau.
• Cultivate and maintain strong, trusting relationships with Thought Leaders, ensuring they are well-informed about Nuvalent’s activities, portfolio, and strategic direction.
• Partner with Legal and Compliance teams to enforce guidelines and processes for compliant customer engagement.
• Serve as a point of coordination, facilitating connectivity across internal stakeholders in collaboration efforts to become a preferred industry partner.
• Co-lead and execute Commercial Advisory Boards in partnership with Head, Thought Leader Strategy and internal cross-functional collaborators
• Execute the Thought Leader Engagement Congress strategy.
• Support brand initiatives with KOL needs (ie. KOL videos, Peer to Peer programs, Product theaters)
• Compliantly support Field needs to include, but not limited to: KOL introductions, speaker bureau nominations, KOL expert panels at sales meetings

Skills

• Foster a culture of empowerment, collaboration, and a focus on patient impact.
• Strong scientific and clinical orientation, comfortable with data, and ability to distill complex clinical information into business implications and credible narrative with internal and external stakeholders.
• Exceptional communication and influence skills, with the ability to inspire confidence and work successfully with varied stakeholders including the Brand Team and Product Development Team.
• Proficient in multichannel marketing directed towards HCPs and patients, including digital, media, peer-to-peer, congresses, and personal promotion tactics.
• Drives for results and nurtures a performance-based culture of continuous improvement, addressing concerns and conflict proactively.
• Characteristics include being entrepreneurial, collaborative, and an energetic initiative-taker with strong interpersonal and analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree
• Required: 10+ years biopharma experience including oncology launch experience
• Required: 3+ years as a Thought Leader Liaison in Oncology
• Required: 5+ years of commercial oncology experience in the U.S. market, with expertise in sales, marketing, or related functions.
• Required: Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritize effectively, and communicate across all organizational levels.
• Required: Proven track record of recruiting, onboarding, managing, coaching, and retaining top talent, with strong leadership and mentorship skills.
• Required: Strong understanding of analytics and operations tools/technologies.
• Required: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation abilities.
• Required: Willingness to travel up to 50% domestically
• Preferred: Experience in Lung cancer is highly preferable
• Preferred: Prior Thought Leader Liaison engagement and/or scientific exchange in Lung Cancer