Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) - Senior Manager, Northeast

Role Summary

Dermatology Thought Leader Liaison Sr. Manager, Northeast. This role focuses on maintaining and building relationships with external Opinion Leaders and large medical centers in Dermatology, coordinating with the Otezla Brand Marketing Team and field sales.

Responsibilities

• Identify, cultivate, and maintain professional relationships with established and up-and-coming regional Opinion Leaders in Dermatology
• Work cross functionally to drive and develop aligned external engagement strategies across multiple cross functional teams including medical, training, marketing, and sales
• Manage OL Speaker bureau relationships including supporting speaker training, compliance, and product theater speaker management
• Manage regional speaker bureau, including providing speaker recommendations
• Identify and manage relationships with key national Dermatology Accounts and Psoriasis Centers
• Attend and manage brand activity at key regional and national Dermatology conferences, including managing product theaters, and other ancillary brand activities
• Manage overall regional sponsorship budget, including working with organizations to secure sponsorships, and owning regional congress plan
• Coordinate executive meetings with OLs at national conferences
• Complete all necessary conference and speaker contract requirements in a timely manner
• Coordinate with marketing to ensure all congress materials are delivered on time
• Coordinate closely with the sales team to ensure alignment with conference OL engagement plan as well as other OL/account engagement
• Provide customer and market insights back to the marketing team and provide input into P2P development, advisory boards, and strategy
• Partner with the HCP Marketing team to develop advisory board strategy, content, advisory recommendations, and attend advisory boards as appropriate
• Provide insights summary from key congresses to the marketing team

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications: Doctorate degree and 2 years of marketing or sales experience OR Master's degree and 4 years of marketing or sales experience OR Bachelor's degree and 6 years of marketing or sales experience OR Associates degree and 10 years of marketing or sales experience OR High school diploma / GED and 12 years of marketing or sales experience
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • 5+ years of experience working in Dermatology in sales or marketing roles
  • Prior experience in thought leader engagement, regional marketing, sales, or sales leadership
  • Strong relationship building skills, with proven ability to build and maintain lasting relationships with OLs
  • Ability to exercise strong decision-making skills and live up to the highest ethical standards
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to build productive partnerships and collaborate effectively in a matrix organization

Skills

• Relationship management
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Speaker bureau management
• Conference planning and execution
• Market insights and advisory board support
• Strategic communications

Education

• As listed under Basic Qualifications

Additional Requirements

• Significant travel (>50%), evenings and select weekends required
• Located near a hub airport recommended
• Role covers the Northeast United States: NY, MD, MA, WV, OH, MI, CT, PA, ME, RI