Date posted:  Oct 5, 2024
City:  Remote
Country/Region:  US
Type of Contract:  Unlimited contract
Job Requisition ID:  6641

Associate Director, Thought Leader Liaison Hematology - Northeast Region

About Servier

 

At Servier, we are dedicated to bringing the promise of tomorrow to the patients we serve.

 

We are a commercial stage, privately held pharmaceutical company, based in the U.S. Currently, we have four medicines approved in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), Myelodysplastic Syndrome, and cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). We have also accelerated our investment in hard-to-treat cancers, with more than 50% of our research and development dedicated to delivering significant advances in areas of high unmet need that may truly move the needle for our patients. Our pipeline is promising with several Phase 3 assets in the Oncology space. 

Role Summary

 

Through strategic marketing and thought leader engagement, the Associate Director, Thought Leader Liaison is responsible for the development and execution of field-based marketing initiatives. To ensure alignment with strategic brand plans, this role requires optimal collaboration with multiple cross-functional internal teams, including Brand Marketing, Patient Office, Medical, Commercial, and third-party agency partners. This role reports to the Director, Thought Leader Liaison and provides the opportunity to engage with regional thought leaders, integrate their insights, and impact brand strategy through insight gathering initiatives and peer to peer educational programming.

 

Primary Responsibilities

 

  • Identify, profile, develop and foster commercial relationships with physician key opinion thought leaders (KOLs)
  • Represent and ensure consolidation of KOL input in the development of brand strategy by providing in-depth insights to ultimately drive brand awareness and performance
  • Manage KOL activities and contacts at identified key congresses and societies by attending local, regional, and national conferences where KOL presentations and engagements may occur
  • Continually applies knowledge and learnings of regional and national nuances to assess the effectiveness of key marketing tactics, making strategic recommendations to leadership for brand optimization
  • Play a key role in enabling the understanding of disease state of Servier products as well as the market landscape of competitor products to ensure optimal customer engagement
  • Lead and manage multiple projects compliantly, efficiently, and effectively to deliver high-quality output
  • Cultivate and manage relationships with third-party agency partners in the development and execution of field-based initiatives
  • Lead the development and execution of commercial-led advisory boards and other third-party insight gathering tactics
  • Develop and manage a compliant and industry leading peer-to-peer (P2P) education platform to ensure optimal reach and frequency to identified customer base that is aligned with brand strategy and marketing
  • Speaker bureau vendor management across disease portfolio
  • Coordination and execution of speaker bureau training and coaching
  • Lead partnerships with field leadership in assigned geography to optimize implementation of field-based commercial initiatives
  • Effective collaboration with internal cross-functional partners including leadership, brand, sales, compliance, legal, finance, market research, medical affairs, training, and IT

 

Education and Required Skills

 

  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, management consulting, or other field related experience
  • Minimum of 7 years of work experience in marketing or related functions
  • Experience with thought leader engagement, advisory boards and speaker bureau management strongly preferred
  • Demonstrates project management skills
  • Ability to manage multiple and evolving priorities in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to effectively plan and manage both at the strategic and tactical levels
  • Sales experience strongly preferred
  • Hematology/Oncology experience required
  • Experience working with vendors and/or managing projects via a third party is strongly preferred
  • Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and effectively with a wide range of people and functions
  • Excellent communication and influencing skills

 

Travel and Location

 

  • Able to travel for meetings, conferences and KOL engagements
  • Up to 70% travel may be required
  • Candidates must live in stated geography including ME, NH, VT, DE, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, PA, MD, District of Columbia, Western part of WV

Servier’s Commitment
 

We’re an organization, committed to modeling diversity, equity, and inclusion for the entire industry, and to maintaining an inclusive environment with equitable treatment for all. We are interested in growing our team with passionate, committed, and innovative individuals. We encourage all to apply to our open roles and are always willing to consider skills and experiences outside of what is listed in the job description.

 

Salary Range

 

The salary range for this role is $185,000 - $205,000. An employee’s pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. Employees in this position are also eligible for Short-Term and Long-Term incentive programs. Servier also offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package that includes benefits such as medical, dental, vision, flexible time off (Servier provides unlimited sick time and flex time, and does not accrue time off), 401(k), life and disability insurance, recognition programs among other great benefits (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).  For more information on our benefits, please visit this link.