Associate Director, Strategic Engagement (Thought Leader Liaison), Midwest

Mirum Pharmaceuticals

2d • Remote

About The Position

The Associate Director, Strategic Engagement, also known as Thought Leader Liaison (TLL), serves as a key strategic partner between Mirum Pharmaceuticals and the healthcare community. This role focuses on cultivating and maintaining relationships with key opinion leaders (KOLs), thought leaders, and other external stakeholders. The TLL is responsible for building scientific credibility, supporting brand strategy, and ensuring aligned, compliant engagement with external experts to enhance awareness and education. The area of focus will largely be supporting the Hepatology and Gastroenterology community, supporting existing and future products in Alagille, PFIC, PBC, PSC, and Hepatitis D. The territory will likely include MI, IN, IL, WI, IA, MO.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (required)
• A minimum of 10 years of pharmaceutical or related industry experience required, mostly in a customer-facing capacity
• Strategic thinking and an ability to work in a hands-on manner to deliver on multiple priorities
• Able to draw insights from a variety of sources, understands market and competition.
• Compiles relevant data from appropriate sources and performs analysis.
• Experience working successfully within a cross collaborative internal environment.
• Synthesize complex and diverse information, recognizes trends and/or interrelationship.
• Ability to meet objectives and deadlines, promote efficiency and effectiveness, and incorporate improvements and program return on investment (ROI).
• Strong project management experience and the ability to manage and coordinate projects with multiple internal stakeholders and vendors on time
• Excellent verbal, written, organization and interpersonal skills required.
• Versed in MS Office tools including Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Nice To Haves

• A minimum of 3 years of working with Hepatology KOLs preferred
• A minimum of 2 years of working as a Thought Leader Liaison preferred

Responsibilities

• Develop and communicate the strategic vision and operational plan for engaging KOLs.
• Develop and oversee development and execution of individual KOL Mapping KOLs plans.
• Partner closely with the Director, Marketing – KOL Strategy and Congress Planning to ensure alignment.
• Build and maintain productive, collaborative, and compliant relationships with peers leading teams in Marketing, Market Access, Patient Services, and Medical Affairs.
• Work closely with the Field Sales team on the execution of all thought leader-related initiatives and programs.
• Build mechanisms to collect insights, synthesize and integrate them, and communicate to brand to inform tactics.
• Bring thought leaders closer to Mirum by ensuring compliant, value-added connections across the organization.
• Collaborate with Medical Leadership on engagement strategy and planning as appropriate, including support and coordination of commercial advisory boards.
• Engage with KOLs to solicit feedback that shapes and informs brand strategy.
• Contribute Marketing strategy for conferences/congresses including sponsorships, communication/messaging, and advocacy group engagement.
• Work in partnership with the Marketing portfolio leaders and field leadership to develop appropriate KPIs and metrics to support the brand marketing and executional goals.
• Act as primary point of contact for the field, maintaining an effective two-way dialogue on KOL engagement, potential speaker identification, and up-and-coming thought leaders and experts.
• Analyze market data, confirm data reliability and inform team stakeholders to make informed decisions.
• Proactively engage partners in Legal and Compliance to ensure programs and processes are being delivered with the highest ethical standards.

Benefits

• Mirum Pharmaceuticals is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all Federal, State and Local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of race, age, national origin, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, genetic disposition or characteristics, disability, veteran’s status or any other classification protected by applicable State/Federal/Local laws.
• Mirum Pharmaceuticals provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job application procedures.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level