Rare Hematology Thought Leader Liaison

Sanofi • Austin, TX

19h • Remote

About The Position

Sanofi’s Rare Hematology Thought Leader Liaison is a field-based commercial role responsible for engaging healthcare professionals (HCPs) and key opinion leaders (KOLs) to inform market development across the rare hematology portfolio, primarily Systemic Mastocytosis (SM) and Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP). The role develops regional relationships and educational platforms, generates customer insights, and informs local and national brand strategies while supporting the commercial success of the portfolio. The liaison partners with commercial and medical field colleagues and home-office teams, working within approved company procedures and compliance requirements.

The position leads regional market development by identifying KOLs and fostering connections among the multidisciplinary specialists who treat and manage SM and ITP patients. It also supports centers of excellence, regional marketing initiatives, congresses, advisory boards, speaker bureau operations, and educational programming. The role requires clinical and customer knowledge across SM, ITP, and aTTP, and frequent travel throughout the assigned Gulf Coast region.

The position is full-time, remote, and based within or a reasonable distance from the assigned territory. Travel of 60–80% is expected. The listed salary range is $146,250–$211,250, with compensation determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Sanofi describes a rewards package and health and wellbeing benefits, including at least 14 weeks of gender-neutral parental leave.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least 5 years of work experience in field sales, product marketing, or medical/clinical work in pharmaceutical, healthcare, biotech, or another related life-science industry.
• Prior experience interacting with KOLs and/or HCPs.
• Ability to travel to meetings, trainings, and programs as necessary; travel is expected to be 60–80%.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Reside within the assigned territory or within a reasonable distance.
• Strong communication, organization, and project-management skills.
• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and collaboratively across functions.
• Ability to lead without formal authority.
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Analytical and problem-solving ability, including identifying and acting on creative solutions.
• Ability to build credibility, connect stakeholders, and support adoption of new products, methods, and technologies.
• Flexibility to plan and adapt to changing market conditions.
• Patient-focused, urgent, and committed to high performance, results, and compliance.
• High integrity and exceptional work ethic.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in rare diseases and/or hematology.
• Allergy/immunology and/or hematology-oncology background.
• Experience in marketing or leading marketing projects.
• Academic-center focus and KOL development experience.
• Experience working within or building multidisciplinary treatment teams.
• Cross-functional commercial background, such as marketing or sales leadership.
• Master’s degree in a related field.
• Launch experience, including demonstrated success across multiple drug launches in applicable specialty markets.
• Previous experience as a Thought Leader Liaison.
• KOL and/or speaker-management experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate function-specific activities with cross-functional colleagues in line with business and customer needs.
• Identify, profile, and maintain long-term partnerships with KOLs and emerging leaders in hematology and allergy/immunology, including identifying SM champions in the region.
• Conduct on-label conversations to gather insights on disease diagnosis and treatment, therapeutic options, and product positioning across SM and ITP.
• Execute strategic, on-label HCP programming, including disease-state and product education, as determined by brand needs.
• Serve as a point of contact for resolving commercial KOL issues and apply a customer-centric, needs-based approach to targeted KOLs.
• Plan and execute KOL engagements and executive encounters at conferences, field visits, and other venues.
• Share allergy/immunology and hematology/oncology KOL perspectives and insights with internal stakeholders and cross-functional partners to inform brand strategy.
• Lead long-term regional market development across SM and ITP, focusing on high-potential centers and customers.
• Develop and execute regional KOL engagement plans and foster connections among multidisciplinary specialists who care for SM and ITP patients.
• Monitor regional market dynamics, including KOLs, institutional accounts, and multidisciplinary teams; partner with sales leadership and commercial field teams to align market development strategies.
• Develop and execute regional marketing initiatives such as insight discovery, advisory boards, and roundtables.
• Support regional congress planning and execution, including KOL insight gathering at priority hematology/oncology and allergy/immunology conferences, in partnership with Medical, Sales Leadership, Commercial Operations, and Brand Marketing.
• Meet with assigned centers and customers to solicit feedback and adjust strategies; maintain clinical competence across SM, ITP, and aTTP.
• Capture, analyze, and share customer and competitive insights aligned with brand priorities; obtain KOL feedback on brand strategies and materials approved by legal, compliance, and regulatory teams.
• Facilitate cross-functional planning, recruitment, and execution of regional and national advisory boards with HQ Marketing; identify and recruit HCP/KOL consultants for project needs and KPIs.
• Collaborate across functions to inform account strategy through treatment-pathway discovery and insight generation for centers of excellence.
• Support speaker bureau management, including identifying and training or coaching promotional speakers using approved materials.
• Assist with speaker contracting when requested, including annual budget plans, recommendations, and nominations.
• Coordinate and conduct speaker training; attend HCP speaker programs to observe, coach, and remediate speakers as needed.
• Assist with creation of new content and updates or renewals of existing content.
• Coordinate high-volume speaker logistics and scheduling as the point of contact, working cross-functionally to streamline communication.
• Lead planning, execution, and follow-through of TLL-owned programs.

Benefits

• Rewards package recognizing employee contribution.
• Health and wellbeing benefits, including high-quality healthcare and prevention and wellness programs.
• At least 14 weeks of gender-neutral parental leave.
• Employees may be eligible to participate in company employee benefit programs.

What This Job Offers

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