Rare Hematology Thought Leader Liaison

Sanofi • Austin, TX

19h • $146,250 - $211,250 • Remote

About The Position

The Rare Hematology Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) is a field-based commercial role supporting Sanofi’s Rare Blood Disorders franchise, with a primary portfolio focus on Systemic Mastocytosis (SM) and Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP). The TLL engages healthcare professionals (HCPs) and key opinion leaders (KOLs) to inform market development, build educational platforms, generate insights, and contribute to regional and national brand strategies. The role requires strong clinical and customer knowledge and familiarity with field and headquarters protocols and procedures.

The TLL drives SM and ITP market development in the assigned Gulf Coast region by identifying KOLs and fostering multidisciplinary connections among specialists who treat and manage patients with these conditions. The position partners with cross-functional commercial and medical teams, including field colleagues and home-office teams in Marketing, Medical Affairs, Operations, and Market Access, and works within approved standard operating procedures. The role includes substantial travel, with 60–80% expected.

Responsibilities also include KOL engagement and development, regional market-development initiatives, customer insight gathering, collaboration on advisory boards and congress activities, and support for speaker bureau operations and content. Sanofi describes itself as an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharmaceutical company focused on improving lives through medicines and vaccines.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least 5 years of work experience in one or more of field sales, product marketing, or medical/clinical roles in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, biotech, or related life science industries.
• Prior experience interacting with KOLs and/or HCPs.
• Ability to travel to meetings, trainings, and programs as necessary; expected travel is 60–80%.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Must reside within the assigned territory’s geographic area or within a reasonable distance.

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.
• Strong communication, organization, and project management skills.
• Ability to work in a highly dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to lead without formal authority and work collaboratively.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify and act on creative solutions.
• Ability to establish credibility, connect information, and align stakeholders to support adoption of new products, methods, and technologies.
• Flexibility and ability to plan and adapt to changing market conditions.
• Patient focus, urgency, and personal commitment to high performance, results, and compliance.
• High integrity and exceptional work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate function-specific activities with cross-functional colleagues in alignment 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 about disease diagnosis and treatment, therapeutic options, and product positioning across SM and ITP.
• Execute on-label, strategic HCP programming, including disease-state and product education, based on brand needs.
• Serve as a commercial point of contact for KOL issues and use a customer-centric, needs-based approach with targeted KOLs.
• Plan and execute KOL engagements and executive encounters at conferences, field visits, and other venues.
• Represent allergy/immunology and hematology/oncology KOL perspectives within the organization and share insights with stakeholders and cross-functional partners to inform brand strategy.
• Lead long-term regional market-development efforts 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 treat and manage SM and ITP patients.
• Maintain understanding of regional market dynamics, KOLs, institutional accounts, and multidisciplinary teams; partner with sales leadership and commercial field teams to align regional 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 engagements 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 insights aligned with brand priorities across SM and ITP.
• Obtain KOL feedback on new and existing brand-related strategies and materials, ensuring materials and programs are approved by legal, compliance, and regulatory teams.
• Capture and analyze competitive intelligence to inform strategy and activities.
• Facilitate cross-functional planning, recruitment, and execution of regional and national advisory boards with HQ Marketing.
• Identify, align, and recruit appropriate HCP/KOL consultants for marketing needs and project KPIs.
• Collaborate cross-functionally on account strategy and plans through treatment-pathway discovery and insight generation to advance care in centers of excellence.
• Assist with speaker bureau management, including identifying, training, and coaching promotional speakers using approved slide decks and materials.
• Assist with speaker contracting when requested, including annual budget plans, recommendations, and nominations.
• Coordinate and execute speaker training to ensure speakers are competent, compliant, and current on new information.
• Attend HCP speaker programs to observe, coach, and remediate speakers when necessary.
• Assist with creating new content and updating or renewing existing content.
• Manage high-volume speaker logistics and scheduling as a point of contact, coordinating cross-functionally to streamline communication.
• Lead planning, execution, and pull-through of TLL-owned programs.

Benefits

• Health and wellbeing benefits, including high-quality healthcare, prevention, and wellness programs.
• At least 14 weeks of gender-neutral parental leave.
• A rewards package recognizing employee contributions and impact.
• Employee benefit programs; further information is available through the company’s benefits information page.

What This Job Offers

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