Thought Leader Liaison, Iqirvo, Gulf Coast

Ipsen Pharma•Berkeley Heights, NJ

51d

About The Position

Ipsen is a mid-sized global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on transformative medicines in three therapeutic areas: Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience. Supported by nearly 100 years of development experience, with global hubs in the U.S., France and the U.K, we tackle areas of high unmet medical need through research and innovation. Our passionate teams in more than 40 countries are focused on what matters and endeavor every day to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries. We build a workplace that champions human-centric leadership and fosters a culture of collaboration, excellence and impact. At Ipsen, every individual is empowered to be their true selves, grow and thrive alongside the company's success. Join us on our journey towards sustainable growth, creating real impact on patients and society! The Thought Leader Liaison, Rare Disease, IQIRVO is responsible for Building & maintaining brand and company awareness among National, Regional, and Local KOLs thru regular engagement and education. The TLL supports marketing department initiatives and is actively involved in conferences and meetings. This TLL will work with our PBC product, Iqirvo, and will be responsible for the Gulf Coast region.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree is required, ideally in a scientific discipline
10+ years of scientific experience in pharma/biotech, including at least a few years in a TLL type role
Knowledge of rules of engagement and best compliance practices
Proven track record for consistently meeting or exceeding quantitative and qualitative targets
Demonstrated understanding of the payer and clinical landscape, especially in specialty & rare diseases, with a strong desire for Hepatology/Liver experience
Proven patient centricity demonstrated by empathy, understanding and commitment to support patients
Superior presentation, organization, administration, and written communication skills
Ability to travel across the United States, including weekends and overnights when required
Live within the Gulf Coast region

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree (MBA, MS, PhD) preferred.

Responsibilities

Build & maintain brand and company awareness among National, Regional, and Local KOLs thru regular engagement and education.
Identify thought leaders and influencers within Ipsen's disease states who can influence the compliant understanding and education of our branded products.
Conduct community/academic influence mapping.
Leverage and maintain updated KOL customer list by disease state and patient volume to create engagement plans.
Build Ipsen brand advocates and increase awareness of company corporate objectives.
Monitor, assess, and follow-up on KOL brand sentiments thru interactions, podium presentations, etc.
Coordinate business growth at key institutions with local cross functional partners.
Cross functional management lead at corresponding KOL accounts
Facilitate company initiatives and engagement with KOLs at key accounts.
Support national and regional ad boards
Partner with brand team to select ad board placement, recruitment, participation, content development, and post-insight reporting
Manage Speaker Bureau
Primary lead for Medical Leverage agency relationship
Speaker nominations, training, utilization
Speaker Programming liaison between field and agency
Monitor speaking events for effective presentations and compliance with Ipsen policies
Partner with Business Ethics to remediate as needed
Deliver TLE/marketing engagement to KOLs w/approved materials to develop compliantly KOL advocacy
Deliver TLE materials to share Ipsen company and brand story
Seek and share insights for Marketing strategies
Commercial Lead on National Conferences
Partner with meetings/conventions, medical and global leads
Internal and external preparation and oversight including preparing KOL profiles as needed
Daily debriefs as needed/requested
Pre/post congress cross-functional information consolidation
Pre/post Podium KOL follow-up
Serve as Ipsen Commercial point for KOL company meetings (Executive/Sr. Leadership exchanges, conferences, etc)
Regional lists from RBDs, Invitations to customers, Logistical planning, KOL Backgrounders
Compliantly facilitate cross-functional engagements and/or introductions
US Commercial contact for global meeting management/alignment