Thought Leader Liaison, Nephrology- Southeast

Biogen•Atlanta, GA

1d•Remote

About The Position

As the Associate Director, Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) for Nephrology, you will serve as the primary commercial liaison to Key Medical Experts (KMEs), transplant centers, and key nephrology stakeholders within your assigned geography. This field-based role is integral to developing external advocacy, enhancing account readiness, and generating actionable marketplace insights. You will support strategic engagement initiatives across current and future indications, working closely with marketing, medical affairs, market access, sales leadership, and other cross-functional partners. Your contributions will help inform commercial strategy and launch readiness planning, bringing significant value to our business structure. This position offers an exciting opportunity to advance advocacy and engagement in the nephrology space, paving the way for innovative solutions and patient access.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, science, engineering, or related field.
Minimum of 7 years of marketing, field sales, field marketing or Thought Leader Liaison experience, with field marketing/ Thought Leader Liaison experience preferred
Rare Disease and/or nephrology field-based experience required
Demonstrated strategic thinking and the ability to effectively collaborate and influence across diverse internal and external stakeholders
Strong intellectual curiosity and a commitment to continuously expanding disease-state, customer, and healthcare ecosystem knowledge
Exceptional listening, insight-generation, and analytical skills, with the ability to identify meaningful opportunities, synthesize complex information, and translate regional intelligence into actionable recommendations that influence strategy and compliant stakeholder engagement
Highly motivated, entrepreneurial self-starter with a proven ability to partner effectively with healthcare professionals, key stakeholders, and cross-functional teams
Ability to manage competing priorities across a large geography

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree preferred

Responsibilities

Gather insights to inform the marketing strategy and commercial content development based for current and future disease states
Create regional commercial plans to move key accounts through the adoption continuum, working compliantly in collaboration with cross-functional partners
Gather insights regarding account-level practices and stakeholder perspectives and communicate relevant insights to appropriate internal partners.
Identify opportunities and barriers that may impact account adoption, patient access and long-term advocacy development
Identify, profile, and engage national, regional, and emerging Key Medical Experts within the transplant and nephrology communities
Serve as the primary commercial liaison for approved KME engagement activities, including advisory boards, peer-to-peer programs, consulting engagements, and educational initiatives
Build and maintain trusted relationships with KMEs and other key stakeholders to understand external perspectives, support approved engagement objectives, and inform therapeutic-area planning
Expand engagement beyond individual KMEs to broader stakeholder and influence networks
Gather, synthesize, and communicate actionable field insights related to customer needs, treatment practices, market dynamics, competitive activity, and emerging opportunities
Translate stakeholder feedback into strategic recommendations that inform marketing strategy, launch planning, customer engagement, and future portfolio decisions
Provide timely updates to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders regarding account development progress, KME engagement activities, advocacy trends, and emerging market dynamics
Ensure consistent documentation and sharing of insights through approved systems and processes
Support regional and national congress planning and execution, maximizing the Biogen footprint regionally
Coordinate strategic KME engagement activities occurring before, during, and after scientific meetings in collaboration with cross functional partners in accordance with applicable policies
Identify opportunities to strengthen presence and partnerships within professional societies and key stakeholder communities
Following applicable product approval, support speaker identification and program execution
Share post-congress insights with relevant internal stakeholders
Partner closely with marketing, medical, sales leadership, commercial operations, and legal/compliance partners to ensure compliant and coordinated customer engagement strategies
Represent the voice of the customer and external stakeholder perspective in cross-functional discussions
Support launch planning, account readiness initiatives, and key commercial priorities
Foster a collaborative approach that delivers a seamless customer experience while maintaining clear compliance standards

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
80 hours of sick time per calendar year
Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
Employee stock purchase plan
Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
Employee Resource Groups participation