Thought Leader Liaison Rare Disease (Uplizna) Neurology - Tucson AZ
About The Position
The Thought Leader Liaison is a customer-facing role responsible for executing the customer aspects of the Neuroimmunology Business Unit’s peer-to-peer strategies and building productive relationships with speakers, thought leaders, and other key influencers in assigned accounts and geography. The role engages compliantly with thought leaders in neuroimmunology and neuromuscular disease and works cross-functionally with Sales, Site of Care, and Medical Affairs to address customer needs and support collaboration. The position develops and executes local and longer-term peer-to-peer and key opinion leader engagement plans, gathers and shares customer insights, identifies evidence gaps, and helps inform brand strategy, life-cycle planning, and responses to competitor entry. It also supports conference leadership interactions, speaker events and training, speaker-program refinement, and content development. The role requires travel, including conferences on weekends, overnight programs, and key internal meetings. The employee must reside within the territory boundaries. The posting says the role is on-site unless otherwise stated; it does not provide a salary figure in the supplied text. Amgen describes a Total Rewards Plan that may include health and welfare coverage, retirement and savings plans, work-life balance, career development, annual bonus or field-sales incentives, stock-based long-term incentives, and time-off plans.
Requirements
- Doctorate degree and 2 years of marketing or sales experience; or master’s degree and 4 years; or bachelor’s degree and 6 years; or associate degree and 10 years; or high school diploma/GED and 12 years.
- Willingness to travel, including to conferences on weekends, overnight programs, and key internal meetings.
- Must reside within the territory boundaries.
Nice To Haves
- Customer-facing pharmaceutical or biotech industry experience in field sales, product marketing, or medical or clinical work in the same or a related therapeutic area is required by the posting.
- Experience in neurology, neuroimmunology, and neuromuscular disease.
- Clinical experience in rare diseases or specialty biologics is strongly preferred.
- Thought leader experience or demonstrated KOL leadership experience is a plus.
- A track record of consistent achievement or exceeding expectations in responsibilities, goals, objectives, and relevant metrics, particularly on cross-functional matrix teams.
- Experience in multiple commercial functions.
- Experience customizing and executing timely action plans across initiatives.
- Leadership, strategic agility, and persuasive aptitude.
- Ability to collaborate with or lead cross-functional teams.
- Ability to present ideas effectively by consolidating and customizing information.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and time-management planning skills.
- Exceptional clinical and business acumen.
Responsibilities
- Build relationships with existing and new thought leaders for current and future commercial activities.
- Create local peer-to-peer strategies in coordination with national and regional strategic marketing and sales plans.
- Collaborate with the advocacy team to develop relationships with key physicians and patient organizations.
- Create and execute short- and long-term key opinion leader engagement plans.
- Capture, synthesize, and share thought leader insights to help shape brand strategy and prepare for life-cycle management and competitor entry.
- Identify evidence gaps in product and disease education through thought leader discussions and podium observations.
- Share insights with marketing, sales, market access, and other stakeholders to inform strategies, tactics, and planning.
- Coordinate leadership interactions at assigned national, regional, and state society conferences.
- Pursue opportunities for Amgen to participate in programs with thought leaders and strengthen its market position.
- Assist with speaker events, including speaker selection and training, and review speaker programs for consistent messaging and compliant execution.
- Collaborate with marketing on peer-to-peer programs, including speaker training, and contribute to refinement of the U.S. speaker bureau.
- Contribute customer insight and perspective to content development to improve program impact and relevance.
- Travel for conferences, overnight programs, and key internal meetings, and reside within territory boundaries.
Benefits
- Health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents
- Retirement and savings plan with company contributions
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Discretionary annual bonus program or sales-based incentive plan for field sales representatives
- Stock-based long-term incentives
- Time-off plans
- Career development opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
