Recruitment Data Policies Thought Leader Liaison / Rare Disease

UCB•Chicago, IL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for a Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) who has strong interpersonal and communications skills with command of the medical science surrounding Myasthenia Gravis (MG) for our Rare Disease Organization (RDO) team. This role is a regional-based field position covering Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Illinois, and Missouri. The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) is a field-based role that builds trusted relationships with healthcare thought leaders and connects external experts with UCB’s U.S. Rare Disease Organization (RDO). TLL translates insights, coordinates compliant engagement, and partners across functions to support strategy, education, and patient care.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
7+ years’ experience in specialty pharmaceuticals or biotech
5+ years in field sales, product marketing, thought leader engagement or similar
2+ years Thought Leader Liaison experience or role with significant overlap in responsibilities
Ability and willingness to travel 80% of the time required in the field. that will include weekends and evenings
Must live within 1 hour of major airline airport HUB within the territory
Experience managing demanding travel and meeting schedules

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in life sciences, business or healthcare
Demonstrated ability to understand and apply knowledge about complex medical and scientific issues such as those related to the diagnosis, treatment and ongoing care of MG
Strong verbal and written communications skills with a high degree of cultural sensitivity and situational awareness as it relates to engaging with patients, payers, advocates and others living with orphan and rare disease
Experience of working knowledge of US healthcare ecosystem and underlying relationships between practitioners, providers, payers, patients and government
Balancing multiple priorities and levels of interactions across teams and disciplines while still adhering to strict budgets and timelines
Experience working in Myasthenia Gravis or related conditions
Working familiarity with compliment inhibitors and/or neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) based products
Established relationships within the orphan / rare disease provider, patient and advocacy community
Highly skilled at using Excel, SharePoint, PowerPoint, and Word

Responsibilities

Develop purposeful relationships with established and emerging healthcare leaders across priority rare disease communities.
Generate insights by gathering, documenting, and synthesizing external perspectives to identify opportunities and inform strategy.
Develop engagement plans for assigned thought leaders, accounts, and congresses, with clear objectives aligned to business priorities and stakeholder needs.
Enable compliant collaboration by connecting thought leaders with appropriate UCB partners and coordinating engagement across Marketing, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Patient Services, and field teams.
Support priority programs including advisory activities, peer education, congress engagement, speaker development, and other approved initiatives.
Prioritize activity by focusing time and resources on engagements that advance RDO strategy, patient value, and effective ways of working.
Maintain disciplined execution through timely planning, documentation, reporting, follow-up, and adherence to UCB policies and applicable industry standards.