Thought Leader Liaison - S California / Arizona

UCB•Los Angeles, CA

1d•$164,000 - $215,000•Hybrid

About The Position

About the role: The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) is a field-based, non-sales role responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive provider engagement strategy with national, regional, and local Thought Leaders, as well as establishing strategic partnerships with key medical conferences and professional organizations across both Rheumatology and Dermatology. This role serves as a catalyst for collaboration between UCB, Medical, and Key Opinion Leaders, helping to elevate UCB’s leadership position and clearly differentiate our value proposition within the immunology market. Who you’ll work with: The TLL works cross-functionally with internal partners — including Marketing, Medical Affairs, Sales Leadership, Ecosystem Partnerships, and Regional Sales Leads—to ensure aligned and impactful engagement at congresses, medical meetings, commercial advisory boards, and related activities. Through strong internal and external relationship-building, the TLL plays a critical role in pulling through UCB’s commercial and Patient Value Strategies at national and regional levels, supporting the broader therapeutic portfolio and positioning UCB as a trusted leader and true partner within the specialty communities. What you’ll do: Coordinate and execute commercial KOL meetings and HCP engagement activities at key Rheumatology and Dermatology conferences, partnering closely with cross-functional teams to maximize UCB’s presence and strategic impact.

Requirements

BS/BA degree required
Minimum 5 years’ experience in Therapeutic sales, marketing, KOL development and/or other directly related roles

Nice To Haves

Experience working successfully with commercial and non-commercial teams
Demonstrates scientific knowledge in customer settings
Proven experience at being able to build processes
Interpersonal Communication, Negotiation Skills Intellectual curiosity
Successful people leadership experience preferred
Prior business development experience preferred
Experience working with a Therapeutic product and/or portfolio preferred
Prior launch and launch planning experience preferred
Bachelors’ degree in life sciences, business or healthcare preferred

Responsibilities

Collaborate with Marketing to pull through corporate and brand strategy, align on branding execution, and support planning and delivery of commercial advisory boards across both specialties.
Manage and assist with speaker bureau operations (approximately 35–45% of the role), ensuring seamless execution of peer-to-peer strategies and compliant pull-through of educational initiatives.
Cultivate, deepen, and maintain strong relationships with national, regional, and local KOLs to inform strategic planning and ensure effective partnership and pull-through.
Serve as the external “face” of UCB and the Immunology Franchise at key meetings and events, engaging professionally with customers, accounts, physicians, practitioners, industry partners, and consultants.
Manage complex relationships across multiple customer-facing teams, effectively positioning the TLL role and demonstrating its value to internal stakeholders.
Demonstrate strong influencing skills with and through others without direct authority to achieve aligned objectives.
Apply strong project management capabilities to balance multiple high-priority initiatives, assess outcomes, and make data-driven go/no-go decisions.
Maintain a deep and evolving understanding of the Dermatology and Rheumatology businesses, including customer needs, marketing strategy, and marketplace trends, while adapting approaches accordingly.
Communicate with excellence—verbally, in writing, and through presentations—and confidently present to groups of varying sizes and seniority levels.
Consistently operate at the highest levels of UCB compliance, integrity, and professional standards.
Results-oriented, detail-focused, and able to set priorities while taking appropriate, compliant risks.
Ability to travel approximately ~70%.