Thought Leader Liaison-Rare Disease (Uplizna) Neurology - Phoenix, AZ
About The Position
The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) is a customer-facing role responsible for executing the Neuroimmunology Business Unit’s peer-to-peer strategies and building productive relationships with speakers, thought leaders, and other key influencers from key accounts within the assigned 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 TLL develops and executes local and broader thought-leader engagement strategies, captures and shares insights to inform brand strategy and future lifecycle planning, and supports speaker programs and content development. The position also partners with training and capability development, drives regional operational excellence, and demonstrates leadership across a complex matrix organization. The position requires residence within territory boundaries and willingness to travel, including for weekend conferences, overnight programs, and key internal meetings.
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.
- 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.
- Willingness to travel, including conferences on weekends, overnight programs, and key internal meetings.
- Must reside within territory boundaries given travel requirements.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in neurology, neuroimmunology, and neuromuscular disease.
- Clinical experience in rare diseases or specialty biologics is strongly preferred.
- Thought-leader or demonstrated KOL leadership experience.
- Proven record of consistently achieving or exceeding expectations, goals, objectives, and relevant metrics, especially on cross-functional matrix teams.
- Previous experience in multiple commercial functions.
- Experience customizing and executing timely action plans across various initiatives.
- Leadership, strategic agility, and persuasive aptitude.
- Exceptional 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 involvement in current and future commercial activities.
- Create local peer-to-peer strategies in coordination with national and regional strategic marketing and sales business plans.
- Collaborate with the Amgen advocacy team to develop relationships with key physicians and patient organizations.
- Create and execute short-term and long-term KOL engagement plans.
- Capture, synthesize, and share thought-leader insights to help shape brand strategy and prepare for future lifecycle management and competitor entry.
- Identify evidence gaps across product and disease education through appropriate thought-leader discussions and podium observations.
- Disseminate insights to marketing, sales, market access, and other stakeholders to inform strategies, tactical approaches, and market-trend planning.
- Coordinate leadership interactions at assigned national, regional, and state-society conferences.
- Pursue opportunities to involve Amgen in programs with thought leaders and support Amgen’s strategic position in the market.
- Assist with speaker events, including speaker selection and training, and review current 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 increase program impact and relevance.
- Partner with Training and Capability Development to identify skill gaps, support onboarding, reinforce reimbursement and account-management capabilities, and advance continuous development across the team.
- Drive operational excellence through regional planning, resource prioritization, expense management, CRM adoption, timely documentation, escalation management, and consistent execution of established processes.
- Hire and onboard talent, build succession and development plans, and foster an environment where team members can grow, take ownership, and deliver results.
- Lead through influence across a complex matrix organization, building trusted relationships and aligning stakeholders around access priorities and customer needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
