Thought Leader Liaison, Nephrology, West

Job Title

Requisition

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Job Description Summary

Job Description

• Identify, cultivate, andmaintainprofessional relationships with established and up-and-coming regional Key Opinion Leaders in targeted specialties.
• Support deep engagement of KOLs (ex. Navigating IDNs / Centers of Excellence, Professional Organizations)
• Identify, map, and manage relationships with key national associations and other large treatment facilities (includes the detailed mapping of referral patterns, key relationships, and influencers)
• Coordinate and lead one-to-one exchanges between Mallinckrodt team and KOLs across key initiatives andevents.

• Attend and manage brand activity at key regional and targeted national conferences (may encompass Rheumatology, Nephrology, Pulmonology, Ophthalmology).
• Manage overall regional sponsorships including working with organizations to secure sponsorships, and owning regional congressplan.
• Coordinate executive meetings with KOLs at nationalconferences.
• Support all necessary conference and speaker contract requirementsin a timelymanner.
• Coordinate with marketing to ensure all congress materials are delivered ontime.

• Work cross functionally to drive and develop aligned external engagement strategies across multiple cross functional teams including medical, training, marketing, andsales.
• Coordinate closely with the sales team to ensure alignment with conference KOL engagement plan as well as other KOL/accountengagement.
• Providemarket insights back to the marketing team andprovideinput into P2P development, advisory boards, andstrategy.
• Be a resource for the Marketing team to develop board strategy, content, advisory recommendations, and attend advisory boards asappropriate.
• Coordinate with Market Development Manager and Speaker Programs Management on KOL Speaker bureau relationships including supporting speaker training.
• Provideinsights summary from key congresses to the marketingteam.

• Business travel is regularlyrequired(50% - 65%)
• Willingness to work evenings and select weekends isrequired.
• Located near a hub airport isrecommended.

• 8+ years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotech or related industry in customer facing roles.
• 5+ years of experience in thought leader engagement; medical affairs, marketing, sales/sales leadership or clinical experience.
• 3+ years working within Nephrology
• Experience developing and executing HCP key strategies.
• Proven ability to develop and execute KOL mapping and plans, as well as building KOL advocacy in the targeted therapeutic areas.
• Clinical, technical, and scientific knowledge andproficiencyin complex disease states
• Existing relationships with KOLs (opinion leaders, centers of excellence etc.)
• Strong relationship building skills, with proven ability to build andmaintainlasting relationships with KOLs and navigate strategic accounts (Integrated Delivery Networks, Academic Medical Centers, Centers of Excellence, etc.)
• Ability to exercise strong decision-making skills and live up to the highest ethical standards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including confident executivepresence.
• Ability to build productive partnerships and collaborate effectively in a matrix organization.
• Ability to creativelyaddressproblems in an organized, systematic way
• High degree of organizational awareness, ability to connect the dots to understand all the interdependency and bigpicture.
• Exceptional critical thinking to helpidentifyeducational gaps, analyze findings, and make recommendations while articulating nextsteps.
• Strong understanding of legal and regulatory environment in pharmaceutical promotional activities, pharma industry guidelines and other compliance-related issues
• Bachelor's degree. MBA or advanced degree desired but not required.
• Extensive field travel required.

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