Make your mark for patients
We are looking for a Thought Leader Liaison who is highly collaborative, has holistic thinking with patient access as an end goal and understands the patient journey to join us in our Epilepsy and Rare Syndromes team based in our Atlanta, GA, office. This role is a Westcoast regional-based field position covering the following states: Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Colorado
About the role
The Thought Leader Liaison develops and strengthens strategic partnerships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOL) and internal stakeholders. They ensure optimal KOL engagement at medical meetings and commercial advisory boards and will continue to position UCB as an epilepsy market leader, delivering on the Patient Value Strategy throughout the entire Epilepsy portfolio in their region.
This is a portfolio-wide focus on driving impact within Epilepsy and Rare Syndromes inclusive to Dravet, Lennox-Gastaut communities, and patients suffering from partial onset and cluster seizures.
Who you'll work with
- The Marketing, Medical Affairs, Regional Advocacy Group Leads, Sales Leadership and Ecosystem Partnerships teams
- Epilepsy KOLs in the region
- Epilepsy Conferences, Advisory Boards, and Patient Advocacy groups
- Members of the UCB speaker's bureau
What you'll do
- Develop regional Key Opinion Leaders (KOL) within the epilepsy community
- Cultivate relationships with KOLs to execute the overall strategic engagement plan
- Work closely with cross-functional UCB teams to maximize HCP engagement opportunities
- Develop and execute strategic engagement plans for epilepsy conferences and work closely with conference organizers to maximize corporate sponsorship and branding opportunities
- Collaborate with marketing to coordinate and pull-through branding execution at epilepsy conferences as well as commercial advisory boards
- Liaise closely with the Marketing and Medical Team to inform strategies and to help execute as appropriate and compliant
- Connect Thought Leaders with other relevant parts of the UCB organization (e.g., Marketing, Market Access, Medical Affairs, etc.) to execute against Peer-to-Peer strategies and uncover any unmet needs, while maintaining compliance with guidelines on appropriate medical/commercial collaboration
- Manage project timelines & budgets
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple high priorities and evaluate results, making go/no-go decisions
- Effectively train and develop members of the speaker bureau when needed to ensure effective and compliant communication of key educational content
- Develops and maintains a keen understanding of the UCB U.S. Neurology, Epilepsy business strategic vision
- Medical, Scientific & Therapeutic Area Expertise: Acquiring scientific and medical knowledge around rare diseases to ensure being scientifically sound, as well as the ability to acquire and/or deepen knowledge about new therapeutic areas and indications.
Interested? For this role, we're looking for the following education, experience and skills
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum 7+ years' pharmaceutical experience in epilepsy sales, marketing, medical, KOL development, sales
- Experience working successfully with various internal stakeholders
- Proven ability to develop productive relationships with physicians and other Healthcare Professionals
- Proven experience at being able to build processes and execute on strategic plans
- Proven ability to work effectively in a matrixed environment
- Operates at the highest level of UCB compliance and professional standards.
Preferred experience
- Master's degree in life sciences, business or healthcare
- Experience working with home office / corporate / sales management
- Successful business development experience
- Relationships with neurologists/epileptologists in the region
This position's reasonably anticipated base salary range is $ 164,000 - $215,300 annually. The actual salary offered will take into account internal equity and may also vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, among other factors.
Are you ready to 'go beyond' to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!
About us
UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are around 8,500 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.
Why work with us?
At UCB, we don't just complete tasks, we create value. We aren't afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected, and has equal opportunities to do their best work. We 'go beyond' to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that's on our patients, our employees, or our planet. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential.
UCB is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions will be made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. UCB invites you to voluntarily self-identify during the application process. Provision of self-identification information is entirely voluntary and a decision to provide or not provide such information will not have any effect on your application for employment, your employment with UCB, or otherwise subject you to any adverse treatment. Any information you provide will be considered confidential and will be kept separate from your application and/or personnel file and will only be used in accordance with applicable laws, orders, and regulations.
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UCB Inc.
Aug 12, 2025