Senior Director, Thought Leader Liaison Team Lead, Rare Hematology
Boston, MA - USA
Job Summary
This is what you will do:
The Senior Director Thought Leader Liaison TeamLeadRareHematologyis a leadership position within the USHematology & Nephrology(Hem/Neph)Business Unitthat will focus on achieving the TLL strategic plan thatincludeskey opinion leader(KOL)insightgenerationKOL andkey account development& advocacyand promotional speaker training and development acrossinline and pipeline indications inRare positionreports totheExecutive Director Head of Rare Hematology Marketing.
You willbe responsible for:
Leadership
- Hiringdevelopingand leadinga high-performing TLL team in achieving keyobjectives including:
- KOLinsight generation & advocacy development
- Commercial speaker identification development andrelationshipmanagement
- Developing clinical advocacy for andsupport initiatives forappropriate diagnosisin key accounts for assigned disease areas
- Key accountprofilingin support of market shapingactivities
- Maintaining a pulse on evolving disease and marketplace dynamics
- Drive strong collaboration and partnership with commercial leadershipteams includingMarketingRegional Sales DirectorsStrategic AccountsLeads Diagnostics and Market Access to effectively execute overall commercial plan.
- Build an inclusive and high-performing culture enablingothers to succeed across performance professional growth anddevelopment.
Strategy & Execution
- Serve as a key member ofHematologyMarketingleadership teamsupporting TLLteam pull-through ofbrandstrategyand tacticalplans.
- Partner with Marketingto drive primaryKOL insightsgeneration strategy; directly lead or oversee thefacilitationand execution of commercial advisoryboards.
- Partner with Marketing to identify& profilekey accounts & KOLs for pipeline therapeuticareas.
- Build TLL national businessplanand support developing regional business plans aligned to Hematology& Nephrologyportfoliostrategy.
- Partner with Marketing leadsto guidedevelopment and implementation ofpeer-to-peer education including speakerprogramming strategy.
- Provide leadership on TLL management/strategy at regional and nationalcongresses including senior leader briefingin advance of KOLengagements.
- Partner compliantly with Medical and MSL leadership when planning and executing engagements with topKOLs.
- Partner with HCP Engagement Operationsin compliant collaboration supportingactivities with contractedHCPs.
- Identifycommercial opportunities to partner with medical societies to enable disease and producteducation.
- Assess TLL deployment to optimally balance effort allocation and alignment to meet business needs and effectively reach KOL targets.
- Oversee TLL resource allocation project budgets andtimelines.
Compliance & Integrity
- Maintainsthe highest degree of professionalism andin accordance withthe companys code of Ethics and Business Conduct
You will need to have:
- Bachelors Degree in a relevant field
- 10 plus years work experience in biotech;including extended experiencewithin theUS market.
- Experience inTLL leadershipfield sales leadershipand/or product marketing leadership.
- Strong in-depth clinicaltechnicaland scientific knowledge in complex diseasestate.
- Demonstrated ability to successfullyachieveresults through effective collaboration and x-functional partnership and alignment.
- History ofshowingthe highest standards of ethics andintegrity anddelivering oncommitments.
- Proventrack recordof delivering results that meet or exceed targets andobjectives.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and organizational abilities
- Location and Travel requirements:The duties of this role arebasedin the Boston Seaport office to travel50% of thetimetoexecutefield team leadershipincludingsignificantovernight and is typical of an office-based role employees must be able with or without an accommodation to use a computer; engage in communications via phone video and electronic messaging; engage in problem solving andnon-linear thought analysis and dialogue; collaborate with others; maintain general availability during standard business hours
We wouldpreferyou to have:
- Graduate degree (MSc PhD MBA)
- Priorexperienceand/orrelationshipswithintheclinical/KOLcommunityinHematologyHematology/Oncology andCardiologyand/orNephrologyarea
The annual base pay for this position ranges from$231988.80 - 347983.20 USD.Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors including market location job-related knowledge skills and addition our positions offer a short-term incentive bonus opportunity; eligibility toparticipatein our equity-based long-term incentive program. Benefits offered include a qualified retirement program 401(k) plan; paid vacation and holidays; paid leaves; and health benefits including medical prescription drug dental and vision coveragein accordance withthe terms and conditions of the applicable of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired employee will be in an at-will position and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time including for reasons related to individual performance Company or individual department/team performance and market factors.
Date Posted
24-Jul-2026Closing Date
30-Jul-2026Our mission is to build an inclusive environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and furtherance of that mission we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their protected characteristics. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please complete the corresponding section in the application form.
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