Associate Director, Thought Leader Liaison, Ophthalmology, Northeast
Keenova · New York, NY · 1 mo ago
RemoteRemoteHealthcare$160k–$228k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes Job Description Summary, Summary Job Description, Essential Functions, Additional Information, Preferred Qualifications, etc. We need to use for section headings: e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections when posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not put Job ID etc as headings. Must preserve all substantive info. Remove boilerplate (cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc). The posting includes some boilerplate like "Disclaimer: The above statements..." and "At Keenova, we believe...". Those are likely boilerplate; we should remove them. Also remove application instructions (none). Also remove duplicated lines.
We need to decide sections: About the role (maybe summary), Responsibilities (Essential Functions), Requirements (Preferred Qualifications), Skills (maybe part of qualifications), Benefits (Total Rewards package mention), Pay (expected base pay range), Schedule (maybe travel requirement? Not schedule). There's mention of Business travel 50%-65%, willingness to work evenings and select weekends, located near hub airport recommended. That could be Schedule? Not exactly schedule but maybe we can put under "Schedule" if we have content. However schedule usually refers to work schedule (full-time, part-time). Not present. Might skip Schedule if no specific schedule info. The instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. Benefits: "Keenova offers employees a Total Rewards package which includes competitive pay and benefits." That's vague but mentions benefits. It's not specific. Might be considered not specific enough? It says "competitive pay and benefits". Not detailed. Might be considered filler? The instruction: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. The benefits statement is vague but does state that there is a Total Rewards package includes competitive pay and benefits. That's still vague but it's a statement. Might be acceptable to include Benefits section with that sentence. Pay: they give expected base pay range $160K - $228K. That's specific, so include Pay section.
Schedule: they mention business travel 50%-65%, willingness to work evenings and select weekends, located near hub airport recommended. That's not exactly schedule but could be considered schedule expectations. Might include Schedule section with that info.
We need to avoid duplication. Let's extract substantive content:
- Job Title: Associate Director, Thought Leader Liaison, Ophthalmology, Northeast (but we don't repeat as heading)
- Location: New York, NY; Additional Locations: Boston, MA, Columbus, OH, Newark, NJ
- Job Description Summary: Keenova is seeking a highly motivated and experienced individual to fill the role of Thought Leader Liaison. As a Thought Leader Liaison, you will play a crucial role in building and maintaining relationships with key opinion leaders (KOLs) within Ophthalmology.
- Summary Job Description: The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) is responsible for developing, managing, and engaging with Key Opinion Leaders throughout their assigned geography reporting to the Director, Thought Leader Liaisons, reporting through Specialty Brands Marketing. He/she works closely with commercial colleagues and other staff to help build advocacy of Keenova’s products with KOLs. The Thought Leader Liaison also manages speakers, and captures KOL beliefs/insights, among other duties and responsibilities. This field-based position requires an individual to work independently and effectively with limited direction. The position will be aligned to support the Immunology Business Unit and requires frequent travel within the US and periodic travel to the corporate office.
- Essential Functions (list):
* Strategic KOL Development and Management
- Identify, cultivate, and maintain professional 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 Keenova team and KOLs across key initiatives and events.
* Congress / Key Event Management
- 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 congress plan.
- Coordinate executive meetings with KOLs at national conferences.
- Support all necessary conference and speaker contract requirements in a timely manner.
- Coordinate with marketing to ensure all congress materials are delivered on time.
* Cross Functional Coordination
- Work cross functionally to drive and develop aligned external engagement strategies across multiple cross functional teams including medical, training, marketing, and sales.
- Coordinate closely with the sales team to ensure alignment with conference KOL engagement plan as well as other KOL/account engagement.
- Provide market insights back to the marketing team and provide input into P2P development, advisory boards, and strategy.
- Be a resource for the Marketing team to develop board strategy, content, advisory recommendations, and attend advisory boards as appropriate.
- Coordinate with Market Development Manager and Speaker Programs Management on KOL Speaker bureau relationships including supporting speaker training.
- Provide insights summary from key congresses to the marketing team.
- Additional Information:
- Business travel is regularly required (50% - 65%)
- Willingness to work evenings and select weekends is required.
- Located near a hub airport is recommended.
- Preferred Qualifications:
- 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 Ophthalmology.
- 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 and proficiency in complex disease states
- Existing relationships with KOLs (opinion leaders, centers of excellence etc.)
- Strong relationship building skills, with proven ability to build and maintain lasting 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 executive presence.
- Ability to build productive partnerships and collaborate effectively in a matrix organization.
- Ability to creatively address problems in an organized, systematic way
- High degree of organizational awareness, ability to connect the dots to understand all the interdependency and big picture.
- Exceptional critical thinking to help identify educational gaps, analyze findings, and make recommendations while articulating next steps.
- 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.
- Locations- Northeastern US
- Benefits: Keenova offers employees a Total Rewards package which includes competitive pay and benefits. To learn more about our Total Rewards benefits please visit: Keenova Careers | Serve and Grow with Purpose | Keenova
- Pay: The expected base pay range for this position is $160K - $228K. Please note that base pay offered may vary depending on factors including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is eligible for a bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable program. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion.
- (We could also include Bonus info under Pay or separate but we can keep in Pay.)
We must not include boilerplate like disclaimer, mission statement, etc.
We need to output HTML fragment only, with
for section headings: e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections when posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not put Job ID etc as headings. Must preserve all substantive info. Remove boilerplate (cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc). The posting includes some boilerplate like "Disclaimer: The above statements..." and "At Keenova, we believe...". Those are likely boilerplate; we should remove them. Also remove application instructions (none). Also remove duplicated lines.
We need to decide sections: About the role (maybe summary), Responsibilities (Essential Functions), Requirements (Preferred Qualifications), Skills (maybe part of qualifications), Benefits (Total Rewards package mention), Pay (expected base pay range), Schedule (maybe travel requirement? Not schedule). There's mention of Business travel 50%-65%, willingness to work evenings and select weekends, located near hub airport recommended. That could be Schedule? Not exactly schedule but maybe we can put under "Schedule" if we have content. However schedule usually refers to work schedule (full-time, part-time). Not present. Might skip Schedule if no specific schedule info. The instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. Benefits: "Keenova offers employees a Total Rewards package which includes competitive pay and benefits." That's vague but mentions benefits. It's not specific. Might be considered not specific enough? It says "competitive pay and benefits". Not detailed. Might be considered filler? The instruction: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. The benefits statement is vague but does state that there is a Total Rewards package includes competitive pay and benefits. That's still vague but it's a statement. Might be acceptable to include Benefits section with that sentence. Pay: they give expected base pay range $160K - $228K. That's specific, so include Pay section.
Schedule: they mention business travel 50%-65%, willingness to work evenings and select weekends, located near hub airport recommended. That's not exactly schedule but could be considered schedule expectations. Might include Schedule section with that info.
We need to avoid duplication. Let's extract substantive content:
- Job Title: Associate Director, Thought Leader Liaison, Ophthalmology, Northeast (but we don't repeat as heading)
- Location: New York, NY; Additional Locations: Boston, MA, Columbus, OH, Newark, NJ
- Job Description Summary: Keenova is seeking a highly motivated and experienced individual to fill the role of Thought Leader Liaison. As a Thought Leader Liaison, you will play a crucial role in building and maintaining relationships with key opinion leaders (KOLs) within Ophthalmology.
- Summary Job Description: The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) is responsible for developing, managing, and engaging with Key Opinion Leaders throughout their assigned geography reporting to the Director, Thought Leader Liaisons, reporting through Specialty Brands Marketing. He/she works closely with commercial colleagues and other staff to help build advocacy of Keenova’s products with KOLs. The Thought Leader Liaison also manages speakers, and captures KOL beliefs/insights, among other duties and responsibilities. This field-based position requires an individual to work independently and effectively with limited direction. The position will be aligned to support the Immunology Business Unit and requires frequent travel within the US and periodic travel to the corporate office.
- Essential Functions (list):
* Strategic KOL Development and Management
- Identify, cultivate, and maintain professional 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 Keenova team and KOLs across key initiatives and events.
* Congress / Key Event Management
- 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 congress plan.
- Coordinate executive meetings with KOLs at national conferences.
- Support all necessary conference and speaker contract requirements in a timely manner.
- Coordinate with marketing to ensure all congress materials are delivered on time.
* Cross Functional Coordination
- Work cross functionally to drive and develop aligned external engagement strategies across multiple cross functional teams including medical, training, marketing, and sales.
- Coordinate closely with the sales team to ensure alignment with conference KOL engagement plan as well as other KOL/account engagement.
- Provide market insights back to the marketing team and provide input into P2P development, advisory boards, and strategy.
- Be a resource for the Marketing team to develop board strategy, content, advisory recommendations, and attend advisory boards as appropriate.
- Coordinate with Market Development Manager and Speaker Programs Management on KOL Speaker bureau relationships including supporting speaker training.
- Provide insights summary from key congresses to the marketing team.
- Additional Information:
- Business travel is regularly required (50% - 65%)
- Willingness to work evenings and select weekends is required.
- Located near a hub airport is recommended.
- Preferred Qualifications:
- 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 Ophthalmology.
- 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 and proficiency in complex disease states
- Existing relationships with KOLs (opinion leaders, centers of excellence etc.)
- Strong relationship building skills, with proven ability to build and maintain lasting 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 executive presence.
- Ability to build productive partnerships and collaborate effectively in a matrix organization.
- Ability to creatively address problems in an organized, systematic way
- High degree of organizational awareness, ability to connect the dots to understand all the interdependency and big picture.
- Exceptional critical thinking to help identify educational gaps, analyze findings, and make recommendations while articulating next steps.
- 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.
- Locations- Northeastern US
- Benefits: Keenova offers employees a Total Rewards package which includes competitive pay and benefits. To learn more about our Total Rewards benefits please visit: Keenova Careers | Serve and Grow with Purpose | Keenova
- Pay: The expected base pay range for this position is $160K - $228K. Please note that base pay offered may vary depending on factors including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is eligible for a bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable program. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion.
- (We could also include Bonus info under Pay or separate but we can keep in Pay.)
We must not include boilerplate like disclaimer, mission statement, etc.
We need to output HTML fragment only, with headings for sections we include.
Which sections to include? Let's decide:
- About the role: could combine Job Description Summary and Summary Job Description. That's substantive.
- Responsibilities: Essential Functions (list)
- Requirements: Preferred Qualifications (list) maybe also include education etc.
- Skills: maybe we could extract some skills from qualifications but we already have qualifications; maybe we skip Skills to avoid thin sections.
- Benefits: include the Total Rewards package statement.
- Pay: include base pay range and bonus eligibility.
- Schedule: include travel, evenings/weekends, hub airport recommendation.
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or drop it. Location is minor metadata; we could include in a short
under About the role or separate paragraph. We need to preserve ALL substantive information; we must not drop location, but we can fold into a paragraph. Let's craft HTML:
About the role
Keenova is seeking a highly motivated and experienced individual to fill the role of Thought Leader Liaison. As a Thought Leader Liaison, you will play a crucial role in building and maintaining relationships with key opinion leaders (KOLs) within Ophthalmology. The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) is responsible for developing, managing, and engaging with Key Opinion Leaders throughout their assigned geography reporting to the Director, Thought Leader Liaisons, reporting through Specialty Brands Marketing. He/she works closely with commercial colleagues and other staff to help build advocacy of Keenova’s products with KOLs. The Thought Leader Liaison also manages speakers, and captures KOL beliefs/insights, among other duties and responsibilities. This field-based position requires an individual to work independently and effectively with limited direction. The position will be aligned to support the Immunology Business Unit and requires frequent travel within the US and periodic travel to the corporate office. Location: New York, NY (with additional locations in Boston, MA; Columbus, OH; Newark, NJ).
Then Responsibilities:Responsibilities
- Strategic KOL Development and Management
- Identify, cultivate, and maintain professional relationships with established and up-and-coming regional Key Opinion Leaders in targeted specialties.
- Support deep engagement of KOLs (e.g., 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 Keenova team and KOLs across key initiatives and events.
- Congress / Key Event Management
- 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 congress plan.
- Coordinate executive meetings with KOLs at national conferences.
- Support all necessary conference and speaker contract requirements in a timely manner.
- Coordinate with marketing to ensure all congress materials are delivered on time.
- Cross Functional Coordination
- Work cross functionally to drive and develop aligned external engagement strategies across multiple cross functional teams including medical, training, marketing, and sales.
- Coordinate closely with the sales team to ensure alignment with conference KOL engagement plan as well as other KOL/account engagement.
- Provide market insights back to the marketing team and provide input into P2P development, advisory boards, and strategy.
- Be a resource for the