Thought Leader Liaison (Southwest)

Position Summary

The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) is a field-based role that will be responsible for developing and managing strategic partnerships on behalf of Travere with national and regional US key opinion leaders (KOLs) within the rare nephrology space. This position will report to the Director, Thought Leader Liaisons and will help support the successful growth of FILSPARI® (sparsentan) for IgAN and FSGS.

Responsibilities

• Leverage insights to implement regional cross-functional account strategy and KOL engagement plan in partnership with the brand team and field partners (MSLs and sales representatives)
• Collaborate and coordinate closely with marketing to identify partnering opportunities with KOLs and assist with KOL recruitment for specific marketing initiatives
• Actively collect, analyze, and synthesize information on KOL sentiments, competitor activities, and broader market trends from diverse sources (1:1 meetings, advisory boards, congresses). Provide the brand team with regular updates, including strategic recommendations
• Ensure compliant, fair-balanced, and effective message delivery within all promotional educational channels (i.e., speaker programs, product theaters, exhibitor spotlights, etc.)
• Enlist appropriate KOLs to successfully support commercial activities, in partnership with the FILSPARI® brand team
• Work with field partners to identify and vet qualified promotional speakers that align with overall needs of the brand
• Assist with the contracting, training, and on-going educational efforts with contracted promotional speakers

Education/Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Life Sciences discipline. Advanced degree preferred but not required. Equivalent combination of education and applicable job experience may be considered
• Minimum of 8 years of related Marketing experience in specialty or rare disease marketing

Additional Skills/Experience/Requirements

• The ideal candidate will embody Travere’s core values: Courage, Community Spirit, Patient Focus and Teamwork
• Strong scientific acumen and understanding of specialty clinical medicine
• Proven, consistent history of high performance and leadership
• Demonstrated ability to build and sustain exceptional business relationships internal commercial and cross-functional partners
• Demonstrated ability to build productive KOL relationships and effectively execute engagement plans
• Strong professional experience in a similar role within the pharmaceutical industry, preferably small molecule pharmaceuticals
• Excellent collaboration skills with strong attention to detail and the ability to multi-task and manage complexity
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills are required
• Successful record of creating and managing complex project plans, timelines, budgets, and critical paths
• Ability to adapt to modification and changes to project plans, demonstrating flexibility to implement new strategies and tactics to accommodate these changes

Qualifications

• Field-based role
• Must live in their region
• Ability to travel 50-60% domestically. In the field a minimum of 3 days a week and some weekend work as required

Total Rewards Offerings

• Comprehensive total rewards offerings that demonstrate our commitment as a diverse, equitable, people-centric, and pay-for-performance organization
• Benefits: Premium health, financial, work-life and well-being offerings for eligible employees and dependents, wellness and employee support programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with employer match and generous paid time off
• Compensation: Competitive compensation package including a combination of both cash compensation (base pay and short-term incentive) and long-term incentive compensation (company stock), designed to recognize, retain, and reward employees