Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) - East Coast

About the role

The Thought Leader Liaison is a senior, field-based member of Karyopharm’s U.S. Commercial organization responsible for building and advancing strategic relationships with national, regional, and emerging thought leaders across the Eastern U.S. region. This role will play a critical part in strengthening Karyopharm’s external engagement strategy, supporting peer-to-peer education, informing brand and portfolio planning, and generating actionable marketplace insights for multiple myeloma and for emerging hematology and oncology opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, management, and execution of strategic thought leader engagement plans across the Eastern U.S. region, with an initial focus on relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma and future expansion into additional hematology and oncology indications.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with national, regional, and emerging KOLs, academic centers, community oncology leaders, and strategic accounts to support brand priorities, peer-to-peer education, and broader portfolio objectives.
• Partner cross-functionally with Marketing, Sales, Market Access, Commercial Analytics, Medical, Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance teams to inform strategy, messaging, execution planning, and field-based engagement initiatives.
• Support compliant disease-state education initiatives related to pipeline opportunities, emerging indications, and future launch readiness, ensuring alignment with approved business objectives and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Develop a structured regional insight-generation approach to capture, synthesize, and communicate external perspectives on treatment patterns, competitive dynamics, unmet educational needs, patient care pathways, and evolving stakeholder priorities; translate insights into actionable recommendations for Marketing, Sales, Market Access, Medical Affairs, and senior commercial leadership.
• Collaborate with regional sales leadership and field teams to identify educational needs, optimize HCP engagement, and drive high-quality peer-to-peer programs, speaker events, and account-based promotional initiatives.
• Represent Karyopharm at key national and regional medical congresses, advisory programs, speaker engagements, and other customer-facing events to strengthen thought leader relationships and gather actionable marketplace insights.
• Contribute to the development and execution of account-specific promotional strategies, disease-state education programs, and marketing initiatives designed to enhance awareness, engagement, and appropriate utilization of Karyopharm’s oncology portfolio.
• Provide strategic input into regional and national engagement plans by sharing field-based insights related to treatment patterns, competitive dynamics, patient care pathways, and unmet educational needs across multiple myeloma, myelofibrosis, endometrial cancer, and other relevant oncology settings.
• Support speaker bureau strategy and execution by identifying, developing, and engaging appropriate speakers; gathering feedback on program effectiveness; and partnering with Marketing and Sales to optimize peer-to-peer education in a compliant and business-relevant manner.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or oncology healthcare industry.
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: oncology sales, field leadership, clinical practice, nurse practitioner experience, thought leader engagement, speaker bureau management, or peer-to-peer education.
• Demonstrated success developing and managing KOL relationships and executing strategic and tactical engagement plans in a field based or customer facing role.
• Ability to gather, synthesize, and communicate marketplace insights that inform commercial strategy, brand planning, customer engagement, and leadership decision-making.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across Marketing, Sales, Market Access, Medical, Commercial Analytics, and Compliance partners.
• Excellent communication, presentation, planning, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities across a large geographic territory.
• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 50% of the time, including attendance at key congresses, speaker programs, customer meetings, internal meetings, and regional field engagements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience and/or established relationships within hematology/oncology strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of multiple myeloma and/or myelofibrosis preferred; experience in endometrial cancer or broader solid tumor oncology is highly valued.
• Previous experience in thought leader engagement, peer-to-peer marketing, speaker bureau strategy, advisory boards, launch readiness, or disease-state education.
• Experience supporting pipeline, pre-launch, market development, or future-indication planning through compliant disease state education and insight generation.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and provide strategic recommendations to senior commercial leaders.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to engage credibly with external experts, internal leadership, and cross functional stakeholders.

Pay

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $220-260K USD.