The posting
At Eisai, satisfying unmet medical needs and increasing the benefits healthcare provides to patients, their families, and caregivers is Eisai’s human health care (hhc) mission. We’re a growing pharmaceutical company that is breaking through in neurology and oncology, with a strong emphasis on research and development. Our history includes the development of many innovative medicines, notably the discovery of the world's most widely-used treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. As we continue to expand, we are seeking highly-motivated individuals who want to work in a fast-paced environment and make a difference. If this is your profile, we want to hear from you.
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The Associate Director, Thought Leader Liaison will be responsible for Key Opinion Leader insight generation to inform and evolve brand strategy for the endometrial and thyroid cancer indications in the East region. He/she will collaborate with field colleagues to synthesize and share insights, as appropriate as well as identify regional marketing opportunities. The AD, TLL will partner with external peer-to-peer vendors to support educational initiatives. The individual will collaborate with TLL peers and reports to the Executive Director, Oncology Portfolio Marketing, Pipeline Planning & Thought Leader Marketing
Essential Functions:
- Develop, own and execute key opinion leader engagement plans that deepen partnerships with key thought leaders and support business objectives
- Drive strategic KOL engagement, translating insights and emerging trends into actionable recommendations that shape brand strategies
- Attain cutting edge expertise with relevant data readouts, podium and medical congress outputs
- Partner with external peer-to-peer vendors to support educational initiatives
- Lead speaker identification, product and compliance training, management of branded and unbranded programs as well as providing feedback to speakers to improve presentation effectiveness
- Enable local/account level partnership with national, regional and emerging thought leaders
- Support advisory boards with KOL identification, engagement, ad board deck development and logistics consistent with compliance policies
- Face-to-face customer engagement is required to maximize customer impact
- Collaborate with field colleagues to synthesize and share evolving KOL insights, as appropriate as well as identify regional marketing opportunities
- Continue to cultivate a culture aligned to the breaking through behaviors, a growth mindset and continuous feedback
- Collaborate with Alliance Partner colleagues to help distill and present combination product insights to alliance stakeholders
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum 10 years relevant experience with 5 years in oncology
- 2 years account management experience and/or people leadership skills
- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated commitment to Eisai's hhc mission and compliance
- Significant travel required (~60%), including weekends
- Creates opportunities for collaboration and establishing partnerships across the company
- Rallies support effectively within team and with other departments when needed
- Flags potential obstacles and proposes solutions to anticipated problems
- Strong organizational skills and project management experience
- Must have a valid driver’s license
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As a condition of employment and an essential function of this field-based position, applicants must be able to engage in person with HCPs and other third parties at their offices, institutions and other appropriate locations on a regular basis. In order to gain in-person access, applicants selected for the position may be required to complete third parties’ credentialing and/or entry requirements, which often include an attestation to and/or providing proof of having received certain vaccinations. To the extent you are unable to meet certain requirements for qualifying medical (including pregnancy-related) or religious reasons, applicants must request a reasonable accommodation by contacting the Human Resources Department.Skills:Communication & Cross-functional Influence, Critical Thinking & Business Agility, Customer Engagement, Marketing Fundamentals, Mentoring/ People Development, Omnichannel Strategy, Product / Business Knowledge, Project Mgmt. / Data Analytics
Eisai Salary Transparency Language:
The annual base salary range for the Associate Director, Thought Leader Liaison, Oncology – Endometrial Cancer and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer (East Region) - Field Based is from :$185,000-$242,800
Under current guidelines, this position is eligible to participate in : Eisai Inc. Annual Incentive Plan & Eisai Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan.
Final pay determinations will depend on various factors including but not limited to experience level, education, knowledge, and skills.
Employees are eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. For additional information on Company employee benefits programs, visit https://careers.eisai.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.
Certain other benefits may be available for this position, please discuss any questions with your recruiter.
Eisai is an equal opportunity employer and as such, is committed in policy and in practice to recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status. Similarly, considering the need for reasonable accommodations, Eisai prohibits discrimination against persons because of disability, including disabled veterans.
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