Director, Thought Leader Strategy

Summary

Join Coherus Biosciences as the Director, Thought Leader Strategy, I/O Commercial Franchise! This field-based, remote position (East or West Coast) focuses on building advocacy for LOQTORZI™ within the head and neck cancer space. You will lead KOL engagement, support brand marketing initiatives, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. The role requires strong strategic thinking, project management skills, and experience in pharmaceutical marketing and thought leader development. A competitive salary ($250,000-$290,000) is offered. This role involves significant travel (over 40%).

Requirements

• 2+ years of pharmaceutical marketing experience and Thought Leader Development experience
• Bachelor’s degree in business, science or related field
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with and present to KOLs
• Excellent strategic thinking skills with ability to formulate, develop and execute strategy
• Ability to gather insights from customer engagements and translate market research findings into actionable insights and tactical plans
• Ability to understand and communicate clinical data and high-level science
• Strong capacity to collaborate with and lead cross-functional teams. Must work cooperatively with commercial management, clinical development, medical affairs, field sales leadership, regulatory, compliance, market research and others
• Demonstrated excellence in project management and effectively managing multiple projects/priorities
• Demonstrated ability to lead agencies and other external partners in aligning and developing tactical plans and promotional materials that are aligned with brand strategy
• Champion materials through medical, legal, regulatory reviews (promotional review) process
• Travel greater than 40% as dictated by business need, including overnights and attendance at some evening and weekend programs

Responsibilities

• Build advocacy with key opinion leaders within the I/O space, specifically for LOQTORZI™ (nasopharyngeal carcinoma)
• Lead external engagements and support in-line brand marketing initiatives for LOQTORZI™. Develop a strategic KOL engagement plan in coordination with cross-functional partners
• Lead commercial KOL initiatives, often with high visibility, across the organization. (Investor Relations, CEO and CCO initiatives)
• Strong pull through of brand strategic imperatives, executing upon targeted peer-to-peer programming, the congress engagement strategy and insight generation initiatives. (speaker bureau, congresses and Ad Boards.)
• Through cross-functional collaboration, assess potential training needs or insights needed from KOLs for internal training purposes. Identify thought leaders and manage internal engagements for POA meetings and training sessions
• Measure and evaluate KOL activities
• Participate in the annual brand planning process and contribute to the development of the Thought Leader annual strategy
• Manage tactical budget, cultivate relationships, and provide direction to key agency partners and vendors
• Collaborate with the broader LOQTORZI marketing team and support initiatives as appropriate

Preferred Qualifications

• Launch experience in immuno-oncology and head and neck cancer
• A master’s degree (MBA)

Benefits

The Base Salary Range for this position is $250,000 to $290,000