Director, Thought Leader Strategy

Summary

Join Coherus as the Director, Thought Leader Strategy, I/O Commercial Franchise, and play a pivotal role in advocating for LOQTORZI™ within the head and neck cancer space. This field-based, remote position on the US West Coast requires building key opinion leader (KOL) relationships, leading external engagements, and supporting brand marketing initiatives. You will develop and execute KOL engagement plans, manage budgets, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. Success in this role demands strong strategic thinking, excellent communication, and proven project management skills. The position involves significant travel and requires experience in pharmaceutical marketing and thought leader development, particularly within immuno-oncology and head and neck cancer.

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 $190,000 - $240,000