Acadia Pharmaceuticals is hiring a
Thought Leader Liaison

Summary

Join a dynamic team at Acadia Pharmaceuticals as we advance breakthroughs in neuroscience to elevate life. We are seeking a talented individual to develop and execute thought leader strategy, drive strong engagement based on science and commitment to patients across all marketing channels.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, health care, business administration or related
• A minimum of 8 years of progressively responsible experience and advancement within pharmaceutical or biotech industry in sales, sales training or marketing
• Rare disease and pediatric neurology experience strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Identify and lead engagement with national KOLs and work with regional teams to identify and cultivate ‘emerging KOLs’ across different specialties
• Engage with National, Regional and Local thought leaders to impact education and advocacy of Acadia product(s) for Rett Syndrome
• Act as commercial liaison on thought leader engagement across departments including Sales, Medical Affairs/MSL, and Marketing
• Interprets and translates scientific clinical data and market research insights into commercial TL strategy aligned to Daybue Brand strategy
• Leads the peer to peer speaker/bureau development strategy as well as execution (content exploration and development, speaker identification, selection and utilization
• Develops regional annual peer to peer promotion plan and executes in collaboration with sales team
• Leads planning and execution of Acadia’s presence at assigned national and regional HCP conferences and scientific meetings in collaboration with home office marketing
• Identifies novel opportunities to partner with national and regional professional HCP associations to drive disease and product education
• Formalize meetings (live, virtual, Congress) with senior leadership and KOLs
• Identify and monitor regional clinical dynamics by leading regional advisory boards strategy and execution
• Facilitate cross pollination of best practices and highlight emerging issues to find solutions
• Generate insights through use of secondary data, market research, and analytics and translate these into external expert strategy and tactical plan development
• Ensures that all Medical Legal Review (MLR) processes are followed and all programs are compliant with legal guidance and corporate policies
• Measures the impact of TL marketing activities on a continual basis and adjusts course where appropriate
• Responsible for the development and management of the regional thought leader engagement promotions budget and managing vendors
• Develops and delivers presentations as needed to commercial management and other internal groups

Benefits

• Competitive base, bonus, new hire and ongoing equity packages
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) Plan with a fully vested company match 1:1 up to 5%
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a 2-year purchase price lock-in
• 15+ vacation days
• 14 paid holidays plus one floating holiday of your choice, including office closure between December 24th and January 1st
• 10 days of paid sick time
• Paid parental leave
• Tuition assistance