Recruitment Data Policies Thought Leader Liaison St. Louis

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for aThought Leader Liaison(TLL) who is highly collaborative has holistic thinking with patient access as an end goal and understands the patient journey to join us in our Epilepsy and Rare Syndromes team for the Mid-Central Region: which include but not limited to the following states: Nebraska Kansas Minnesota Iowa Missouri Illinois and Wisconsin.

About the role

The Thought Leader Liaison develops and strengthens strategic partnerships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOL) and internal stakeholders. They ensure optimal KOL engagement at medical meetings and commercial advisory boards and will continue to position UCB as an epilepsy market leader delivering on the Patient Value Strategy throughout the entire Epilepsy portfolio in their region.

This is a portfolio-wide focus on driving impact withinEpilepsy and Rare Syndromesinclusive to Dravet Lennox-Gastaut communities and patients suffering from partial onset and cluster seizures.

Who youll work with

• The Marketing Medical Affairs Regional Advocacy Group Leads Sales Leadership and Ecosystem Partnerships teams
• Epilepsy KOLs in the region
• Epilepsy Conferences Advisory Boards and Patient Advocacy groups
• Members of the UCB speakers bureau

What youll do

• Ensure external stakeholders understand UCBs broader Epilepsy strategy across our focus on Science Patient Service and Solutions (Assets).
• Help inform and align strategic perspectives and priorities across internal teams.
• Increase connectivity and partnership between UCB and Epilepsy and Rare Syndromes HCPs
• Maintain knowledge of current strategies and priorities across teams (not SMEs) to engage in high-level discussions with HCPs when required with the intent of creating connection and follow-up to the appropriate key internal stakeholder for in-depth discussions.
• Triage ideas issues questions and proposals from healthcare professionals.
• Engage on issues requiring a senior level perspective to understand and resolve.
• Connect healthcare professionals to UCB internal stakeholders.
• Cultivate relationships with KOLs. Develop regional Key Opinion Leaders (KOL) within the epilepsy community to execute on the overall strategic engagement plan.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to maximize UCBs HCP engagement opportunities.
• Organizing overall plan and strategy at national conferences.
• Manage project timelines & budgets.
• Operates at the highest level of UCB Compliance and professional standards.

• Interface and collaborate with a variety of external and internal partners in a highly professional manner serving as the face of the company at key conference and events.
• Effectively train and develop members of the speaker bureau when needed to ensure effective and compliant communication of key educational content.
• Develops and maintains a keen understanding of the UCB U.S. Neurology Epilepsy business strategic vision

Interested For this role were looking for the following education experience and skills:

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or higher required.
• 7 years of experience in epilepsy neurology and/or rare disease sales marketing medical KOL development or other closely related roles.
• 4 years of experience engaging in and developing relationships with KOLs including a proven track record of building effective partnerships with physicians and Healthcare Professionals within the epilepsy space.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 60%.

Preferred

• Proven experience at being able to build processes and execute on strategic plans.
• Experience working successfully with various internal stakeholders.
• Ability to interface with key customers accounts physicians practitioners industry contacts and consultants to accomplish corporate objectives
• Must have proficiency with Outlook Word PowerPoint and Teams.
• Home office / corporate / management experience.
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the epilepsy market in order to have a consultative relationship with KOLs.

This positions reasonably anticipated base salary range is $164000.00 -$215300.00 annually. The actual salary offered will take into account related knowledge skills experience and location among other factors and may fall outside the expected range.

Are you ready to go beyond to create value and make your mark for patients If this sounds like you then we would love to hear from you!

About us
UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company focusing on neurology and immunology. We are over 9.000 people in all four corners of the globe inspired by patients and driven by science.

Why work with us
At UCB we dont just complete tasks we create value. We arent afraid to push forward collaborate and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring supportive culture where everyone feels included respected and has equal opportunities to do their best work. We go beyond to create value for our patients and always with a human focus whether thats on our patients our employees or our planet. Working for us you will discover a place where you can grow and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential.

At UCB weve embraced a hybrid-first approach to work bringing teams together in local hubs to foster collaborative curiosity. Unless explicitly stated in the description or precluded by the nature of the position roles are hybrid with 40% of your time spent in the office.

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