Thought Leader Liaison

Make your mark for patients

To strengthen our Rheumatology Marketing Team, we are looking for a talented individual to fill the position of: Thought Leader Liaison

The Thought Leader Liaison Role (TLL) is a field based, non-sales role that will hold responsibility for executing an overall provider engagement strategy, for national, regional and local Thought Leaders and strategic partnerships with rheumatology organizations.  They will assist in building UCB’s leadership position in the Rheumatology market through strong differentiation of our value proposition and by connecting and leveraging stakeholder relationships both internally and externally.

The (TLL) role requires working cross functionally with internal stakeholders such as Rheumatology Marketing, Medical Affairs, Sales Leadership and Ecosystems to ensure optimal engagement at congresses, commercial advisory boards and other related activities, to deliver on aligned Patient Value Strategies. This role also requires close partnership with Regional Sales Leads in order to pull through UCB’s commercial strategy at a regional level for the entire Rheumatology portfolio.

You like to work in an environment where you can:

• Cultivate and deepen relationships with KOLs in order to understand the appropriate partnerships in order to develop and pull through a successful strategic plan.
• Assist in the execution of UCB’s peer-to-peer strategy in Rheumatology.
• Ability to manage complex relationships with multiple customer-facing teams and establish the TLL role and its value to the organization.
• Collaborates with Rheumatology Marketing to coordinate and pull through corporate strategy and branding execution at rheumatology conferences as well as commercial advisory board planning and execution.

You will contribute by:

• Strategic execution for commercial KOL meetings and HCP activities at rheumatology conferences and works closely with cross-functional teams to maximize UCB’s HCP engagement opportunities.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple high priorities and evaluate results making go/no-go decisions
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills. Highly skilled in presenting in front of groups
• Develops and maintains a keen understanding of the Rheumatology business including customers, brand marketing
• Operates at the highest level of UCB compliance and professional standards.

Interested? For this position you’ll need the following education, experience and skills:

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS/BA degree required
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in rheumatology sales, marketing, KOL development and/or other directly related roles
• Ability to travel ~50%

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with a rheumatology product and/or portfolio preferred
• Experience working successfully with commercial and non-commercial teams
• Demonstrates scientific knowledge in customer settings
• Prior launch and launch planning experience preferred
• Proven experience at being able to build processes
• Bachelors’ degree in life sciences, business or healthcare preferred
• Interpersonal Communication, Negotiation Skills
• Intellectual curiosity

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 around 8,500 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science. 

Why work with us? 
At UCB, we don’t just complete tasks, we create value. We aren’t 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 equitable opportunities to do their best work. We ‘go beyond’ to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that’s 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. 

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent, and adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class. 
 
Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on US-Reasonable_Accommodation@ucb.com for application to US based roles. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.