Associate Director, Thought Leader Liaison - Seattle - REMOTE

Almost 2M patients suffer from plaque psoriasis (PsO) in the US, and while 90% of them have received a diagnosis, only ~150k of them are treated with biologic therapies. The past 5 years have registered many new biologic therapies entering the moderate-to-severe PsO landscape, bringing HCPs and patients expectations for the efficacy-safety trade off to new levels, and still highlighting unmet need for the patients suffering from this chronic, many times debilitating condition.The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) is a customer-facing (~80%) role responsible for designing customer engagement strategy and building productive relationships with Speakers, National/Regional Medical Experts (MEs) and other key influencers in their assigned geography. The TLL will build advocacy and support for Novartis Brand(s) among thought leaders using approved materials and will serve as primary contact with these key influencers. The TLL will connect Thought Leaders with other relevant parts of the Novartis organization (e.g., Marketing, Market Access, Medical Affairs) while maintaining compliance with guidelines on appropriate medical/commercial collaboration. The TLL is responsible for compliantly liaising with Medical Affairs, R&D, Market Access, Patient Specialty Services (PSS), Sales and Marketing to execute customer engagement plans, address customer needs, identify/initiate appropriate projects of mutual interest to NVS and customers, anticipate market trends, and uncover competitive intelligence, ensuring delivery against business objectives. The TLL will also have responsibility for coordination of national/regional conferences, state society meetings, and speaker events. The TLL will align across the Novartis organization to coordinate thought leader interactions and deliver a cohesive customer experience.Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:• Thought Leader engagement• Conventions and congresses • Compliance • Maintains current scientific knowledge The TLL Seattle role will be a field-based role and the geography for the territory covers the following: Washington, Oregon, and Northern California. This position must be based within this geography. (There may be some exceptions based on legal entity registration). Please note that this role would not provide relocation as a result. The expectation of working hours and travel (domestic and/or international) will be defined by the hiring manager. This position will require 50-60% travel.https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ggbnzRY9z8whttps://trm.brassring.com/Requisition/Edit?reqid=2776487&reqlanguage=en&formtypeid=597&resp true#