Thought Leader Liaison - Oncology
$146.3k - $243.8k
Mid
Bachelor's, Master's
Remote in USA
RemoteMust reside within the assigned territory or a reasonable distance as determined by leadership.
Growth & MarketingMarketing Generalist & Management, Product Marketing
About the job
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree is required.
- At least four years of work experience in field sales, product marketing, or medical or clinical experience in the same or a related therapeutic area within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry is required.
- Strong organizational skills are required.
- Ability to travel to meetings, trainings, and programs as necessary is required.
- A valid driver's license is required.
- Must reside within the assigned territory or within a reasonable distance as determined by leadership.
- Travel is likely to be 60%–75%, potentially less depending on geography.
Responsibilities
- Align with cross-functional teammates to orchestrate resources with top key opinion leaders as determined by the brand team, using influence and centers-of-excellence mapping.
- Identify, profile, cultivate, and maintain long-term relationships with key opinion leaders in the oncology community.
- Engage in on-label conversations about products, disease states, and the company at appropriate venues.
- Execute unique, on-label, approved key opinion leader programming, including disease-state and product programming, as directed by leadership.
- Partner with national, state, and local nursing organizations to support education on specific disease states.
- Collaborate and communicate compliantly with the field team on assigned key opinion leaders to ensure strategic and tactical cohesiveness.
- Serve as the single point of contact for resolving key opinion leader issues.
- Use a customer-centric, needs-based approach with targeted key opinion leaders.
- Plan and execute key opinion leader engagements and executive encounters at local, regional, and national conferences, points of action meetings, field visits, and other venues in a compliant manner.
- Capture feedback based on brand needs through live interactions with targeted customers and key opinion leaders.
- Obtain feedback from targeted key opinion leaders on new and existing brand-related marketing strategies and materials; materials and programs must be approved by legal, compliance, and regulatory functions.
- Participate as a member of cross-functional brand teams to provide feedback on strategy, messaging, tactical execution, and novel programming ideas and concepts.
- Provide competitive intelligence gained through interactions to help shape strategy.
- Facilitate cross-functional planning, recruitment, and execution of regional and national advisory boards, capturing feedback to inform brand decisions.
- Identify, align, and recruit appropriate health care professional consultants to meet needs profiled by marketing leaders and organizational goals for each project.
- Assist with key opinion leader development, including identifying and training or coaching promotional speakers using approved slide decks and materials for physicians, pharmacists, and nurses.
- Assist with speaker contracting when requested, including annual budget planning, recommendations and nominations, tiering, debarment, fair market value, and contract execution.
- Train speakers compliantly on approved promotional slide decks and assist with completion of annual compliance training.
- Plan and execute the annual speaker training summit and ensure speakers are updated on content changes before program execution.
- Attend all live health care professional Thought Leader Liaison regional programming to observe, coach, and remediate speakers as necessary to ensure compliant execution of content.
- Assist with creating new content, updating existing content, and completing annual renewals.
- Manage monthly reporting on speaker program key performance indicators and field force performance.
- Serve as the single point of contact for high-volume speaker logistics and scheduling, working cross-functionally to ensure appropriate communication.
- Lead planning, execution, and pull-through of group purchasing organization in-practice programs.
Desired Qualifications
- A master's degree in a related field is preferred.
- Oncology experience is preferred.
- Demonstrated leadership skills are preferred.
- Multiple myeloma experience is preferred.
- Launch experience is preferred.
- Marketing experience is preferred.
- Ability to assemble and lead cross-functional teams toward a shared vision of success is preferred.
- Ability to present ideas effectively to individuals or groups and tailor presentations to audience needs is preferred.
- Infusion product experience is a plus.
- Strong project management experience, including analytical and planning skills, is preferred.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously is preferred.
- Ability to execute strategic and tactical plans under tight timelines is preferred.
About the company
Sanofi is a global pharmaceutical and biotechnology company that develops, manufactures, and sells prescription medicines, over-the-counter products, and vaccines. Its products span immunology, oncology, rare diseases, and vaccines, addressing unmet medical needs through a strong focus on research and development. Sanofi's core product model relies on large-scale R&D, strategic partnerships, and licensing to bring new therapies to markets, with revenue generated from product sales and collaborations. The company differentiates itself by leveraging its global reach, diverse portfolio, and emphasis on patient-centric solutions, safety, and quality to navigate regulatory environments in developed and emerging markets. The company’s goal is to improve health outcomes and quality of life for people worldwide by delivering innovative treatments and vaccines that meet unmet medical needs.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1973
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What believers are saying
- July 10, 2026 FDA approval of Sarclisa Escena created the first on-body cancer injector.
- June 13, 2026 FDA accelerated approval expanded Tzield into recently diagnosed stage 3 T1D.
- Q2 2026 sales grew 17.8% at CER, with Dupixent and Beyfortus leading.
What critics are saying
- Texas sued Sanofi on February 19, 2026 over provider bribery and Medicaid fraud.
- Sanofi sued Pfizer and Moderna on July 15, 2026, extending costly mRNA patent warfare.
- Dupixent concentration makes 2030s patent loss an existential revenue shock.
What makes Sanofi unique
- Dupixent reached €5.2 billion quarterly sales in Q2 2026 across nine indications.
- October 1, 2026, Sanofi and Regeneron added four long-acting antibodies to their Alliance.
- Sanofi's 61-project pipeline spans immunology, rare diseases, vaccines, neurology, and oncology.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Professional Development Budget
- Parental Leave