Patient Advocacy Industry Relations Liaison

About Acadia Pharmaceuticals

Acadia is advancing breakthroughs in neuroscience to elevate life. For 30 years we have been working at the forefront of healthcare to bring vital solutions to people who need them most. We developed and commercialized the first and only FDA-approved drug to treat hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson’s disease psychosis and the first and only FDA-approved drug for the treatment of Rett syndrome. Our clinical-stage development efforts are focused on Prader-Willi syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease psychosis and multiple other programs targeting neuropsychiatric symptoms in central nervous system disorders. For more information, visit us at Acadia.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Seeking Talent Near: Tampa, FL; Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC

Lead corporate advocacy interface with select regional and local patient advocacy groups and select regional medical societies to advance Acadia’s business objectives in current and future therapeutic areas, patient communities and geographies.  Responsible for building a strategic plan for identifying and strengthening relationships, developing partnerships, collaborations and continuing to position Acadia as a thought leader and valued partner with patient and medical communities through active engagement

Primary Responsibilities

• Represents the company and acts as its liaison with regional industry associations and regional patient advocacy groups; attends trade and professional meetings important to the company’s success.
• Supports the execution of sponsorships and programs to optimize patient outcomes in all phases of the product life cycle.
• Activate initiatives that impact state level public policies to remove barriers to accessing care.
• Work with counter parts within various industry partners for coordination to ensure open communications and alignment on goals, strategies and execution.
• Identifies and cultivates relationships with key regional and local influencers and organizations that are essential to achieving business objectives.
• Demonstrates clinically accurate product and disease state knowledge during interactions with internal and external customers.
• Contributes to the execution of strategic plans for assigned patient advocacy and medical societies and overseas the successful implementation that is aligned with company business strategy, plans, annual budgets and business reviews.
• Manages regional budgets and forecasting for patient advocacy and sponsorship activities.
• Champion the patient and medical professional voice and experience with key internal stakeholders.
• Oversees company sponsored patient advocacy events and forums to appropriately engage Acadia employees to understand the special needs of patient groups. 
• Responsibility for advocacy and industry relationships for current and future therapeutic areas, predominately focused on Rare Disease, Rett Syndrome, Prader-Willi Syndrome, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer’s organizations.
• Monitors competitive activity and identifies industry trends.
• Interfaces with medical affairs to ensure coordination and alignment with KOL, Ad board and medical education activities.
• Ensure cross functional collaboration with field-based medical, brand, market access, market development team and other key stakeholders to optimally manage relationships to ensure alignment and effective execution of patient advocacy and medical society strategy.
• Serves as a representative of the organization to both internal and external regional groups and ensures information communicated is accurate and up to date regarding organizational activities and industry trends.
• Stays current of new developments and ideas in the field of advocacy relations and incorporates such developments, ideas and strategies into the development and execution of programs.
• Ensures department’s adherence to company policies and quality system requirements, as well as other legal and regulato