Patient Advocacy & Industry Relations Liaison - East

About Acadia Pharmaceuticals

Acadia is advancing breakthroughs in neuroscience to elevate life. Since our founding, 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 approved drug in the United States and Canada 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 neuro-psychiatric and neuro-rare diseases. For more information, visit us at Acadia.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

 

Seeking Talent Near: Atlanta, GA; Philadelphia, PA; New York City, NY; Miami, FL; Orlando, FL

Position Summary

In this role, you’ll be at the forefront of shaping Acadia’s presence in the neuroscience space, working closely with key national and regional patient advocacy groups and medical societies. Your mission will be to build and nurture strong, meaningful relationships that support both our current and future therapeutic areas. You’ll develop strategic plans to create impactful partnerships, drive consumer engagement, and foster collaboration. By actively engaging with patient and medical communities, you’ll help position Acadia as a trusted thought leader and valuable partner, ultimately advancing our business objectives and making a real difference in the lives of those we serve.

Primary Responsibilities

• Represent the company and act as its liaison with select Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s national and regional industry associations and regional patient advocacy groups; attend trade and professional meetings important to the company’s success
• 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 consumer activation, patient advocacy, and medical society strategy
• 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
• Identifies and cultivates relationships with select national and 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 oversees 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
• Overseas 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 Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Disease 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
• 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 regulatory directives
• Performs other duties as assigned

Education/Experience/Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, healthcare, science, business administration or related field
• Targeting 8 years of progressively responsible pharmaceutical or biotech account management, marketing, medical affairs or related experiences
• 3 years of key patient advocacy leadership experience.  An equivalent combination of rel