Senior Director, West Thought Leader Liaison – Gastroenterology

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

$150,000 - $220,000

Title: Senior Director, Thought Leader Liaison – West Gastroenterology

State(s): Remote (California, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, etc.)

**Thought Leader Liaisons are required to live within specified region**

Job Description

Responsibilities:

The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) is a field-based role responsible for thought leader engagement and peer-to-peer (P2P) education within Lilly’s Gastroenterology (GI) portfolio from prelaunch to commercialization, including line extensions. This role closely partners with the GI Customer Strategy Head Senior Director to develop and run educational engagement strategies for Gastroenterologists, Advanced Practice Providers (Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants), and Key Office Immunology staff (KOS) across our GI portfolio. This role has both an internal as well as external facing component. Internally, this role requires strong cross-functional skills to partner with brand teams, medical, compliance, external vendors, and others in the development, implementation, and execution of the P2P and Congress strategy. Externally, this job includes interaction, coaching, development and support of contracted thought leaders (TLs) on a regular basis as well as attendance at GI Congresses. All interactions must be consistent with commercial compliance, regulatory, and legal guidelines. Encompassing a variety of focus areas, it is vital the TLL has strong attention to detail and the ability to adeptly manage many projects simultaneously. Responsibilities include:

Commercial Thought Leader Engagement and Faculty Support (50%)

• Identification, development, and ongoing evaluation of 30-40 Gastroenterology Thought Leaders (TLs), including HCPs and Key Office Staff, within a specified geographic area
• Evaluate, coach and support speakers by interacting with each faculty member within your region at least 6x year virtually or live
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate complex information and analyses to a variety of scientific and non-scientific audiences
• Annual assessment of faculty size, including addition and removal of faculty members, ensuring Lilly has a diverse faculty to best meet the audiences’ needs
• Respond quickly to faculty inquiries by providing relevant information
• Responsible for annual brand and compliance training of all speakers including: live trainings, virtual evening trainings and one-off trainings to ensure clinical aptitude and podium prowess of the faculty when delivering P2P educational and promotional content
• Partner with Faculty Administration and Veeva Digital Engagements to run speaker compensation capacity, annual speaker contracting and any potential speaker violations
• Support cross-functional collaboration for thought leader engagement across Brand Teams, Payer, Medical, Global and Senior Leadership
• Regularly attend key regional and national GI Congresses (10+ meetings per year) to assess opportunities and evolve the Lilly brand strategy; attend competitor presentations and provide ideas and resources to the brand teams; collect and deliver effective feedback to the Centralized Congress Team to improve future execution
• Provide support for brand sponsored Product Theater(s) and disease state education at Congresses
• Create partnerships with state and national alliances within a defined region, including organized medical groups (OMGs) and health care organizations (HCOs)
• Assist GI Head Advisor to coordinate TL engagements with Lilly Brand and Senior Leadership attendees at national GI Congresses

Engagement and Brand Strategy Development (30%)

• Capture insights and provide input into the brand teams to create positive customer experiences that compliantly differentiates Lilly from the competition in the P2P and Congress channels. Work with the brand teams to develop the P2P content and key messages elements
• Virtually attend weekly meetings to provide feedback on marketplace developments, TL engagements, P2P implementation, and Congress execution
• Support