Associate Director, Marketing

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals; United States; Remote; USD 162,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is seeking an Associate Director of Marketing, KOL Engagement and Enablement to lead strategic initiatives that strengthen KOL engagement, enhance Thought Leader Liaison effectiveness, and translate insights into action across the organization.

This role partners with Marketing, Medical Affairs, Global, Legal, and field leadership to advance engagement strategies and educational programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree in life sciences or marketing preferred.
• Experience building and leading ad boards, the TLL organization, and KOL strategy.
• 8+ years of experience in pharmaceutical or biotech marketing, healthcare consulting, or healthcare agency with a focus on HCP engagement, medical education, or peer-to-peer strategy preferred.
• Ability to navigate a dynamic, fast-paced environment by managing competing and complex priorities and engaging with cross-functional partners to ensure goals are met efficiently and collaboratively.
• Demonstrate a meticulous attention to detail, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and quality across all deliverables, communications, and project components.
• Deep understanding of compliance requirements and experience in highly regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute KOL-led education and training initiatives that enhance field team clinical expertise, scientific engagement capabilities, and understanding of key disease state and brand messages.
• Lead the strategy, development, implementation, and optimization of resources, tools, and engagement approaches that enhance TLL effectiveness and support meaningful KOL interactions.
• Support the end-to-end KOL insights process, including strategic objective development, partner on field training, insight collection, analysis, reporting, and dissemination of actionable insights across the organization.
• Ensure TLL targets, KOL data, activities, insights, and records across Veeva and other systems are accurate, optimized, and compliant; proactively flag issues, support reporting, and drive operational process improvements.
• Execute the U.S. TTR Commercial Advisory Boards to inform business decisions and strengthen engagement with external experts.
• Establish and monitor metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of KOL engagement activities, educational initiatives, TLL resources, and insight generation programs while driving continuous improvement.
• Partner with Medical Affairs, Commercial, Marketing, Legal, Compliance, and field leadership to align educational, engagement, and insight initiatives with organizational priorities and regulatory requirements.
• Provide oversight of external agencies, vendors, and strategic partners supporting educational initiatives, content development, advisory boards, and engagement programs.
• Maintain deep understanding of the therapeutic area, healthcare professional educational needs, competitive landscape, and industry best practices to inform engagement and education strategies.
• Identify and implement innovative approaches that strengthen KOL engagement, advance TLL capabilities, and increase organizational impact.

Skills

KOL engagement

KOL strategy

Marketing leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or advanced degree in life sciences or marketing

Job description

Overview

The Associate Director of Marketing, KOL Engagement and Enablement is responsible for leading strategic initiatives that enhance Key Opinion Leader (KOL) engagement, Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) effectiveness, and the optimization of actionable insights across the organization. This role serves as a strategic partner to TLLs, Marketing, Medical Affairs, Global, Legal, Compliance, and field leadership to advance engagement strategies, educational initiatives, advisory boards, and external stakeholder partnerships. The Associate Director will lead the development of scalable programs, resources, and processes that strengthen organizational effectiveness, support field execution, and ensure insights are effectively translated into business action. This role reports to the Director of Marketing, KOL Strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Field Team Education & Engagement: Develop and execute KOL-led education and training initiatives that enhance field team clinical expertise, scientific engagement capabilities, and understanding of key disease state and brand messages.
• Thought Leader Liaison Resources: Lead the strategy, development, implementation, and optimization of resources, tools, and engagement approaches that enhance TLL effectiveness and support meaningful KOL interactions.
• Thought Leader Liaison Insights: Support the end-to-end KOL insights process, including strategic objective development, partner on field training, insight collection, analysis, reporting, and dissemination of actionable insights across the organization.
• Thought Leader Liaison Operations: Ensure TLL targets, KOL data, activities, insights, and records across Veeva and other systems are accurate, optimized, and compliant; proactively flag issues, support reporting, and drive operational process improvements.
• Commercial Advisory Boards: Execute the U.S. TTR Commercial Advisory Boards to inform business decisions and strengthen engagement with external experts.
• Performance Measurement & Optimization: Establish and monitor metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of KOL engagement activities, educational initiatives, TLL resources, and insight generation programs while driving continuous improvement.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Medical Affairs, Commercial, Marketing, Legal, Compliance, and field leadership to align educational, engagement, and insight initiatives with organizational priorities and regulatory requirements.
• Vendor & Agency Management: Provide oversight of external agencies, vendors, and strategic partners supporting educational initiatives, content development, advisory boards, and engagement programs.
• Therapeutic Area Expertise: Maintain deep understanding of the therapeutic area, healthcare professional educational needs, competitive landscape, and industry best practices to inform engagement and education strategies.
• Strategic Innovation & Excellence: Identify and implement innovative approaches that strengthen KOL engagement, advance TLL capabilities, and increase organizational impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree in life sciences or marketing preferred.
• Experience building and leading ad boards, the TLL organization, and KOL strategy.
• 8+ years of experience in pharmaceutical or biotech marketing, healthcare consulting, or healthcare agencywith a focus on HCP engagement, medical education, or peer-to-peer strategy preferred.
• Ability to navigate a dynamic, fast-paced environment by managing competing and complex priorities and engaging with cross-functional partners to ensure goals are met efficiently and collaboratively.
• Demonstrate a meticulous attention to detail, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and quality across all deliverables, communications, and project components.
• Deep understanding of compliance requirements and experience in highly regulated environments.

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The pay range below reflects the full-time base salary range we expect to pay for this role at the time of posting. Base pay will be determined based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, and education. This role is eligible for an annual short-term incentive award (e.g., bonus or sales incentive) and an annual long-term incentive award (e.g., equity).

Alnylam’s robust Total Rewards package is designed to support your overall health and well-being. We offer comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, a lifestyle reimbursement program, flexible spending and health savings accounts and a 401(k)with a generous company match. Eligible employees enjoy paid time off, wellness days, holidays, and two company-wide recharge breaks. We also offer generous family resources and leave. Our commitment to your well-being reflects our belief that caring for our people fuels the impact we create together.

Learn more about these and additional benefits offered by Alnylam by visiting the Benefits section of the Careers website: https://www.alnylam.com/careers

U.S. Pay Range

$161,500 — $218,500 USD