Associate Director, Nephrology Thought Leader Liaison

Biogen; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 248,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision & Life insures

Fitness & Wellness programs

Short- and Long-Term Disability

15 days paid vacation + year-end shut

Up to 12 holidays + 3 personal days

401(k) with company match

Employee stock purchase plan

Tuition reimbursement up to $10,000

Job summary

Biogen seeks an Associate Director, Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) for Nephrology to serve as the primary commercial liaison to KMEs, transplant centers, and nephrology stakeholders within the assigned geography. This field-based role advances external advocacy, account readiness, and actionable marketplace insights, partnering with marketing, medical affairs, market access, and sales leadership.

You will lead account development, KME engagement, and strategic insight generation, building trusted

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, science, engineering, or related field. Advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years of marketing, field sales, field marketing or Thought Leader Liaison experience.
• Rare Disease and/or nephrology field-based experience required.
• Demonstrated strategic thinking and the ability to effectively collaborate and influence across diverse internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong intellectual curiosity and a commitment to expanding disease-state, customer, and healthcare ecosystem knowledge.
• Exceptional listening, insight-generation, and analytical skills, with the ability to identify meaningful opportunities, synthesize complex information, and translate regional intelligence into actionable recommendations that influence strategy and compliant stakeholder engagement.
• Highly motivated, entrepreneurial self-starter with a proven ability to partner effectively with healthcare professionals, key stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to manage competing priorities across a large geography.

Responsibilities

• Account Development & Readiness
• Gather insights to inform the marketing strategy and commercial content development for current and future disease states
• Create regional commercial plans to move key accounts through the adoption continuum, in collaboration with cross-functional partners
• Gather insights regarding account-level practices and stakeholder perspectives and communicate relevant insights to internal partners
• Identify opportunities and barriers that may impact account adoption, patient access and advocacy development
• KME Engagement & Advocacy Development
• Identify, profile, and engage KMEs within transplant and nephrology communities
• Serve as the primary commercial liaison for approved KME engagement activities
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with KMEs and stakeholders to inform portfolio planning
• Expand engagement beyond KMEs to broader stakeholder networks
• Strategic Insight Generation
• Gather, synthesize, and communicate actionable field insights related to customer needs and market dynamics
• Translate stakeholder feedback into strategic recommendations for marketing and launch planning
• Provide timely updates to leadership regarding progress and market dynamics
• Ensure documentation and sharing of insights through approved systems
• Congress, Speaker Bureau & External Engagement
• Support regional and national congress planning and coordination
• Coordinate KME engagement around meetings with cross-functional partners
• Identify opportunities to strengthen presence within societies and stakeholder communities
• Support speaker identification and program execution after approval
• Share post-congress insights with internal stakeholders
• Cross-Functional Leadership
• Partner with marketing, medical, sales, commercial operations, and legal/compliance
• Represent the voice of the customer in cross-functional discussions
• Support launch planning and account readiness initiatives
• Foster a collaborative approach with compliant customer engagement

Skills

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Stakeholder engagement

Collaboration

Entrepreneurial mindset

Nephrology knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, science, engineering, or related field

Job description

Biogen seeks an Associate Director, Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) for Nephrology to serve as the primary commercial liaison to KMEs, transplant centers, and nephrology stakeholders within the assigned geography. This field-based role advances external advocacy, account readiness, and actionable marketplace insights, partnering with marketing, medical affairs, market access, and sales leadership.

You will lead account development, KME engagement, and strategic insight generation, building trusted