Director of Strategic Relations (Dermatology), South

Organon; Texas; Remote; USD 168,000 - 286,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flex time

Job summary

Organon is seeking a Dermatology Strategic Relations Director to shape our presence with dermatology, allergy, and pediatric communities and to lead peer-to-peer education and thought leader engagement strategies for VTAMA cream and future assets.

The role spans cross-functional collaboration across Marketing, Medical Affairs, Sales, Compliance, Market Access, and Operations to ensure compliant, impactful execution and budget management for speaker programs, advisory boards, and conferences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college/university required. MBA preferred.
• At least 7 years of relevant experience within the pharmaceutical industry (sales, marketing, or thought leader engagement).
• Strong relationships with KOLs and Dermatologists required.
• Demonstrated ability to execute against strategic and tactical plans under short timelines.
• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the Peer-to-Peer strategy, budget, and execution for VTAMA cream in the assigned territory.
• Ensure cross-functional engagement with Marketing, Medical and Sales in development of initiatives.
• Maintain Key Opinion Leader relationships to shape opinions and inform opportunities.
• Develop annual advisory board plan and implement a KOL engagement strategy.
• Oversee Speaker Bureau management, contracting, training, and budget adherence.
• Lead national and regional conference planning and sponsorship alignment.

Skills

KOL relationships

Thought leader engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Communication skills

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

Job description

Job Description

The Dermatology Strategic Relations Director will play a critical role in shaping Organon’s presence and reputation within the dermatology, allergy and pediatric communities. This individual will lead the development and execution of peer-to-peer education and thought leader engagement strategies for VTAMA cream and future portfolio assets. The Director will be responsible for cultivating strong relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), professional societies, and healthcare providers to drive advocacy, inform strategic planning, and enhance the customer experience across all phases of product life cycle.

This role requires deep cross-functional collaboration with Marketing, Medical Affairs, Sales, Compliance, Market Access, and Operations to ensure alignment and excellence in execution. The Executive Director will also oversee strategic planning and budget management for speaker programs, advisory boards, congress opportunities, and peer to peer educational initiatives ensuring all initiatives are compliant, impactful, and aligned with Organon’s brand objectives.

Responsibilities

• Own the Peer-to-Peer strategy, budget, and execution for VTAMA cream, within the assigned territory and targets, including Speaker Bureau Strategy and Execution, Advisory Boards St Conference Execution, Product theatres and Peer to Peer education initiatives.
• Ensure highest level of cross functional engagement and collaboration with Marketing, Medical and Sales in the development and execution of Peer-to-Peer strategic initiatives.

KOL Engagement & Advocacy

• Maintain Key Opinion Leader and Community HCP relationships to shape opinions of Organon and its portfolio of products. Leverage the depth of those relationships to gain better understanding of disease state considerations, treatment patterns, market access experiences and unmet needs in the marketplace.
• Identify emerging thought leaders through observations and interactions with established leaders in the field. Positively affect commercial success by informing cross functional partners of strategic opportunities within the learnings.
• Work with the Executive Director, Strategic Relations to develop annual advisory board plan and implement an annual KOL Engagement strategy to support positive Organon perceptions and commercialization initiatives.

Speaker Bureau Management & Execution

• Fully manage all aspects of the VTAMA Speaker Bureau, including speaker selection, contracting, training, program scheduling, compliance monitoring, balanced utilization and budget adherence with field sales.
• Provide feedback to speakers on clinical aptitude, delivery of appropriate material and fair balance content. Provide feedback to each speaker once a year. Manage speaker capacity decisions.
• Oversee all aspects with the Speaker Program Management agency to ensure field sales can execute compliant and high-quality speaker programs seamlessly, speaker bureau budget is balanced.
• Ensure agency adherence to tracking HCP value transfers (compensation, airfare, lodging, food, beverages, etc) and reporting to MedPro in partnership with Compliance to ensure HCP annual caps are observed and adhered to.

Congress & Conference Leadership

• Own National & Regional Conference execution to determine level of sponsorship and align with various internal stakeholders including Marketing, Sales and Medical to ensure Organon is well represented across all aspects at Dermatology, Allergy & Pediatric conferences.
• Oversee and partner with Sales RBD & DBMs on local congress management processes.
• Lead cross functional pre-conference planning and post-conference recap for all National and Regional Dermatology meetings, including executive strategy & planning for Organon leadership KOL meetings.

Required Education, Experience & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college/university required. MBA preferred.
• At least 7 years of relevant experience within the pharmaceutical industry. Experience in one or more of the following: sales, marketing, or thought leader engagement.
• Strong relationships with KOLs and Dermatologists required.
• Demonstrated experience building and nurturing KOL relationships.
• Inherent focus on meeting the needs of patients, as identified from KOLs, Marketing, and Market Access.
• Working knowledge of Thought Leader engagement activities.
• Clinical, technical, and scientific knowledge and aptitude in complex disease states.
• Demonstrated ability to execute against strategic and tactical plans under short timelines.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills and organizational abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully collaborate cross-functionally.
• Strong analytical and presentation skills.
• Strong leadership qualities, demonstrating ability to initiate and lead key projects.
• History of innovative thinking and documented examples of challenging the status quo.
• Highly motivated self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to personal and career development.
• Desire to work in a quickly changing and fast-paced growing business.
• Unrelenting dedication to delivering results and a desire to shape the strategic goals of the business. Willing to roll up your sleeves to get the job done.
• Ability to overcome ambiguity and challenge the status quo
• Manage multiple programs with competing and aggressive timelines, prioritize activities, and work independently.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; experienced presenter of key messages to broad audiences including Senior Stakeholders

OGNDERMA

Who We Are

Organon delivers ingenious health solutions that enable people to live their best lives. We are a $6.5 billion global healthcare company focused on making a world of difference for women, their families and the communities they care for. We have an important portfolio and are growing it by investing in the unmet needs of Women’s Health, expanding access to leading biosimilars and touching lives with a diverse and trusted portfolio of health solutions. Our Vision is clear: A better and healthier every day for every woman.

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Annualized Salary Range (US)

$168,000.00 - $285,800.00

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Employee Status

Regular

Relocation

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship

No

Travel Requirements

Organon employees must be able to satisfy all applicable travel and credentialing requirements, including associated vaccination prerequisites.

75%

Flexible Work Arrangements

Flex Time, Remote Work

Valid Driving License

Yes

Number of Openings

1

Requisition ID

R543252