Hematology Thought Leader Liaison - Mid Atlantic/South Atlantic

GlaxoSmithKline; United States; On-site; USD 139,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Long-term incentive

Health care

Retirement benefits

Paid holidays

Job summary

GlaxoSmithKline is seeking a Thought Leader Liaison in Hematology for the Mid Atlantic / South Atlantic region to build external expert partnerships and translate insights into actionable commercial strategies.

The role requires oncology experience, strong presentation skills to executives, and flexibility for 60-80% travel across the US. The position emphasizes cross-functional collaboration and adherence to PHARMA guidelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• 10+ years of experience in field sales, product marketing, or medical/clinical roles within pharma or biotech.
• Oncology experience required.
• Experience presenting to executive audiences (live and virtual) and influencing strategic decisions or stakeholder alignment.
• Willingness to travel 60-80%, including nights and weekends.
• Ability to communicate effectively to hcps and executives.
• Experience with technology, software and adaptability to learn new AI tools.

Responsibilities

• External Expert Engagement & Relationship Management: Develop and execute regional strategic external expert engagement plans to build long-term partnerships and generate insights.
• Insight Generation & Strategic Impact: Gather regional insights from external experts and share with brand teams to shape strategy and resource allocation.
• Advisory, Peer to Peer & Congress Engagements: Lead advisory boards and congress engagements, identify speakers, and support content development.
• Cross-Functional & Operational Excellence: Collaborate with medical, legal, compliance, regulatory and marketing to ensure compliant engagements and strong project management.

Skills

Cross-Functional Work

Data to Insights

Digital Fluency

External Stakeholder Management

Scientific Literacy

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Thought Leader Liaison, Hematology – Mid Atlantic / South Atlantic

The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL), Hematology builds and manages strategic relationships with a select group of U.S. external experts (EEs), with a deliberate focus on cultivating partnerships and insights across both academic and community oncology settings to ensure commercial strategies reflect the realities of where patients receive care. This role is accountable for generating strategic insights, translating science to actionability, and building brand advocacy. This includes leading strategic engagement with key external experts through robust engagement planning and insight generation aligned to brand and therapeutic area strategies. The TLL generates strategic insights through ongoing interactions with external experts, congresses and executive engagements, while working closely with US/Global Commercial, Medical, and Regulatory partners to translate field perspectives into meaningful business actions that shape brand strategy. TLLs support the oncology in-line brands within their geography while helping prepare the organization for successful oncology launches through disease-state engagement, external expert partnership, and insights that inform future commercial strategy. Six geographies will cover the United States, each aligned with an Oncology Field Vice President, who will be an important stakeholder.

Key Responsibilities

• External Expert Engagement & Relationship Management Develop and execute regional strategic external expert engagement plans designed to build long-term partnerships while generating meaningful commercial insights, especially within the community setting. Plan and execute External Expert engagements aligned to brand priorities and External Expert needs outside of advisory and congress events, planning and maintaining a consistent level of execution as aligned with TLL Director. This includes a mix of live and virtual engagements in your geography. Build regional brand advocacy segment and manage a thought leader network (network mapping) to optimize engagement and insight generation.
• Insight Generation & Strategic Impact Gather and synthesize regional insights from external experts through forums such as 1:1 interactions, congress, publication, and provide them to the brand team. Share synthesized insights with commercial leadership to help shape the following, but not limited to, brand strategy, resource allocation, customer engagement strategies, and launch planning. Help identify emerging treatment paradigm shifts in your respective region, competitive dynamics, biomarker evolution, and unmet needs that may influence future commercial strategy. Seek compliant External Expert feedback on initiatives and materials.
• Advisory, Peer to Peer & Congress Engagements Execute and synthesize advisory boards, expert consultancies, and other strategic engagement forums to answer critical business questions and inform commercial decision making. Coordinate and support External Expert executive interactions with commercial leadership. Shape peer-to-peer education content through speaker identification, training/operations support, and relationship management. Participate in key local, regional, and national congresses and serve as onsite host for congress product theater speakers and EEs. Capture and synthesize congress insights to identify emerging trends, competitive developments, and implications for brand strategy.
• Cross-Functional & Operational Excellence Partner effectively with medical, legal, compliance, regulatory, and marketing teams to ensure external engagements are strategically aligned and within GSK policies and adhering to PHARMA guidelines Apply strong project management skills to manage multiple priorities simultaneously. Manage agency and vendor partners to ensure timely, high-quality execution. Understand risk associated with the activities on Strategic Engagement and be adept and agile in their management and mitigation.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in field sales, product marketing, or medical/clinical roles within pharma or biotech.
• Oncology experience required.
• Experience presenting to executive audiences (live and virtual) and influencing strategic decisions or stakeholder alignment.
• Experience leveraging insights to guide strategy development and proactively refine approach in response to evolving data and market dynamics.
• Valid driver's license.
• Willingness to travel 60-80%, including nights and weekends.
• Ability to communicate effectively to hcps and executives.
• Experience and knowledge with technology, software and adaptability to learn new AI tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience as an Oncology TLL Multiple Myeloma and Myelofibrosis Master's degree.
• Strong account management and cross-Functional leadership experience.
• Marketing and/or sales management background.
• Advanced project management and organizational skills.
• Proven adherence to regulatory and compliance standards with proactive risk identification and mitigation.

Skills

Cross-Functional Work, Data to Insights, Digital Fluency, External Stakeholder Management, Scientific Literacy

If you are based in Cambridge, MA; Waltham, MA; Rockville, MD; or San Francisco, CA, the annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges $152,625 to $254,375.

If you are based in another US location, the annual base salary range is $138,750 to $231,250.

The US annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $138,750 to $231,250. The US salary ranges take into account a number of factors including work location within the US market, the candidate's skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position offers an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. Available benefits include health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave. If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific country, the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process.

Why GSK?

Unifying science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases - to impact health at scale. People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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