Remote Director, Oncology Thought Leader Liaison

Servier Group; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 203,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Servier Pharmaceuticals seeks a Director, Thought Leader Liaison (Oncology) to lead a national team of TLLs, shaping strategy across Neuro-oncology and Hematology & Oncology. You will partner with Sales, Marketing, and Medical Affairs to deploy high-impact engagement with KOLs and advisory programs.

The role requires 10+ years in pharma commercial roles, 5+ years in TLL or related leadership, and ability to travel 60–70%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical commercial experience, including significant experience in Thought Leader Liaison, field sales, or brand marketing roles; oncology or rare disease experience strongly preferred
• Minimum of 5+ years in one or more of the following: Thought Leader Liaison, Marketing, Sales, Medical Affairs leadership, field leadership
• Demonstrated ability to build and execute a national TLL or field engagement strategy across a multi-product portfolio
• Strong track record in KOL relationship development, peer-to-peer program design, and speaker program management
• Experience developing performance metrics and managing a team against measurable objectives
• Strong understanding of the legal, regulatory, and compliance environment governing HCP and KOL engagement
• Possess exceptional executive presence and communication skills to effectively lead and influence senior, cross-functional stakeholders, and to strategically represent the TLL function at the leadership level
• Experience leading people or relevant demonstrated ability to mobilize and motivate peers and stakeholders towards common goals.

Responsibilities

• Hire, coach, develop, and retain a high-performing national team of Thought Leader Liaisons split between 2 teams supporting different products, building a culture of accountability, scientific excellence, and continuous improvement
• Set clear individual and team objectives, providing ongoing feedback, mentorship, and career development to strengthen the team's capabilities over time.
• Foster consistent field standards and best practices across the team, ensuring TLLs operate with a shared understanding of brand strategy, peer-to-peer executional excellence, and insight gathering.
• Build and maintain national TLL engagement plans that addresses the unique strategic objectives for 2 TLL Teams: Neuro-oncology and Hematology & Oncology. Set clear expectations and elevate the development of regional engagement plans for each team, aligned to brand strategy
• For each TLL Team, assess and optimize TLL deployment to balance effort allocation across products and geographies, ensuring each team is focused on the highest-impact accounts and KOL targets
• Partner with Sales Leadership and Marketing to identify, profile, and develop plans for key accounts and KOLs across each team
• Provide strategic oversight of KOL identification, cultivation, and advocacy development across academic and community settings
• Ensure the TLL team generates and channels meaningful KOL insights back into brand strategy and business planning
• Guide the team in developing a clear and repeatable framework to assess KOL advocacy and product belief
• Synthesize field-generated insights from the TLL team to influence brand & promotional strategy, and compliantly collaborate with cross functional teams to ensure a one source of truth approach to disease landscape and product belief understanding
• Collaborate with cross functional partners to present high-level strategic recommendations to leadership
• Establish strategic rationale for advisory boards, effectively recruit relevant KOLs, and execute engaging sessions that effectively pull actionable insights.
• Partner with Sales Leadership and Marketing to guide the development and deployment of targeted peer-to-peer education, including commercial speaker identification, development, and relationship management
• Ensure speaker programming is well-sequenced, compliant, and aligned to regional and national account priorities
• Define and implement metrics and management objectives (MBOs) that measure TLL impact and drive accountability across the team
• Establish a clear, defensible approach to differentiating performance across TLLs, using consistent, data-informed criteria
• Regularly report on TLL team performance and impact to Sales and Marketing leadership
• Drive strong collaboration with Sales Leadership, Marketing, Medical, and Market Access to ensure the TLL team's work is fully integrated into the broader commercial plan
• Maintain compliant boundaries and processes in all TLL activity, partnering closely with Medical, Legal, and Compliance
• Provide leadership on TLL strategy and management at regional and national congresses, including sponsorship recommendations, speaker identification, and senior leader 1:1 KOL engagements, and debriefings ahead of KOL engagements
• Serve as a visible field leader, engaging directly with top KOLs and supporting the team at key meetings and events as needed
• Develop and articulate a forward-looking vision for how the TLL function can grow in scope and impact as the portfolio evolves
• Identify opportunities to expand the TLL team's role in shaping enterprise-level KOL and advocacy strategy

Skills

Thought Leader Liaison

KOL engagement

Executive presence

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Servier Pharmaceuticals seeks a Director, Thought Leader Liaison (Oncology) to lead a national team of TLLs, shaping strategy across Neuro-oncology and Hematology & Oncology. You will partner with Sales, Marketing, and Medical Affairs to deploy high-impact engagement with KOLs and advisory programs.

The role requires 10+ years in pharma commercial roles, 5+ years in TLL or related leadership, and ability to travel 60–70%.