Senior Director, Thought Leader Liaison

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 248,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, MA, is seeking a Senior Director, Thought Leader Liaison Lead to build and lead a national TLL function, developing a field-based team and strategizing KOL engagement. You will work closely with Marketing, Medical Affairs, and Sales to align commercial thought leader activities with company priorities.

The role requires 12+ years in pharma/biotech commercial roles, with 5+ years in leading thought leader programs, and up to 50% travel.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in pharmaceutical or biotechnology commercial roles, including significant experience in thought leader engagement, sales, or marketing leadership with a minimum of 5 years leading thought leader engagement activities, strategy, and field-based teams.
• Deep understanding of KOL engagement best practices, compliance requirements, and the intersection of commercial and medical strategy.
• Exceptional communication, relationship-building, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• High degree of initiative and comfort operating in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment with a bias for building.
• Demonstrated success building and leading customer-facing field-based teams in rare disease, specialty, or complex launch environments.
• Willingness to travel approximately 50% of the time to support field team leadership and customer engagement activities, including overnight and occasional weekend travel.

Responsibilities

• Build, hire, and develop a field-based TLL team, establishing the infrastructure, processes, and culture needed to stand up this capability effectively.
• Define and execute the TLL strategic plan, including KOL identification and segmentation, key account engagement, and peer-to-peer programming based on educational needs.
• Develop and maintain a robust KOL mapping and tiering framework to ensure optimal engagement of national, regional, and local thought leaders across relevant specialties based on expertise, scientific leadership, educational needs.
• Oversee the planning and execution of advisory boards, speaker bureau programs, and congress engagements.
• Oversee regional marketing efforts ensuring consistent execution of brand strategy and messaging across geographies, while adapting engagement approaches to local market dynamics and key account priorities.
• Build and maintain systems for capturing and synthesizing KOL and field-based insights to inform internal strategy.
• Establish and monitor performance metrics and MBOs to measure TLL team effectiveness and drive continuous improvement.
• Partner with Marketing to align TLL field engagement with brand strategy, messaging, commercial priorities, and inform omnichannel optimization.
• Partner with Medical Affairs and Regional Scientific Director leadership to ensure compliant collaboration and clear delineation of commercial and medical engagement.
• Ensure all commercial thought leader engagement activities are executed in full compliance with regulatory, legal, and company guidelines.

Skills

KOL engagement

Leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic planning

Communication

Travel planning

Education

MBA

PharmD

Advanced degree

Job description

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, MA, is seeking a Senior Director, Thought Leader Liaison Lead to build and lead a national TLL function, developing a field-based team and strategizing KOL engagement. You will work closely with Marketing, Medical Affairs, and Sales to align commercial thought leader activities with company priorities.

The role requires 12+ years in pharma/biotech commercial roles, with 5+ years in leading thought leader programs, and up to 50% travel.