Thought Leader Liaison Pulmonology Chicago IL

Biopharma Careers; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 146,000 - 211,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanofi is seeking a Thought Leader Liaison in Pulmonology based in Chicago, IL. This field-based, non-sales role collaborates with KOLs and cross-functional partners to advance label-approved conversations and strategic brand initiatives.

The role emphasizes relationship building, cross-team collaboration, and compliant engagement with senior leadership, marketing, and Medical Science Liaisons. Travel is required to cover the territory.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Must reside within the geographic area of the assigned territory, or within a reasonable distance.
• Ability to travel 60-80%.
• Respiratory or biologic experience.
• Minimum 5 years in field sales, product marketing, or medical/clinical in pharma/biotech.

Responsibilities

• Identify, cultivate, and maintain long-term relationships with KOLs in pulmonology for on-label business conversations.
• Align with cross-functional teams; orchestrate resources against brand plans driven by marketing.
• Share KOL insights with marketing and senior leadership; provide feedback to commercial leadership.
• Measure KOL advocacy aligned to key brand messages.
• Enhance KOL advocacy through compliant engagements with senior leaders and internal partners.
• Collaborate with field commercial team to ensure strategic and tactical cohesiveness with assigned KOLs.
• Plan and execute KOL engagements and executive encounters at conferences and events in a compliant manner.
• Provide speaker recommendations to marketing and identify emerging opinion leaders.
• Execute customer-centric needs-based approach with targeted KOLs.

Skills

Relationship building

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job title: Thought Leader Liaison Pulmonology Chicago IL

Location: Chicago, IL

About the job

The Pulmonology Thought Leader Liaison, Dupilumab role is a field-based, marketing role (non-sales focused) position working closely with Pulmonology U.S Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and cross-functional partners.A TLL will work closely with other field professionals including but not limited to sales, marketing, medical, and value and access.The behaviors that are critical for success include collaboration, communication, relationship building. The Pulmonology TLLs will report directly to the Head of Pulmonology Thought Leader Liaison. All TLL interactions are within label, and consistent with commercial compliance, legal and regulatory guidelines.

Join the team transforming care for people with immune challenges, rare diseases, cancers, and neurological conditions. In Specialty Care, you’ll help deliver breakthrough treatments that bring hope to patients with some of the highest unmet needs.

About Sanofi

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system –and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

Main Responsibilities

• Identify, , cultivate, and maintain long‑term relationships with KOLs within the pulmonology community to conduct substantial, on‑label business conversations.
• Align with cross functional teams, the TLL orchestrates resources against the strategic brand plans driven by marketing.
• Share KOL insights with marketing and senior leadership and provide feedback to commercial leadership on various topics (directed insights) as requested.
• Measure KOL advocacy aligned to key brand messages.
• Enhance KOL advocacy through compliant engagements with senior leaders, medical, marketing and other internal brand partners.
• A TLL is expected to compliantly collaborate and communicate with the field commercial team on each assigned KOL to ensure strategic and tactical cohesiveness.
• The TLL serves as the point of contact to for the KOLs to the organization and is responsible for collaborating with field sales for promotional program scheduling with speakers.
• Assisting with on‑label KOL development, including speakers, with approved decks and materials in collaboration with Medical Science Liaisons.
• Plan and execute KOL engagements and executive encounters during field engagements, local, regional and national conferences, POAs, and other venues in a complaint manner.
• Provide speaker recommendations to marketing when requested; identify emerging opinion leaders.
• Execute a customer centric needs based approach with targeted KOLs.

About you

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• Valid driver’s license
• Must reside within the geographic area of the assigned territory, or within a reasonable distance as determined by the HTLL
• Ability to travel 60-80%; could be more/less based on geography
• Respiratory or biologic experience
• A minimum of five years of work experience in one or more of the following: field sales, product marketing, or medical / clinical experience in the same or related therapeutic area within the pharmaceutical / biotech industry

Preferred Qualifications:

• Marketing experience
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams toward a shared vision of success
• Ability to execute against strategic and tactical plans under tight timelines
• Ability to present ideas effectively to individuals or groups, targeting presentation to the needs of the audience

Why choose us

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future[1]focused team.
• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well‑crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender‑neutral parental leave

Sanofi US Services and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers committed to a culturally inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

Sanofi US endeavours to make our career center accessible to any and all users.

Pursue progress , discover extraordinary

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

US and Puerto Rico Residents Only

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers committed to a culturally inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

North America Applicants Only

The salary range for this position is:

$146.250,00 - $211.250,00

All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.