Thought Leader Liaison Rheumatology-West

UCB; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

UCB is seeking a Thought Leader Liaison in Rheumatology for the West region. This field-based role develops and executes provider engagement strategies with Thought Leaders, conferences, and professional organizations to elevate UCB's leadership in immunology.

The TLL collaborates across Marketing, Medical Affairs, and Sales to drive compliant peer-to-peer initiatives, manage speaker bureau activities, and build strong KOL relationships that inform strategy and execution.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience in Therapeutic sales, marketing, KOL development and/or related roles.
• Ability to travel approximately 70%.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and execute KOL meetings and HCP engagement at Rheumatology conferences, partnering with cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with Marketing to pull through corporate and brand strategy and support advisory boards.
• Manage speaker bureau operations and ensure compliant pull-through of educational initiatives.
• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with national, regional, and local KOLs to inform strategic planning.

Education

BS/BA degree

Job description

Make your mark for patients We are looking for a Thought Leader Liaison to join our Rheumatology team, based in the field for the West.

Make your mark for patients We are looking for a Thought Leader Liaison to join our Rheumatology team, based in the field for the West.

About The Role

The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) is a field-based, non-sales role responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive provider engagement strategy with national, regional, and local Thought Leaders, as well as establishing strategic partnerships with key medical conferences and professional organizations across Rheumatology. This role serves as a catalyst for collaboration between UCB, Medical, and Key Opinion Leaders, helping to elevate UCB's leadership position and clearly differentiate our value proposition within the immunology market.

Who You’ll Work With

The TLL works cross-functionally with internal partners—including Marketing, Medical Affairs, Sales Leadership, Ecosystem Partnerships, and Regional Sales Leads—to ensure aligned and impactful engagement at congresses, medical meetings, commercial advisory boards, and related activities. Through strong internal and external relationship-building, the TLL plays a critical role in pulling through UCB’s commercial and Patient Value Strategies at national and regional levels, supporting the broader therapeutic portfolio and positioning UCB as a trusted leader and true partner within the specialty communities.

What You’ll Do

• Coordinate and execute commercial KOL meetings and HCP engagement activities at key Rheumatology conferences, partnering closely with cross-functional teams to maximize UCB’s presence and strategic impact.
• Collaborate with Marketing to pull through corporate and brand strategy, align on branding execution, and support planning and delivery of commercial advisory boards across both specialties.
• Manage and assist with speaker bureau operations (approximately 35-45% of the role), ensuring seamless execution of peer-to-peer strategies and compliant pull-through of educational initiatives.
• Cultivate, deepen, and maintain strong relationships with national, regional, and local KOLs to inform strategic planning and ensure effective partnership and pull-through.
• Serve as the external "face" of UCB and the Immunology Franchise at key meetings and events, engaging professionally with customers, accounts, physicians, practitioners, industry partners, and consultants.
• Manage complex relationships across multiple customer-facing teams, effectively positioning the TLL role and demonstrating its value to internal stakeholders.
• Demonstrate strong influencing skills with and through others without direct authority to achieve aligned objectives.
• Apply strong project management capabilities to balance multiple high-priority initiatives, assess outcomes, and make data-driven go/no-go decisions.
• Maintain a deep and evolving understanding of the Rheumatology businesses, including customer needs, marketing strategy, and marketplace trends, while adapting approaches accordingly.
• Communicate with excellence - verbally, in writing, and through presentations, and confidently present to groups of varying sizes and seniority levels.
• Consistently operate at the highest levels of UCB compliance, integrity, and professional standards.
• Results-oriented, detail-focused, and able to set priorities while taking appropriate, compliant risks.

Interested? For this role we’re looking for the following

Minimum Requirements

• BS/BA degree required
• Minimum 5 years' experience in Therapeutic sales, marketing, KOL development and/or other directly related roles
• Ability to travel approximately :70%.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience working successfully with commercial and non-commercial teams
• Demonstrates scientific knowledge in customer settings
• Proven experience at being able to build processes
• Interpersonal Communication, Negotiation Skills
• Intellectual curiosity
• Successful people leadership experience preferred
• Prior business development experience preferred
• Experience working with a Therapeutic product and/or portfolio preferred
• Prior launch and launch planning experience preferred

This position reasonably anticipated base salary range is $164,000 - 216,000K. The actual salary offered will take into account related knowledge, skills, experience and location among other factors and may fall outside the expected range.

Are you ready to ‘go beyond’ to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!

About Us

UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are over 9.000 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.

Why work with us?

At UCB, we don’t just complete tasks, we create value. We aren’t afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected, and has equal opportunities to do their best work. We ‘go beyond’ to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that’s on our patients, our employees, or our planet. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential.

At UCB, we’ve embraced a hybrid-first approach to work, bringing teams together in local hubs to foster collaborative curiosity. Unless explicitly stated in the description or precluded by the nature of the position, roles are hybrid with 40% of your time spent in the office.

UCB is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions will be made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. UCB invites you to voluntarily self-identify during the application process. Provision of self-identification information is entirely voluntary and a decision to provide or not provide such information will not have any effect on your application for employment, your employment with UCB, or otherwise subject you to any adverse treatment. Any information you provide will be considered confidential and will be kept separate from your application and/or personnel file and will only be used in accordance with applicable laws, orders, and regulations.

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