Thought Leader Liaison (South Central)

Travere Therapeutics; Manhattan (KS); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics is seeking a Thought Leader Liaison to build strategic partnerships with national and regional KOLs in rare nephrology, supporting FILSPARI (sparsentan) for IgAN and FSGS. This field-based role requires significant travel with a regional presence.

You will develop regional account strategies, engage thought leaders, and collaborate with Marketing, Insights, Sales, and Medical Affairs to ensure compliant messaging and impactful advisory boards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business or Life Sciences.
• 8+ years in rare disease or specialty marketing with nephrology knowledge.
• Proven ability to build relationships with thought leaders and internal stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop regional account strategies.
• Engage KOLs through personalized interactions and advisory boards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Marketing, Insights, Sales, Medical Affairs, etc.).
• Identify and recruit KOLs for marketing initiatives.
• Collect and analyze market insights.
• Ensure compliant messaging.
• Support promotional speaker activities.

Skills

KOL engagement

Relationship building

Excellent communication

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business or Life Sciences

Job description

Role: The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) is a field-based role focused on building and managing strategic partnerships with national and regional KOLs in the US within the rare nephrology space to support the growth of FILSPARI (sparsentan) for IgAN and FSGS.

Responsibilities

• develop regional account strategies
• engage KOLs through personalized interactions and advisory boards
• collaborate with cross-functional teams (Marketing, Insights, Sales, Medical Affairs, etc.)
• identify and recruit KOLs for marketing initiatives
• collect and analyze market insights
• ensure compliant messaging
• support promotional speaker activities

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business or Life Sciences
• at least 8 years of experience in rare disease or specialty marketing, with strong understanding of nephrology
• proven ability to build relationships with thought leaders and internal stakeholders
• excellent communication, organizational, and project management skills

Preferred

• advanced degree
• prior experience in small molecule pharmafamiliarity with rare kidney diseases

High-Value

• rare nephrology (IgAN, FSGS)
• KOL engagement
• advisory boards
• cross-functional collaboration
• field-based with 50-60% domestic travel
• role involves face-to-face interactions and regional presence

Work Setup

• field-based in Kansas, Missouri (Remote), or Texas (Remote), with significant travel