Thought Leader Liaison, Southwest Region

amylyx; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amylyx is seeking a Thought Leader Liaison, Southwest Region, to advance commercial objectives through strategic stakeholder engagement and insight generation. You will cultivate relationships with key opinion leaders, plan advisory activities, and synthesize insights to inform launch readiness and regional strategy.

You will collaborate with Marketing, Medical Affairs, Compliance, and Sales Leadership to ensure compliant, impactful stakeholder engagement across the Southwest, including Arizona,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in biotechnology or pharmaceutical commercial roles, including thought leader engagement, sales, or marketing.
• Experience developing strategic thought leader partnerships and influencing engagement in rare disease, endocrinology, or metabolic disease.
• Ability to influence without authority and collaborate across cross-functional teams.
• Rare disease and endocrinology/metabolic experience.
• Willingness to travel up to 60-70%, including overnight and some weekend travel.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain professional relationships with key stakeholders to advance commercial objectives.
• Identify and assess potential advisors, speakers, and thought leaders based on expertise and experience.
• Execute thought leader engagement strategies aligned with brand objectives and regional plans.
• Support advisory boards, speaker programs, congress activities, and other stakeholder initiatives.
• Deliver regional marketing initiatives that strengthen brand strategy and address local market needs.
• Generate and communicate stakeholder insights to inform commercial strategy and launch readiness.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Market Access, Sales Leadership, Medical Affairs, and Compliance to ensure compliant stakeholder engagement.
• Conduct all activities in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Amylyx has an audacious mission to usher in a new era for treating diseases with high unmet needs. Where others see challenges, we see opportunities that we pursue with urgency, rigorous science, and unwavering commitment to the communities we serve. We are a clinical-stage company currently focused on post-bariatric hypoglycemia (PBH), Wolfram syndrome, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Our mission is powered by our people. Our core values - be audacious, be curious, be authentic, be engaged, and be accountable - creating a culture of caring. Amylyx has assembled an experienced team ready to take action because the communities we serve have no time to wait. If you share our passion and are determined to tackle some of medicine's toughest problems, we encourage you to read the opportunity below and apply.

The Opportunity

As a member of the marketing team, the Thought Leader Liaison, Southwest Region is a field-based individual contributor responsible for advancing Amylyx's commercial objectives through strategic and compliant stakeholder engagement and insight generation across the assigned geography. The TLL cultivates professional relationships with key external stakeholders, delivers actionable market insights, and executes stakeholder engagement strategies that support brand performance, launch readiness, and organizational priorities. Working collaboratively across Marketing, Sales, Market Access, Medical Affairs, and Compliance, this role serves as a critical connector between external stakeholders and internal strategy, ensuring external stakeholder insights inform key business decisions. The TLL plays a critical role in elevating the voice of the healthcare community within Amylyx, helping ensure commercial strategies, educational initiatives, and engagement plans reflect evolving market needs and opportunities. This position reports to the Senior Director, Thought Leader Liaison Lead and serves as an extension of the U.S. Marketing team.

This opportunity is based in the Southwest and incumbents for this role should reside within the region: Arizona, California or Nevada.

Amylyx may consider highly qualified candidates with more extensive and directly relevant experience for a Senior Thought Leader Liaison position. The appropriate level will be determined based on the selected candidate's qualifications, experience and demonstrated capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain professional relationships with key stakeholders (e.g., key opinion leaders) to advance commercial objectives.
• Identify and assess potential advisors, speakers, and thought leaders based on expertise, clinical experience, scientific contributions, and organizational needs.
• Execute thought leader engagement strategies aligned with national brand objectives, supporting identification, prioritization, and engagement planning.
• Support the planning and execution of advisory boards, speaker programs, congress activities, and other high-impact stakeholder initiatives to meet established business needs.
• Deliver regional marketing initiatives that strengthen brand strategy and address evolving educational and local market needs.
• Generate, synthesize, and communicate actionable stakeholder insights to inform commercial strategy, launch readiness, and organizational decision-making.
• Serve as a strategic cross-functional partner to Marketing, Market Access, Sales Leadership, Medical Affairs, and Compliance, ensuring coordinated, compliant, and impactful stakeholder engagement.
• Conduct all activities in accordance with applicable legal, regulatory, and company policies and procedures.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in biotechnology or pharmaceutical commercial roles, including significant experience in thought leader engagement, sales, or marketing.
• Amylyx may consider highly qualified candidates with more extensive and directly relevant experience for a Senior Thought Leader Liaison position. The appropriate level will be determined based on the selected candidate's qualifications, experience and demonstrated capabilities.
• Demonstrated success developing strategic thought leader partnerships and influencing stakeholder engagement within rare disease, endocrinology, or metabolic disease, preferably in launch or pre-launch environments.
• Proven ability to influence without authority, collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams, and communicate with clarity and impact across all levels of the organization.
• Rare disease and endocrinology/metabolic experience.
• High degree of initiative and comfort working independently in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment while managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Demonstrated learning agility, intellectual curiosity, and commitment to continuous improvement.
• Ability to travel up to 60-70%, including overnight and occasional weekend travel, to support stakeholder engagements, congresses, regional