Rare Disease - Thought Leader Liaison – Southeast
Listed on 2026-07-20
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Marketing / Advertising / PR
Marketing Communications, Marketing Management
Overview
Coverage of Southeast:
Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee
How might you defy imagination?
If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of.
Rare Disease Vasculitis Thought Leader Liaison – Sr. Manager (Southeast)
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What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. This critical role will focus on maintaining and building relationships with external Opinion Leaders and large medical centers involved in vasculitis, and the broader Rheumatology and Nephrology provider landscape.
The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) Sr. Manager will report into the Director of Professional and Marketplace Engagement and will join the National team of Rare Disease Inflammation Thought Leader Liaisons in the Inflammation Business Unit. The TLL will be a critical member of the Brand Team and will coordinate closely with field teams. The TLL will be responsible for the following, but not limited to:
OL / Strategic Customer Development and Management
Identify, cultivate, and maintain professional relationships with established and up-and-coming regional Opinion Leaders in ANCA Vasculitis (Rheumatology / Nephrology / other specialties diagnosing and managing vasculitis)
Support deep engagement of key customers (ex. Navigating IDNs / Centers of Excellence, Professional Organizations, Foundations/Patient Organizations)
Manage OL Speaker bureau relationships including supporting speaker training, compliance, and product theater speaker management
Manage regional speaker bureau, including providing speaker recommendations
Identify, map, and manage relationships with key national Vasculitis Centers and other large treatment facilities (includes the detailed mapping of referral patterns, key relationships, and influencers)
Coordinate and leading all one-to-one exchanges between brand team and KOLs across key initiatives and events
Attend and manage brand activity at key regional and national inflammation conferences (may encompass Rheumatology, Nephrology, Pulmonology), including managing product theaters, and other ancillary brand activities
Manage overall regional sponsorship budget, including working with organizations to secure sponsor ships, and owning regional congress plan
Coordinate executive meetings with OLs at national conferences
Complete all necessary conference and speaker contract requirements in a timely manner
Coordinate with marketing to ensure all congress materials are delivered on time
Work cross functionally to drive and develop aligned external engagement strategies across multiple cross functional teams including medical, training, marketing, and sales
Coordinate closely with the sales team to ensure alignment with conference OL engagement plan as well as other OL/account engagement
Provide customer and market insights back to the marketing team and provide input into P2P development, advisory boards, and strategy
Partner with the HCP Marketing team to develop advisory board strategy, content, advisory recommendations, and attend advisory boards as appropriate
Provide insights summary from key congresses to the marketing team
Leading peer-to-peer marketing initiatives such as advisory boards, speaker bureau & product theater content development
Shaping team content development needs include disease state
Participate in strategic discussions with brand team
Business travel, by air or car, is regularly required (50% - 65%)
Willingness to work evenings and select weekends is required
Located near a hub airport is recommended
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The marketing professional we seek is a manager with these qualifications.
Basic QualificationsDoctorate degree and 2 years of marketing, sales, relevant clinical or…
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