Thought Leader Liaison, Neuroscience Franchise, Northwest Region
On-siteSan Francisco, California, United States or Seattle, Washington, United States
Job Summary
Execute CAPLYTA® Key Opinion Leader (KOL) engagement plans and peer-to-peer strategies within an assigned Northwest geography, ensuring high-quality, compliant delivery of customer activities. Build trusted relationships with academic and community KOLs while delivering speaker programs, advisory boards, and congress events. Capture and synthesize field insights to refine execution approaches and improve brand performance. Coordinate with cross-functional partners across Marketing, Medical, and Sales to align engagement strategies. Requires significant travel (~60–65%) and a valid driver's license. This field-based role supports J&J's Neuroscience team in tackling complex brain health challenges.
Required Qualifications
- A minimum of a Bachelor's degree
- MBA or advanced degree
- Minimum 5–7 years of relevant pharmaceutical or biotech experience
- Demonstrated experience executing field-based programs and engaging HCPs/KOLs in a compliant and customer-focused manner
- Proven ability to deliver consistent, high-quality customer engagement and program execution within an assigned geography
- Strong understanding of working within a matrixed organization
- Ability to execute against established plans and priorities
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to capture, synthesize at a basic level, and communicate customer insights clearly and effectively
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities and execute with discipline in a dynamic field environment
- A valid Driver's license issued in the United States
- Experience in a role outside of direct sales
- Neuroscience, psychiatry, or CNS therapeutic area experience
- Experience supporting or executing peer-to-peer education programs, advisory boards, or medical education initiatives
- Prior experience in a field-based role with direct HCP/KOL engagement
- Demonstrated ability to apply learnings and feedback to continuously improve execution and customer engagement approaches
- Demonstrated commitment to learning emerging technologies, such as AI, through exploration, iteration, and applying new tools over time
- Brand Marketing
- Channel Partner Enablement
- Coaching
- Digital Strategy
- Global Market
- Learning Materials Development
- Medical Affairs
- Medical Communications
- Organizing
- Process Improvements
- Program Management
- Sales Enablement
- Sales Presentations
- Strategic Sales Planning
- Strategic Thinking
- Technical Credibility
- Training People
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in a role outside of direct sales highly preferred
- including marketing, medical affairs, training, market access, analytics, or other cross-functional roles
- Neuroscience, psychiatry, or CNS therapeutic area experience
- Experience supporting or executing peer-to-peer education programs, advisory boards, or medical education initiatives
- Prior experience in a field-based role with direct HCP/KOL engagement
- Demonstrated ability to apply learnings and feedback to continuously improve execution and customer engagement approaches
- Demonstrated commitment to learning emerging technologies, such as AI, through exploration, iteration, and applying new tools over time
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