Senior Director, KOL and Advocacy Engagement

We are seeking a Senior Director, KOL and Advocacy Engagement. This is a senior position within the commercial organization that will focus on the identification and cultivation of professional relationships with commercial key opinions leaders (KOL) within the Atopic Dermatitis (AD) community and national and international patient advocacy groups. KOL engagement and planning will support commercial and marketing strategy, messaging, and educational needs through insight generation, advocacy collaboration, and strategic leadership of key initiatives such as advisory boards, speakers bureau development, congress activities, and other commercial initiatives. In this highly visible role, you will work with advocacy groups to gain insights, discuss priorities, and lead partnerships on various projects. As an integral part of Apogee Therapeutics commercial team you will work closely with internal and external cross functional partners to compliantly support commercial strategy and educational opportunities through KOLs.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify, develop, and maintain professional relationships with international, national, and regional Dermatology and Allergy KOLs to generate insights, and participate in approved Apogee consulting opportunities such as advisory boards, speaker bureau, leadership meetings at congresses, and reviewing of marketing materials, etc.
• Lead commercial KOL influence-mapping initiatives by developing profiles and objective-based engagement / communication plans for each assigned KOL.
• Solicit, monitor, and interpret pre-determined KOL insights through compliant, field-based, 1v1 KOL interactions about current and future disease and treatment management patterns that impact the development of commercial and marketing strategy, initiatives, and resources.
• Act as a liaison between KOLs and Apogee including connections with cross functional partners and other healthcare professionals.
• Compliantly align with field partners such as Medical Affairs on complementary strategic initiatives with shared KOLs.
• Collaborate with Marketing to provide insights to refine positioning, disease campaigns, and assist in the development of strategies and messaging to deliver disease and treatment education.
• Develop and execute strategies for KOL congress participation supporting development and execution of commercial KOL meetings and selecting commercial speakers.
• Support identification of KOLs to develop national speaker bureau.
• Strategically assess execution of the speaker bureau supporting program and speaker effectiveness and utilization, speaker training, and evolving disease and brand (following product approval) content to meet education needs within the AD community.
• Compliantly lead the planning and execution of Apogee commercial advisory boards through advisor identification, development of meeting objectives, and development of meeting content to generate key insights.
• Operate to the highest standards in alignment of Apogee’s code of ethics and compliance SOPs, ensuring all interactions with KOLs are consistent with commercial, regulatory, and legal guidelines.
• Compliantly work with National and International Patient advocacy groups on sponsorships, and support advocacy groups consistent with commercial and regulatory guidelines.
• Assist with the design and execution of market research projects or other marketing initiatives as needed.

Ideal Candidate

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent. Advanced life science degree a plus.
• Minimum 10 years of industry experience; marketing or clinical experience in dermatology or a related therapeutic area a plus. 
• Proven track record of consistently achieving and exceeding expectations in current and prior positions. 
• Patient and customer centricity by developing and fostering valued relationships with KOLs based upon active listening and acquiring and assimilating insights across applicable clinical and scientific domains.
• Ability to influence for impact using empathy and resilience to build credibility, trust, and influence with KOLs. 
• Strategic mindset including the anticipation and interpretation of KOL beliefs to understand opportunities to support commercial and marketing strategy, messaging, and resources.
• Collaboration by building trusted relationships with cross functional partners committing to shared responsibility of customer and patient centric goals. 
• Deep knowledge of dermatology clinics understanding referral patterns and networks. 
• Excellent communication skills with proven ability to present to large and small audiences. 
• Excellent product and disease fluency including the ability to develop deep knowledge of the therapeutic area and apply it to engage KOLs in support of commercial and marketing strategy.
• Strategic, passionate, self-starter who takes initiative and demonstrates the ability to lead through change, ambiguity, and complexity. 
• Drives results by setting, communicating, and adjusting priorities to achieve evolving business needs or objectives. 
• Strong understanding of the laws, regulations and rules governing the pharmaceutical industry, and history of ethical and compliant behavior. 
• Must work well in large and small teams, comfortable working remotely. 
• Position requires up to 50% travel including mandatory in-person attendance at Apogee All Hands meetings typically held two times per year, and travel to functional meetings and industry conferences.

The anticipated salary range for candidates for this role will be $270,000 - $300,000/ year. The final salary offered will depend on several factors, which may include, but is not limited to relevant years of experience, educational background, and geography.