Hepatology Thought Leader Liaison - Southwest Region
About this role
Job Title: Hepatology Thought Leader Liaison - Southwest Region
Job Location: Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Job Location Type: Remote
Job Contract Type: Full-time
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The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) builds and manages strategic relationships with a select group of U.S. external experts within assigned therapeutic areas across specialty groups to generate timely, actionable insights that inform brand strategy. The TLL plans and coordinates insight generation, through ongoing interactions with external experts, congresses and executive engagements, working closely with commercial, medical, and regulatory partners while maintaining executive presence and strict adherence to compliance requirements. Hepatology TLLs will play a critical role in the launch of hepatology drugs, developing expertise in quantitative HBsAg testing to identify target patients and accelerate adoption of a functional cure paradigm in Hepatitis B across their geographies. Seven geographies will cover the United States, each aligned with key regions across the country.
Key Responsibilities
External Expert Engagement & Relationship Management
Develop and maintain strategic relationships with assigned External Experts through meaningful, value‑driven interactions.
Plan and execute compliant External Expert engagements aligned to brand priorities and External Expert needs outside of advisory and congress events, planning and maintaining a consistent level of execution as aligned with TLL Director. This includes a mix of live and virtual engagements in your geography.
Segment and manage a thought leader network to optimize engagement and insight generation.
Insight Generation & Strategic Impact
Compliantly elicit, document, and synthesize clinical, competitive, and strategic insights from External Experts in combination with existing insights and qualitative and quantitative data available from Insights and Analytics.
Share insights with marketing senior leadership to inform brand strategy, resource allocation, and tactic development.
Seek compliant External Expert feedback on initiatives and materials.
Advisory, Peer to Peer & Congress Engagements
Plan and execute External Expert consulting engagements and advisory boards.
Coordinate and support External Expert executive interactions with commercial leadership.
Enable peer-to-peer education through speaker recommendations, development, training/operations support, and relationship management.
Lead sponsorship initiatives at Tier 1 congresses and serve as onsite host for product theater speakers and EE guests.
Cross‑Functional & Operational Excellence
Partner effectively with medical, legal, compliance, regulatory, and marketing teams.
Apply strong project management skills to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
Manage agency and vendor partners to ensure timely, high‑quality execution.
Understand risk associated with the activities on Strategic Engagement and be adept and agile in their management and mitigation.
Why you?
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree.
Minimum 10 years of experience in field sales, product marketing, or medical/clinical roles within pharma or biotech.
Specialty Hepatology/GI experience required in one of the above functions
Experience presenting to executive audiences (live and virtual) and influencing strategic decisions or stakeholder alignment.
Experience leveraging insights to guide strategy development and proactively refine approach in response to evolving data and market dynamics.
Valid driver’s license.
Willingness to travel 60–80%, including nights and weekends.
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree.
Strong account management and cross‑functional leadership experience.
Marketing and/or sales management background.
Advanced project management and organizational skills.
Proven adherence to regulatory and compliance standards with proactive risk identification and mitigation.
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The US annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $138,750 to $231,250. The US salary ranges take into account a number of factors including work location within the US market, the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position offers an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. Available benefits include health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave. If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific country, the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process.If you require an accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at GSK/ViiV Healthcare, please submit a request to HR via the Service Portal
GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.
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