Director – Strategic Thought Leader Engagement
Dermsquared
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
About the role
- Develop and refine an overall strategic KOL community engagement plan to have a playbook to scale deep and meaningful relationships with KOLs and other experts.
- Craft meaningful value propositions for KOLs to contribute their insights, grow their influence, and connect with peers.
- Map, tier, and segment the dermatology expert landscape to ensure holistic representation across sub-specialties, regions, and perspectives.
- Facilitate strategic touchpoints with experts, including roundtables, expert panels, fireside chats, podcasts, and networking opportunities.
- Proactively identify and engage established and emerging voices in dermatology across academic institutions, private practice, professional societies, and digital platforms.
- Create personalized engagement plans for high impact thought leaders to involve them in editorial projects, educational initiatives, and thought leadership activities.
- Build and maintain trusted, ongoing relationships with KOLs and experts to foster a collaborative, inclusive network that supports the company’s mission.
- Partner with editorial, medical, and digital teams to integrate KOL insights into the planning and development of content—such as articles, video series, interviews, newsletters, and social campaigns.
- Help shape editorial themes and topic pipelines based on ongoing conversations with the expert community and key trends in dermatology.
- Serve as a clearinghouse of experts by facilitating introductions and connections between KOLs and internal content creators, editors, and strategists. Partner with internal teams to match KOLs with company needs.
- Attend major dermatology meetings to deepen relationships, identify rising experts, and gather insights on evolving topics.
- Organize and support KOL-driven activities at events, such as expert meetups, interviews, commentary, or post-conference discussions.
- Act as a visible representative of the company within the dermatology community.
- Collaborate closely with business development, content creation, product, and marketing teams to align KOL engagement with broader company initiatives and brand goals.
- Share regular updates, feedback, and insights from the field to inform internal strategy and planning.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, health communication, or related field; advanced degree (e.g., PhD, MD, PA/NP, PharmD, or Master’s) is a plus.
- 3+ years of experience in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical publishing, healthcare engagement, or a similar role involving relationship-building with healthcare professionals, such as professional affairs.
- Experience strategizing, developing, and managing enterprise-level plans
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a talent for building genuine, lasting professional relationships.
- Comfortable working independently and collaboratively across departments in a fast-paced, content-rich environment.
- Willingness to travel (up to 50%) for events, meetings, and expert engagements.
Benefits
- Salary Commensurate with Experience
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
strategic planningcommunity engagementrelationship buildingcontent developmentevent organizationdata analysisinsight generationeditorial planningthought leadershipstakeholder management
Soft skills
communicationinterpersonal skillscollaborationindependencenetworkingadaptabilitycreativityproblem-solvinginfluenceteamwork
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreePhDMDPANPPharmDMaster’s degree