Director, Thought Leadership Strategy and Engagement
Disc Medicine
full-time
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Location: Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
About the role
- Reporting to the Vice President, Marketing
- Develop and lead Disc’s thought leader engagement strategy across all therapeutic areas and life-cycle stages
- Define prioritization of national and regional thought leaders, tailoring engagement plans by specialty, geography, and influence
- Design and execute speaker bureau strategy: speaker identification, nomination, contracting, training, and retention
- Lead strategy and engagement for key medical conferences, including developing materials and engagements
- Partner with HCP Marketing to develop peer-to-peer content that is scientifically accurate, engaging, and compliant
- Drive scientific advocacy by fostering strong relationships between thought leaders and internal stakeholders (Medical, Marketing, Access)
- Lead end-to-end planning and execution of advisory boards and roundtables, ensuring strategic objectives and high-quality insights
- Lead identification of next generation influencers and speakers
- Translate thought leader feedback into actionable recommendations to shape marketing strategies, messaging, and launch planning
- Establish clear KPIs and performance dashboards for thought leader engagement (reach, quality of insights, program effectiveness, speaker utilization, etc.)
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in related business or scientific discipline
- 12-15 years of progressive experience in biotech/pharma marketing, medical affairs, or commercial strategy
- Significant experience in thought leader engagement, scientific exchange, or professional education in specialty/rare disease markets
- Strategic mindset with a strong track record in leading advisory boards, speaker programs, and peer-to-peer initiatives
- Ability to influence without authority and lead cross-functional teams
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Launch experience preferred; rare disease or high-science therapeutic category experience strongly valued
- Proven success managing vendor/agency partners and large-scale projects