Strategic Relations Director (Florida)

About Dermavant:

Dermavant Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company committed to fostering unprecedented change and unparalleled impact in immuno-dermatology. Our mission is to make healthier skin a reality for the millions of people around the world living with chronic skin conditions. That's why we're hard at work developing novel treatments that deliver groundbreaking science exactly where patients need it - their skin. Because skin is more than superficial - it's where we live, every moment of every day.

It also brings great culture. Dermavant Sciences has been independently named by both the Los Angeles Business Journal and Fortune Magazine as a Best Place to Work three years running. For more information about Dermavant, check out our Glassdoor page or visit us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

With 150 years of combined dermatology expertise from the Dermavant leadership team working towards our goal of transforming lives, the future at Dermavant is bright. We are excited for you to see what's next!

Position:

The Strategic Relations Director will work with the Executive Director, Strategic Relations and will be responsible for building the Dermavant brand among dermatologists, key opinion leaders (KOLs), professional societies, and commercial partners. The Director will lead thought leader engagement and peer-to-peer education within Dermavant's portfolio of therapies from pre- launch to commercialization to line extensions. He/she will develop and foster partnerships with National and Regional thought leaders to develop advocacy, optimize educational interchange and interpret/share market insights to effectively advance brand strategy. The goal is to create a positive customer experience that will differentiate Dermavant from peers. He/she will be integral to the development and management of close KOL relationship in order to gain a comprehensive understanding of the opportunities and competitive landscape in dermatology.

Additional responsibilities include the cross-functional collaboration with Sales Leadership, Sales Learning & Development, Operations, Market Access, Compliance and Medical Affairs to develop and manage HCP educational and engagement strategies to ensure the successful launch and commercialization of Dermavant's products. He/she will also be directly involved in the overall commercial strategy to ensure continuous quality improvement of Dermavant's end-to-end operating environment.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the Executive Director, Strategic Relations to develop and implement the Dermavant Customer Engagement strategy in support of key launch and commercialization initiatives.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with national and regional thought leaders to find opportunities to differentiate Dermavant and its products. This includes monitoring thought leader opinions, on-label treatment patterns and health care environments that may impact approved and potential indications.
• Contribute to commercial launch strategies by meeting with thought leaders pre-launch to understand the disease state, treatment patterns, market access experiences and unmet needs in the marketplace.
• Identify emerging thought leaders through observations and interactions with established leaders in the field.
• Work cross functionally with Sales, Sales Training, Marketing, Compliance, Medical Affairs and Market Access to develop and manage HCP educational and engagement strategies to ensure a successful launch and commercialization of Dermavant's products.
• Work with Sales and Marketing teams to identify, contract and train promotional speakers. Provide feedback to speakers on clinical aptitude, delivery of appropriate material and fair balance content. Provide feedback to each speaker once a year. Manage speaker capacity decisions.
• Work collaboratively with Marketing, Sales and physicians to gain feedback on educational value and speaker program effectiveness. Evolve appropriate change based on feedback.
• Contribute to speaker program content development by providing customer insights from their experience within the identified therapeutic areas.
• Train new colleagues on the appropriate management of peer to peer programs.
• Strategize with local and regional colleagues to solve business issues blocking our success.
• Plan and execute comprehensive engagement plan at major scientific congresses which will include leadership team interactions, receptions and small group meetings. Identify and attend local and regional dermatology meetings that merit attention. Develop and own post meeting plan within headquarters.
• Support Marketing in the execution of advisory boards, including identification of potential advisors, moderators and speakers. Assume a moderating role where appropriate.
• Assist commercial division on KOL recruiting efforts for national meetings, training programs and headquarter interactions. Manage logistics, discussion topics and introductions.
• Collaborate effectively with Medical Affairs to ensure efficient communication with thought leaders in line with brand strategies, tactics and guidelines.
• Establish feedback systems for all activities.
• Seek out information from credible medical and scientific publications, scientific meetings and seminars that will contribute understanding of product positioning within therapeutic area.
• Track and manage budgets for areas of responsibilities.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college/university required. MBA preferred.
• Requires 7-10 years of relevant experience within the pharmaceutical industry. Experience in one or more of the following: sales, marketing, or thought leader engagement.
• Strong relationships with KOLs and Dermatologists required.
• Demonstrated experience building and nurturing KOL relationships.
• Inherent focus on meeting the needs of patients, as identified from KOLs, Marketing, and Market Access.
• Working knowledge of Thought Leader engagement activities.
• Clinical, technical, and scientific knowledge and aptitude in complex disease states.
• Demonstrated ability to execute against strategic and tactical plans under short timelines.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills and organizational abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully collaborate cross-functionally.
• Strong analytical and presentation skills.
• Strong leadership qualities, demonstrating ability to initiate and lead key projects.
• History of innovative thinking and documented examples of challenging the status quo.

What we look for in our people:

• Highly motivated self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to personal and career development
• Desire to work in a quickly changing and fast-paced growing business
• Unrelenting dedication to delivering results and a desire to shape the strategic goals of the business. Willing to roll up your sleeves to get the job done
• Ability to overcome ambiguity and challenge the status quo
• Manage multiple programs with competing and aggressive timelines, prioritize activities, and work independently
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; experienced presenter of key messages to broad audiences including Senior Stakeholders

As an equal opportunity employer, Dermavant is committed to a diverse workforce. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job-related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state and local laws.