Associate Director Marketing Thought Leader Liaison, West - Remote Eligible

Associate Director Marketing Thought Leader Liaison, West

Mirum Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the treatment of rare diseases. We are passionate about advancing scientific discoveries to become important medicines for rare disease patients. We are collaborative, creative, and experienced professionals and we're looking to augment our team with other individuals who embody our values: care, be real, get it done, and have fun, seriously.

Position Summary

The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) serves as a key strategic partner between Mirum Pharmaceuticals and the healthcare community, focusing on cultivating and maintaining relationships with key opinion leaders (KOLs), thought leaders, and other external stakeholders. This role is responsible for building scientific credibility, supporting brand strategy, and ensuring aligned, compliant engagement with external experts to enhance awareness and education. Area of focus will be supporting the Mirum IBAT Inhibitor portfolio targeting the Hepatology and Gastroenterology community.

Job Functions/Responsibilities

• Develop and communicate the strategic vision and operational plan for engaging KOLs.
• Develop and oversee development and execution of individual KOL Mapping KOLs plans.
• Partner closely with the Director, Marketing – KOL Strategy and Congress Planning to ensure alignment.
• Build and maintain productive, collaborative, and compliant relationships with peers leading teams in Marketing, Market Access, Patient Services, and Medical Affairs.
• Work closely with the Field Sales team on the execution of all thought leader-related initiatives and programs.
• Build mechanisms to collect insights, synthesize and integrate them, and communicate to brand to inform tactics
• Bring thought leaders closer to Mirum by ensuring compliant, value-added connections across the organization.
• Collaborate with Medical Leadership on engagement strategy and planning as appropriate, including support and coordination of commercial advisory boards.
• Engage with KOLs to solicit feedback that shapes and informs brand strategy.
• Contribute Marketing strategy for conferences/congresses including sponsorships, communication/messaging, and advocacy group engagement.
• Work in partnership with the Marketing portfolio leaders and field leadership to develop appropriate KPIs and metrics to support the brand marketing and executional goals.
• Act as primary point of contact for the field, maintaining an effective two-way dialogue on KOL engagement, potential speaker identification, and up-and-coming thought leaders and experts.
• Analyze market data, confirm data reliability and inform team stakeholders to make informed decisions.
• Proactively engage partners in Legal and Compliance to ensure programs and processes are being delivered with the highest ethical standards

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (required)
• A minimum of 10 years of pharmaceutical or related industry experience required
• A minimum of 3 years of working with Hepatology/Gastroenterology KOLs preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strategic thinking and an ability to work in a hands-on manner to deliver on multiple priorities
• Able to draw insights from a variety of sources, understands market and competition.
• Compiles relevant data from appropriate sources and performs analysis.
• Synthesize complex and diverse information, recognizes trends and/or interrelationship.
• Ability to meet objectives and deadlines, promote efficiency and effectiveness, and incorporate improvements and program return on investment (ROI).
• Strong project management experience and the ability to manage and coordinate projects with multiple internal stakeholders and vendors on time
• Excellent verbal, written, organization and interpersonal skills required.
• Versed in MS Office tools including Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Travel Requirements

• Approximately 65% domestic travel throughout the US. Selected candidate must live near a major airport and be able to travel regularly throughout the assigned area and attend meetings at both Mirum office and off-site locations through the US.