Thought Leader Liaison, Gynecological Oncology – Pac South / Southwest
GSK
Summary
The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL), Gynecological Oncology builds and manages strategic relationships with a select group of U.S. external experts (EEs), with a deliberate focus on cultivating partnerships and insights across both academic and community oncology settings to ensure commercial strategies reflect the realities of where patients receive care. This role is accountable for generating strategic insights, translating science to actionability, and building brand advocacy.
Job description
Key Responsibilities
External Expert Engagement & Relationship Management
- Develop and execute strategic external expert engagement plans designed to build long-term partnerships while generating meaningful commercial insights, especially within the community setting.
- Plan and execute 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.
- Help create, segment and manage a thought leader network (network mapping) to optimize engagement and insight generation.
Insight Generation & Strategic Impact
- Gather and synthesize regional insights from external experts through forums such as 1:1 interactions, congress, publication, and provide them to the brand team.
- Share synthesized insights with commercial leadership to help shape the following, but not limited to, brand strategy, resource allocation, customer engagement strategies, and launch planning.
- Help identify emerging treatment paradigm shifts in your respective region, competitive dynamics, biomarker evolution, and unmet needs that may influence future commercial strategy.
- Seek compliant External Expert feedback on initiatives and materials.
Advisory, Peer to Peer & Congress Engagements
- Execute and synthesize advisory boards, expert consultancies, and other strategic engagement forums to answer critical business questions and inform commercial decision making.
- Coordinate and support External Expert executive interactions with commercial leadership.
- Shape peer-to-peer education content through speaker identification, training/operations support, and relationship management.
- Participate in key local, regional, and national congresses and serve as onsite host for congress product theater speakers and EEs.
- Capture and synthesize congress insights to identify emerging trends, competitive developments, and implications for brand strategy.
Cross-Functional & Operational Excellence
- Partner effectively with medical, legal, compliance, regulatory, and marketing teams to ensure external engagements are strategically aligned and within GSK policies and adhering to PHARMA guidelines.
- 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.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum 10 years of experience in field sales, product marketing, or medical/clinical roles within pharma or biotech
- Oncology experience required
- Valid driver’s license
- Willingness to travel 60–80%, including nights and weekends
- 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
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits program
Company overview
GSK plc (formerly GlaxoSmithKline) is a British multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company headquartered in London, England. Founded in 2000 through the merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham, GSK has grown to become one of the world's leading healthcare companies with operations in over 150 countries. The company specializes in researching, developing, and manufacturing prescription medicines, vaccines, and consumer healthcare products. GSK's therapeutic areas include respiratory diseases, HIV/AIDS, oncology, immunology, and infectious diseases. The company is particularly renowned for its vaccine portfolio and has been at the forefront of developing treatments for major global health challenges. With approximately 70,000 employees worldwide, GSK maintains a strong commitment to scientific innovation and has a significant presence in key markets including the United States, Europe, and emerging economies. The company's mission is to unite science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade.