Group Product Director, KOL Strategic Engagement and Development, CAPLYTA

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The Group Product Director, KOL Strategic Engagement and Development will serve as the centralized leader accountable for setting and executing the overarching KOL strategy across all CAPLYTA® indications (MDD, Bipolar, and Schizophrenia), developing new advocates, managing the a large speaker bureau, and creating content activated across all channels, Thought Leader Liaisons (TLLs), congresses, and peer-to-peer programs. This role will lead a team of three direct reports and serve as the single point of accountability for KOL strategy, content, and P2P across the brand. This position reports to the Director of Marketing, CAPLYTA®.

Key Responsibilities:

• Set the overarching KOL engagement strategy for existing advocates and develop a pipeline of new and emerging KOLs across all CAPLYTA® indications (MDD, Bipolar, Schizophrenia)
• Own end-to-end peer-to-peer (P2P) strategy, large speaker bureau management, and program optimization across all indications
• Create and curate content deployed through TLL field interactions, congress activations, speaker programs, and digital channels
• Lead congress strategy inclusive of booth presence, product theaters, roadshows, and executive KOL encounters
• Lead advisory board strategy focused on insight generation to inform content development, unmet needs, and clinical perceptions
• Drive TLL marketing content strategy, development, training, and field insight synthesis in partnership with the TLL National Director
• Synthesize KOL and field insights to inform brand strategy, competitive positioning, and co-positioning across the Neuroscience portfolio
• Ensure coordinated, customer-centric KOL engagement across the Neuroscience portfolio to maximize impact of peer-to-peer content
• Manage and develop a team of three direct reports: two Product Directors and one Product Manager
• Partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders including Medical Affairs, Sales Leadership, Market Access, and Global Commercial teams to ensure strategic alignment

Key Competencies:

• Future-Oriented: Identify and understand future unmet needs in KOL engagement and medical education; demonstrate capacity for strategic thinking across multiple indications
• Intellectual Curiosity: Demonstrate learning agility; stay updated with evolving healthcare markets, competitive landscape, and peer-to-peer best practices; work without an established blueprint
• Business Case Development: Drive decisions based on insights; ensure facts and analogs guide the path forward; communicate complex information in simple terms; manage complexity across multiple projects and indications
• Organizational Alignment, Collaboration and Executional Excellence: Foster collaboration and influence with cross-functional partners; create one aligned US voice across KOL, P2P, and regional marketing; demonstrate organizational awareness and leverage network
• People Leadership: Build, develop, and retain high-performing teams; foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and inclusion
• Demonstrated understanding of Marketing Excellence framework and competencies
• Big picture orientation with attention to detail

Qualifications / Requirements:

Education:

• BA/BS required; MBA preferred

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant commercial experience, including marketing and/or sales in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry
• Minimum of 3 years of people management experience, including developing and coaching direct reports
• Demonstrated experience leading KOL engagement, peer-to-peer strategy, and/or medical education programs
• Proven ability to lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams and drive strategic alignment across matrixed organizations
• Strong verbal and written communication skills required
• Strong decision-making skills and ability to manage complexity across multiple projects and indications

Preferred:

• Psychiatry, Neuroscience, or CNS therapeutic area experience strongly preferred
• Launch experience strongly preferred
• Marketing and Sales/Sales Leadership experience preferred
• Experience managing large speaker bureaus and congress strategies
• Experience partnering with R&D, Medical Affairs, Global Marketing, Market Access, Patient Advocacy, and Supply Chain
• Ability to motivate, lead, and influence across levels and functions
• Knowledge and understanding of TLL/MSL field models and regional marketing execution

This position will be located in Titusville, NJ and may involve up to 30% travel.

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