Director, Thought Leader Liaison (Pove)

Director, Thought Leader Liaison, US Kidney - Pove

Vertex is seeking a talented leader to join our US Kidney Business Unit to support our aspirations of bringing povetacicept and inaxaplin, two Phase 3 investigational therapies that have the potential to transform multiple serious diseases, to patients.

The Director, Thought Leader Liaison, US Kidney leads thought leader engagement for both povetacicept and inaxaplin within the US Kidney Business Unit to support our launches in IgA nephropathy (IgAN) and APOL1-mediated kidney disease (AMKD). The Thought Leader Liaison will act as the lead and be responsible for our promotional speakers' bureau, commercial advisory boards, and branded patient ambassador programs. We are seeking a candidate that has a strong track record in US commercial roles and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, innovation-focused environment. This role reports to the Vice President of the US Kidney Business Unit.

*See note at bottom of posting for unique onboarding opportunity for this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains KTL Engagement Plans for thought leaders

• Plans and executes National and Regional Congress Engagement Plan with a focus on meaningful engagements with senior leadership and in support of marketing initiatives

• Supports commercial KTL influence mapping initiatives by developing profiles

• Monitors KTL insights about current and future treatment patterns that may impact the commercial strategy and provide feedback for consideration

• Drives the facilitation and execution of commercial Kidney advisory boards through identification of key advisors, deck development, and board execution

• Aligns with field partners such as Medical Science Liaisons on complementary initiatives with shared customers

• Trains physician speakers and patient ambassadors on approved promotional slide decks

• Works with marketing and contracted speakers and ambassadors to gain and synthesize feedback in support of the evolution of promotional programming content, case studies for potential publications, and other commercial projects

• Works with cross-functional teams to provide key customer insights and input on strategy, tactics, and messaging, and program execution

• Role models and instills a culture of compliance focused on ethics and integrity in all we do

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree

• Typically requires 10 years experience in healthcare / biopharmaceuticals, or an equivalent combination of experience and education

• Additional preferred experiences:

• Specialty product launch experience

• Work within highly competitive markets

• Kidney experience

Required Skills

• Experience in one or more of the following: field sales, product marketing, or thought leader engagement

• Working knowledge of Thought Leader and Patient Ambassador engagement practices

• 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

• Self-driven with strong organizing and planning skills

• Highly collaborative with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

Onboarding Global Rotational Program

The successful candidate will participate in a unique and sought-after opportunity as part of the onboarding and integration process to join the Vertex Commercial organization in a special assignment. Prior to officially starting the Director, Thought Leadership, Kidney in November 2025, the successful candidate will complete a rotation supporting the Global Commercial Strategy team for our Hemoglobinopathies disease area as a short-term assignment (from start date to Nov, 2025). This opportunity provides an immersive experience for someone to receive on the job training and opportunity to experience global strategy responsibilities across two different disease areas. This will benefit the incumbent through early exposure to company processes, an expanded network across the global team, and insights/learnings to apply to the destination role of Director, Thought Leader Liaison within the US Kidney team.

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