Director, Neurology - Thought Leader Liaison (WEST)

Director, Neurology – Thought Leader Liaison  

Position Summary 

Imagine shaping the future of neurology by influencing the strategies, education, and insights that help improve care for patients across the country. As the Director, Thought Leader Liaison (TLL), you will build meaningful partnerships with leading Medical Experts, serve as a trusted advisor across a dynamic healthcare landscape, and bring valuable external perspectives into critical business decisions. In this highly visible field-based role, your ability to connect people, generate actionable insights, and collaborate across Marketing, Medical Affairs, HCP Education, Congress Strategy, and Field Leadership will directly impact how Praxis engages customers and advances innovation in Neurology. 

Location: Remote. This is a field-based position. The area covered will include AZ, CA, WA, OR, AK, CO, HI, NV, WY, ID.

Travel: This field-based role requires up to 80% travel. The expectation of working hours and travel (domestic and/or international) will be defined by the hiring manager. 

Primary Responsibilities 

• Build and strengthen relationships with established and emerging Medical Experts across the Neurology landscape. 
• Execute compliant Medical Expert engagements to generate insights supporting strategic business priorities. 
• Facilitate impactful discussions using approved resources to inform marketing and educational strategies. 
• Capture, synthesize, and communicate actionable insights to cross-functional stakeholders. 
• Translate Commercial Strategy into focused field execution, including regional stakeholder planning, strategic account planning, resource deployment, and pre-launch and post-launch priorities for essential tremor. 
• Drive external engagement around essential tremor, emerging clinical data, treatment paradigms, and the evolving therapeutic landscape, including support for advisory boards, congresses, and scientific meetings. 
• Turn field intelligence into action by identifying and synthesizing emerging scientific questions, unmet needs, changes in clinical practice, patient-care barriers, and other insights that can shape Medical Affairs and broader cross-functional strategy. 
• Partner effectively across the organization, including with Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Commercial, Account Specialist, and Market Access. Provide scientific and clinical context on disease burden, patient journeys, treatment pathways, evidence needs, and access considerations while maintaining appropriate functional boundaries. 
• Support peer-to-peer education programs through expert insights, speaker development, and educational planning. This role will also assist with the logistics associated with executing these programs at national and regional events. 
• Moderate approved educational programs and peer exchanges in accordance with company policies. 
• Lead or support advisory boards, insight forums, speaker initiatives, and other marketing programs. 
• Coordinate Medical Expert engagement activities for congresses, society meetings, and external events. 
• Partner across Marketing, Medical Affairs, HCP Education, and Congress teams to execute aligned strategies. 
• Leverage digital tools and CRM platforms to enhance engagement planning, insight generation, and collaboration. 

Qualifications and Key Success Factors 

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred. 
• At least 5 years of experience in Thought Leader/Medical Expert engagement, field-based marketing, regional marketing, HCP education, Medical Science Liaison, account management, medical communications, or a related pharmaceutical/biotech role. 
• Ability to travel up to 80% of the time over a broad geography is required, with the ability to drive and/or fly as needed. Must have a valid driver’s license. 
• Proven ability to develop productive, compliant relationships with physicians, advanced practice providers, healthcare professionals, and other relevant external stakeholders. 
• Strong understanding of field-based marketing, Medical Expert engagement, insight generation, peer-to-peer education, congress planning, and compliant cross-functional collaboration. 
• Demonstrated ability to execute strategic plans, manage multiple priorities, and deliver high-quality work in a complex, matrixed environment. 
• Strong analytical, communication, facilitation, and presentation skills with the ability to synthesize information and communicate insights clearly to internal stakeholders. 
• Ability to influence without authority, collaborate across functions, and build productive partnerships with internal and external stakeholders. 
• Strong organizational, project management, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. 
• Experience using CRM, digital engagement, insight capture, or other productivity tools to support planning, execution, and documentation. 
• Financial and budgetary acumen, including the ability to support planning and execution of initiatives within approved resources and company processes. 
• Demonstrated commitment to compliance, ethical decision-making, professionalism, and adherence to company policies. 

Strongly preferred qualifications: 

• Neurology or other specialty therapeutic area experience. 
• Experience collaborating across Marketing, Medical Affairs, HCP Education, Congress Strategy, and field leadership to support HCP education, peer-to-peer programs, congress execution, speaker development, and advisory initiatives. 

The physical and mental requirements of our roles include but are not limited to regular use of a computer, devices or other office equipment, clear communication, and occasional movement. You'll need comfort with screen work, basic hand coordination, and focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.