Director, Neurology - Thought Leader Liaison (NORTHEAST)

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.

This position will cover the Northeast territory of Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode, Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Maine. Thought Leader Liaisons are required to live within the territory's geography.

Primary Responsibilities

• Build and strengthen relationships with established and emerging Medical Experts across the Neurology landscape.
• Lead the planning and execution of compliant Medical Expert engagements to generate insights supporting strategic business priorities.
• Lead impactful discussions using approved resources to inform marketing and educational strategies.
• Capture, synthesize, and communicate actionable insights and recommendations to cross-functional stakeholders.
• Translate Commercial Strategy into focused field execution, including regional stakeholder planning, strategic account planning, resource deployment, and pre- and post-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 event.
• 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. Neurology or other Specialty therapeutic area experience strongly preferred.
• 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 translate strategy into actionable plans, execute strategic priorities, and deliver high-quality work in a complex, matrixed environment.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Annualized Base Salary

$220,000—$250,000 USD

Compensation & Benefits

At Praxis, we believe that taking care of our people (and their people) is important, so we provide a world class benefits package to help you thrive. This includes 99% of the premium paid for medical, dental and vision plans. We also provide company-paid life insurance, AD&D, disability benefits, and voluntary plans to personalize your coverage. Thinking about the future? We match dollar-for-dollar up to 6% on eligible 401(k) contributions and sweeten the deal with long-term stock incentives and ESPP. We provide a discretionary quarterly bonus, an extremely flexible wellness benefit, generous PTO, paid holidays and company-wide shutdowns. Not to mention, you'll also be joining a phenomenal crew of colleagues who are smart, engaged and inspiring. We aim high, collaborate hard, and produce results. Let’s achieve the impossible together!

Company Overview

Praxis Precision Medicines is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company translating genetic insights into the development of therapies for central nervous system disorders characterized by neuronal imbalance. At Praxis we share a common vision of reshaping the human condition into a more freeing and fulfilled existence by developing high impact medicines for patients and families affected by and living with complex brain disorders. Our core Values of Trust , Ownership , Curiosity and Results are foundational to every aspect of our business and are exemplified by each and every one of our team members.

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