Regional Marketer, Migraine; West Region

Regional Marketer, Migraine (West Region) – Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.

Axsome Therapeutics is seeking a Regional Marketer (RMK) to be a field-based extension of the Migraine Marketing team that will focus on commercial KOL engagements with CNS experts to gain insights into national, regional, and local opportunities, provide a bridge between regional markets and headquarters, and regionally support the brand strategy and inform strategic direction. The RMK will lead peer-to-peer speaker development, training, and support the execution of promotional programs and national and regional congress activity.

This role reports to the Senior Director, Regional Marketing for Neurology. This is a field-based position in the West Region (WA, OR, CA, NV, , MT, WY, UT, AK, HI); candidates must reside in the geography.

• Function as a thought leader liaison to key KOLs within the migraine community and build bridge to/from customer to Axsome Therapeutics
• Develop and maintain KOL engagement plans and influence maps for thought leaders
• Engage with KOLs at local, regional, and national congresses and advocacy events to discuss brand, disease state and commercial strategy as well as facilitate engagements and opportunities for executive leadership in support of marketing initiatives
• Gather insights from key thought leaders to inform brand strategy and support development of content, tactics, and resources, when appropriate
• Support cross-functional teams to gather key customer insights and input on the marketplace by garnering insights on commercial strategy, including designing local marketplace tactics, clinical messaging, access, and educational needs
• Support the execution of approved Commercial Advisory Boards
• Assist in identification of Healthcare Professional (HCP) consultants based on profile established by the approved Consultant Engagement Project Brief
• Design, Facilitate, participate in, and attend advisory boards, where appropriate
• Speaker Bureau Management & Execution
• Identify and develop HCP and access speakers to provide compliant, high-quality speaker programs on disease state, mechanism of disease, and product, when appropriate
• Ensure appropriate and compliant execution of speaker programs
• Monitor speaker performance at events and develops speakers to provide high quality promotional education through coaching as needed
• Work with Marketing and contracted speakers to gain and synthesize feedback on current and future content development

• Bachelor’s degree (required);
  Graduate degree preferred
• 8 years of pharmaceutical industry experience
• 2 years of cross functional experience in at least 2 of the following areas:
  Field Sales, Field Sales Leadership, Product Marketing, Thought Leader Engagement, Key Account Management, Engagement with professional healthcare organizations
• 50-75% travel, by air or car, is regularly required

• Demonstrated success and expertise with thought leader engagement, ad boards and speaker’s bureau- strongly preferred
• Marketing, sales management, and/or extensive pharmaceutical product launch experience- strongly preferred
• Proven ability to successfully manage accounts in a large geographical territory including both academic and community-based HCPs
• Demonstrated ability to build productive stakeholder relationships internally and externally with impactful engagement tactics
• Clinical knowledge and aptitude in complex/competitive disease states, preferably in the Migraine market
• Strong intellectual curiosity with a desire to continuously learn and improve by applying new knowledge and skills on the job and innovate with market dynamics
• Highly collaborative with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Self-starter with strong organizational and planning skills. Able to determine effective approaches and take the appropriate action based on the available information/resources consistent with the over-arching strategy
• Effective verbal and written communication skills

The anticipated salary range for this role is $160,000 - $190,000. We encourage candidates of all levels to apply as there may…