Director, Key Opinion Leader Marketing, Rare Disease

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States; based at the Cambridge headquarters. This is not a field or remote role.

Salary: $190,500–$265,000 annual base salary, plus eligibility for short-term incentives.

Company

hirify.global is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on transformative medicines in oncology, rare disease, and neuroscience.

What you will do

• Own and evolve the peer-to-peer engagement strategy across the U.S. Rare Disease portfolio.
• Develop KOL, speaker, advocate, and peer-to-peer engagement frameworks aligned with portfolio growth and launch priorities.
• Lead the speaker bureau strategy, governance model, contracting oversight, fair market value processes, and HCP transparency practices.
• Define and execute the portfolio congress strategy, including scientific engagement plans, sponsorships, and cross-brand activation.
• Manage agencies and external vendors while overseeing budgets, resource allocation, delivery timelines, and return on investment.
• Establish KPIs, synthesize KOL and congress insights, and provide data-driven recommendations to senior leadership.

Requirements

• 12+ years of commercial pharmaceutical experience, including U.S. peer-to-peer, speaker, or HCP marketing in rare disease or specialty markets.
• Proven experience managing speaker bureaus, KOL relationships, peer-to-peer programs, and local, regional, and national congresses.
• Strong understanding of medical, legal, and regulatory requirements for peer-to-peer programs and scientific education.
• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership, senior stakeholder influence, project management, vendor management, and large-budget experience.
• Bachelor’s degree required; an MBA, PharmD, or MSc is preferred.
• Fluent English required; ability to travel up to 40% for congresses and events.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, human-centric workplace focused on inclusion, excellence, and impact.
• 401(k) with company contributions and medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, parental leave, and paid time off.
• Discretionary winter shutdown, well-being allowance, commuter benefits, and other employee benefits.