Horizon Therapeutics USA, Inc. Posted July 20, 2026

Thought Leader Liaison, Director - KRYSTEXXA

Chicago, United States Full time
Marketing Director

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About this opportunity

Career Category

Sales & Marketing Operations

Job Description

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role, you will be a member of the US Marketing Leadership Team for KRYSTEXXA and will lead the strategic direction of the TLL organization for all relevant specialties. The TLL team is a commercial, field-based, customer-facing role focused on the identification and cultivation of relationships with both leading and emerging key opinion leaders (KOLs) as well as leading the development of key customers and speakers. This position will drive alignment to the KRYSTEXXA brand objectives to ensure the team delivers on key priorities in the near- and longer-term. This individual will make strategic commercial recommendations to optimize efforts across the team and ensure optimal use of resources.

The TLL Director will oversee a national team of TLLs and will be responsible for leading, developing, hiring, and training. The TLL Director will be expected to bring insights to help shape brand strategy, anticipate market events and champion cross functional collaboration with internal stakeholders.

This is an opportunity to join a dynamic organization at a pivotal time to shape the future of the TLL organization for KRYSTEXXA. This position will report to the Executive Director, Marketing for KRYSTEXXA.

Key responsibilities include:

Develop the strategic plan for the TLL organization aligning to the overarching brand strategy

Hire, develop, train and lead a high-performing TLL team to ensure clear accountability to achieving/exceeding objectives

Develop aligned MBOs that drive impact and accountability

Demonstrate that the TLL team has a comprehensive understanding of the disease state, competitive landscape and therapeutic management of uncontrolled gout

Generate insights to inform brand strategy

Participate in cross-functional team meetings ensuring knowledge of key priorities and metrics to help drive KRYSTEXXA business objectives

Partner with internal cross-functional teams including Marketing, Medical Affairs, Sales, Patient Services, R&D, Market Access, Site of Care, Advocacy and Commercial Operations in the development and execution of strategies and tactics to ensure long-term adoption of KRYSTEXXA

Understand gaps in the customer experience and provide recommendations for new business initiatives, trainings or interventions necessary to address the gaps

Contribute to the development of the annual brand plan with responsibility for defining and executing key areas within the associated tactical plans

Build and maintain business relationships at the necessary levels in the organization and interact with and/or influence key cross-functional stakeholders

Help the TLL team to execute strategic plans by ensuring the team is focused on key customers/accounts, training and developing speakers and executing on key initiatives

Identify, develop and lead opportunities for key strategic partnerships with targeted and relevant societies and conferences to support insight generation, educational outreach and collaboration

Partner with Marketing to determine what is needed to evolve and develop the Speaker Bureau across specialties

Lead the TLL team to operate to the highest standards in alignment with Amgen’s code of business conduct, ensuring all interactions with KOLs are on-label and consistent with commercial, regulatory, and legal guidelines

Identify opportunities to elevate the impact of the TLL role and build consistency in ways of working, strategic focus, and execution across the RDBU

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a person with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 4 years of marketing and/or other commercial function experience

Or

Master’s degree and 8 years of marketing and/or other commercial function experience

Or

Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of marketing and/or other commercial function experience

In addition to meeting at least one of the above requirements, you must have at least 4 years experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation or resources. Your managerial experience may run concurrently with the required technical experience referenced above.

Preferred Qualifications:

10+ years of relevant work experience with 7+ years of commercial function experience across multiple therapeutic areas

Experience leading a national TLL team strongly preferred

Experience in rheumatology or nephrology strongly preferred

Relationships with rheumatology or nephrology opinion leaders

Biotech/pharmaceutical industry experience required

Strong leadership capabilities and track record of developing team members

Outstanding analytical and data management skills

Excellent organizational skills with keen attention to detail and the abilities to take ownership of issues, to work independently with confidence and to meet deadlines

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise judgment and discretion

Ability to work well with all levels of employees and demonstrate strong collaboration skills

Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

Professional, proactive demeanor

Strong interpersonal skills

Travel Requirements:

Requires approximately 30% travel, including overnight and some weekend commitments

. Salary Range

214,810.30USD -290,625.70 USD

Job details

Seniority
Director
Function
Marketing
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Chicago, United States
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Marketing role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 93 comparable Director Marketing roles across 17 biopharma companies.

93Comparable roles tracked
78Currently active
17Companies hiring similar roles
6Countries represented

Salary context

48 of 93 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Director, Global Marketing – Cenerimod · Mylan Inc. $112,000/yr – $236,000/yr
Highest disclosed · Sr Director, DTP, HIV, Long-Acting Treatment · Gilead Sciences, Inc. $261,375/yr – $338,250/yr
Peer group range $174,000 – $299,813 (median $259,448)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 93 comparable roles

United States84
United Kingdom3
Canada2
Japan2
India1
Spain1

Seniority mix

93 of 93 peers have a known seniority level

Director76
Senior Director17

Therapeutic area mix

30 of 93 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology14
Neuroscience5
Cardiovascular / CVRM3
Immunology3
Dermatology & Aesthetics2
Rare Disease1
Respiratory1
Vaccines & Infectious Disease1

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How we calculate "similar"

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Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

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