AbbVie Posted September 10, 2026

Thought Leader Liaison, Multiple Myeloma - South

Houston, TX Full-time
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About this opportunity

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at  www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on  LinkedIn,   Facebook ,  Instagram ,  X  and  YouTube.

Job Description

The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL), Multiple Myeloma is a field-based role responsible for executing an external expert engagement strategy that advances brand and franchise objectives. The TLL will engage, build, and maintain strategic external-expert relationships in the assigned geography and provide insights that shape brand strategy and tactics. This role partners with commercial teams, agencies, legal, compliance, medical, and co-marketing partners to drive business objectives. The TLL must lead without authority and contribute to building a compliant, integrated, and collaborative team culture.

Accountabilities include: 

External expert relationship ownership 

Own and cultivate relationships with a defined group of Multiple Myeloma thought leaders and oncology stakeholders by understanding their influence, interests, educational roles, and engagement objectives.

Engagement planning and mapping 

Develop and maintain expert mapping, segmentation, interaction history, and engagement plans that translate national priorities into aligned stakeholder objectives and engagement activities.

Insight generation 

Capture and synthesize external expert perspectives into actionable insights that inform internal partners of treatment landscape trends, educational needs, competitive dynamics, opportunities, risks, and shifts in sentiment for launch readiness.

Congress and advisory execution 

Plan and execute regional congress, advisory, consultant, educational, sponsorship, and follow-up activities in alignment with brand strategy, stakeholder priorities, budget, and governance requirements.

Education strategy execution  

Partner with brand team to execute educational strategy by supporting speaker readiness, maintaining relationships with speakers and educational experts, identifying educational gaps, and connecting internal resources to external stakeholder opportunities.

Cross-functional collaboration 

Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Analytics, field, and home-office partners to align customer-facing teams on external expert engagement objectives, follow-up, and brand or franchise initiatives.

Compliance and operational discipline 

Maintain compliant execution by adhering to SOPs and legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements while managing assigned activities within approved budgets, vendor processes, and governance standards.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree preferred

A minimum of 2 years’ recent experience engaging with hematology thought leaders with demonstrated experience in academic and community settings. Multiple Myeloma experience required.

Established relationships with Multiple Myeloma oncology and nurse thought leaders preferred

Experience in insight collection activities with external experts

Exceptional presentation, interpersonal, collaboration and data discussion skill sets

Proven track record for consistently meeting or exceeding qualitative and /or quantitative goals

Proven & thorough knowledge of commercial issues associated with highly competitive oncology therapeutic areas

Launch experience in pharmaceutical marketing or sales preferred

Sole responsibility to satisfy all applicable health care industry representative credentialing requirements as needed to gain/maintain entry into facilities in assigned geography. Must remain in good standing and/or eligible to obtain necessary credentials and hold liability for failing to do so. AbbVie has resources available to help answer any related questions.

Business travel, by air or car, is regularly required. Candidate needs to be able to work effectively while engaged in travel and deliver timely results

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.​

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Medical Affairs
Therapeutic area
Oncology
Location
Houston, TX
Employment type
Full-time

How this role compares

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

We currently track 1636 comparable Medical Affairs roles across 170 biopharma companies.

1636Comparable roles tracked
1509Currently active
170Companies hiring similar roles
63Countries represented

Salary context

439 of 1636 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject $141,500/yr – $268,500/yr
Lowest disclosed · Associate Director Medical Science Liaison - East · IQVIA $230/yr – $280/yr
Highest disclosed · Dir, Thought Leader Liaison (Oncology) (remote, US) · Servier $203/hr – $245/hr (≈ $422,240–$509,600/yr)
Peer group range $255 – $465,920 (median $214,100)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 1636 comparable roles

United States748
China173
Japan99
Germany69
United Kingdom63
India56

+ 57 more countries

Seniority mix

985 of 1636 peers have a known seniority level

Director264
Senior240
Manager211
Associate Director86
Associate72
Senior Director34
Executive/VP33
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc28
Principal17

Therapeutic area mix

567 of 1636 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology272
Neuroscience79
Immunology55
Dermatology & Aesthetics38
Rare Disease37
Cardiovascular / CVRM35
Respiratory25
Vaccines & Infectious Disease13
Gastroenterology10
Ophthalmology3

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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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