Associate Director, Speaker Bureau Content & Execution, US Kidney

USA (Hybrid)

$163K/yr – $244K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 2 days ago

Job Summary

Own and execute peer-to-peer education content for the US Kidney franchise, translating strategic priorities into defined workstreams and delivering materials through cross-functional reviews.

  • Lead day-to-day development of peer-to-peer educational content
  • Coordinate with agencies and cross-functional partners to manage timelines and approvals
  • Translate strategic priorities into deliverables and content workstreams

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead day-to-day development of peer-to-peer educational content across US Kidney franchise, with initial AMKD emphasis
  • Support development of speaker decks, training materials, discussion guides, FAQs, and field resources
  • Partner with agency teams to manage content timelines, drafts, revisions, and version control
  • Ensure content aligns with strategic narrative, educational objectives, and franchise priorities
  • Support preparation of materials for internal review, including references and supporting documentation
  • Serve as executional lead for AMKD content development and establish content infrastructure for peer-to-peer education
  • Translate AMKD strategic priorities into clear content workstreams, timelines, and deliverables
  • Coordinate with stakeholders and agency partners to develop AMKD disease education and branded materials
  • Identify content gaps, update needs, and opportunities to strengthen the educational platform
  • Support movement of materials through Medical, Regulatory, Legal, Compliance, and other required reviews

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred
  • Typically 7+ years in healthcare, biopharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical marketing, speaker bureau, thought leader engagement, content development, or agency roles
  • Experience developing promotional, disease education, or peer-to-peer content in regulated environments
  • Experience managing agency partners, content review processes, and cross-functional workstreams
  • Preferred: Rare disease, nephrology, immunology, specialty medicine, or launch experience; speaker bureau or KOL engagement experience
  • Strongly preferred: Kidney experience or speaker bureau experience, plus scientific terminal degree (PharmD, PhD)
  • Strong content development and project management skills
  • Ability to translate strategic direction into executable content workstreams
  • Strong agency management including timeline and deliverable tracking
  • Excellent attention to detail around references, content accuracy, and approval requirements

Preferred

  • Rare disease, nephrology, immunology, specialty medicine, or launch experience
  • Speaker bureau or KOL engagement experience
  • Kidney experience or speaker bureau experience, plus scientific terminal degree (PharmD, PhD)

Benefits

  • At Vertex, our Total Rewards offerings also include inclusive market-leading benefits to meet our employees wherever they are in their career, financial, family and wellbeing journey while providing flexibility and resources to support their growth and aspirations. From medical, dental and vision benefits to generous paid time off (including a week-long company shutdown in the Summer and the Winter), educational assistance programs including student loan repayment, a generous commuting subsidy, matching charitable donations, 401(k) and so much more.
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Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious diseases and has made significant advancements in multiple chronic, life-shortening genetic diseases — cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease, transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia, and acute pain — and continues to progress clinical and research programs in these diseases. We also have a robust clinical pipeline of investigational therapies across a range of modalities in other serious diseases where we have deep insight into causal human biology, including acute and neuropathic pain, APOL1-mediated kidney disease, IgA nephropathy, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, type 1 diabetes, myotonic dystrophy type 1 and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. Our global headquarters is in Boston, and we have research and development (R&D) sites and commercial offices worldwide.Vertex is consistently recognized as one of the industry’s top places to work by Science Magazine, The Boston Globe, Boston Business Journal and the San Diego Business Journal. We have also earned a spot on TIME Most Influential Companies, TIME Best Inventions, and Fast Company Most Innovative Companies lists. Our research and medicines have received esteemed recognitions, including the Robert J. Beall Therapeutics Development Award, the Prix Galien, the Scrip Award and the Breakthrough Prize awards.Read our community guidelines: https://www.vrtx.com/vertexs-community-guidelines/

Founded in 1989
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
6.1K employees (282 in marketing)
83% recommend to a friend
88% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$163K/yr – $244K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$657.3M
Last Raise
$1.1M
Post IPO Secondary, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Jul 2024
    Post IPO Secondary • $1.1M
  • May 2022
    Post IPO Equity • $50M
  • Dec 2009
    Post IPO Equity • $443M

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Headcount Trend

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