[Hiring] Thought Leader Liaison @Compass Pathways

Role Description

The Thought Leader Liaison (TLL) is a field-based commercial role responsible for developing and executing regional engagement strategies with key opinion leaders (KOLs), emerging thought leaders, and professional societies to support the future commercialization of COMP360.

As an extension of the Compass Marketing team, the TLL gathers actionable marketplace insights, serves as a critical link between regional stakeholders and headquarters, and helps inform brand strategy and launch readiness. Through compliant, customer-centric engagement and cross-functional collaboration, the TLL supports strategic decision-making, identifies partnership opportunities, and delivers a cohesive stakeholder experience that advances organizational goals and improves patient outcomes.

This role involves significant travel to national and regional medical congresses, professional society meetings, advisory boards, field engagements, and cross-functional business meetings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred
• 6+ years pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, or related experience
• Strong KOL engagement experience required
• CNS, psychiatry, neuroscience, or specialty therapeutics experience preferred
• Demonstrated ability to generate meaningful customer insights and influence strategy
• Strong understanding of healthcare environment and compliance requirements
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and project management skills
• Mission-driven leader passionate about mental health innovation
• Willing to travel 50–75% travel within assigned region (including weekends to attend congresses)

Requirements

• Lead the development and execution of thought leader engagement strategies
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with national, regional, and emerging thought leaders
• Coordinate leadership interactions at assigned national, regional, and state society meetings and conferences
• Monitor market trends, scientific publications, congresses, and customer feedback to identify emerging opportunities and insights
• Capture, synthesize, and communicate actionable customer insights to inform brand strategy, launch readiness, educational initiatives, and customer engagement plans
• Contribute to strategic planning activities through stakeholder engagement and market intelligence
• Manage engagement plans, maintain documentation, and ensure effective tracking of key activities and outcomes
• Support the development and execution of peer-to-peer educational programs and speaker engagement strategies
• Identify, recruit, and help onboard speaker faculty in partnership with Marketing
• Assist with speaker events, including speaker selection, training, and program review to ensure consistent messaging and compliant execution
• Collaborate with the Marketing team on speaker training programs and contribute to the ongoing refinement and effectiveness of the U.S. Speaker Bureau
• Contribute to educational content development by incorporating customer insights and perspectives to enhance relevance, impact, and engagement
• Collaborate with advocacy organizations and professional societies to advance disease-state education and patient journey awareness

Benefits

• Flexibility & generous time off
• Parental & reproductive support
• Health & medical benefits
• Mental health & wellbeing support
• Financial health resources