Senior Director, Professional Education at Neurotech Pharmaceuticals

Neurotech Pharmaceuticals is an innovative biopharmaceutical company located in Cumberland, RI and Needham, MA, within the realm of Greater Boston’s vast biotechnology landscape. Since our inception more than 20 years ago, we have been developing a proprietary drug delivery platform for treatment of a variety of retinal disorders. Our drug delivery platform - Encapsulated Cell Technology (ECT) - is designed to deliver genetically modified therapeutics to slow the progression of chronic retinal diseases. Our most advanced program is delivering a neurotrophic factor to treat the orphan disease Macular Telangiectasia Type 2 (MacTel).

Neurotech is seeking a Senior Director, Professional Education to lead strategic key opinion leader engagement and professional education initiatives for ENCELTO, a cell-based gene therapy and first approved treatment for Macular Telangiectasia (MacTel) Type 2. This role oversees a team responsible for cultivating relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), retina specialists, and professional societies to advance advocacy, education, and product adoption.

The Senior Director will build, develop and coach a high performing team. This role will partner cross-functionally with Brand Marketing, Sales and Medical Affairs to drive alignment across all customer engagement efforts and ensure programs are executed with excellence, compliance, and scientific rigor.

Join Neurotech in shaping the future of Retina care through impactful professional engagement and trusted partnerships.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and lead a high-performing team, create performance metrics for growth, accountability, and goal alignment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to align field insights with commercial strategies.
• Maintain strong partnership with brand marketing and sales for provider engagement, field insights, and market development execution.
• Develop and implement the national and regional thought leader engagement plan and professional advocacy strategy with commercial goals for each. 
• Build and sustain strategic partnerships with KOLs, academic institutions, and professional societies.
• Engage with healthcare professionals to understand their educational needs and gather feedback for continuous program improvement.
• Set strategy for peer-to-peer initiatives, including program design, speaker engagement, and content strategy across speaker programs and other initiatives to support education and adoption.
• Working cross-functionally, lead Neurotech’s presence at major congresses and conferences, manage sponsorship opportunities and exhibit presence, while ensuring that the return on investment is appropriate to the spend.
• Organize, conduct, and share readouts from advisory boards related to insight gathering on disease, brand, surgical procedure and other business matters. 
• Manage field marketing budget and hiring plan and ensure compliance with all regulatory and industry standards in professional interactions.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (MBA, PhD, PharmD, or MD) preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in medical marketing, professional education, or field team leadership within biotech, pharma, or ophthalmology, with at least 5 years of proven success leading teams.
• Successful Launch experience and driving advocacy within retina disease areas and ophthalmic surgery experience preferred.
• Established relationships with Key Opinion Leaders in retina and ophthalmology is preferred.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to drive results and adapt to evolving market dynamics.
• Willingness/ability to travel domestically up to 75% of the time; international travel may be required.
• Ability to positively connect across multiple stakeholders, including experience of working with senior leaders across the US and in multiple time zones.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to interface both internal and external stakeholders, cross-functional partners, and senior management.
• Strong strategic planning, communication, relationship management skills and with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively convey complex concepts to diverse audiences, as well as collaborating effectively with internal and external stakeholders.