The job details are as follows:

What We Do

We build on the strength of our research and development expertise and a distinctive, entrepreneurial culture that encourages diversity, innovation, creativity, sustainability, and, simply, fun. Since inception, our mission has been to find a cure for pulmonary arterial hypertension and other life-threatening diseases. Toward this goal we have successfully gained FDA approval for five medicines, we are always conducting new clinical trials, and we are working to create an unlimited supply of manufactured organs for transplantation.

We are the first publicly-traded biotech or pharmaceutical company to take the form of a public benefit corporation (PBC). Our public benefit purpose is to provide a brighter future for patients through (a) the development of novel pharmaceutical therapies; and (b) technologies that expand the availability of transplantable organs. At the same time, we seek to provide our shareholders with superior financial performance and our communities with earth-sensitive energy utilization.

Our company was founded by an entrepreneur whose daughter was diagnosed with a life-threatening condition. She sought to find treatment options and a cure for her daughter and patients like her. We are founder-led, and relentless in our pursuit of “medicines for life”. We continue to research and develop treatments for cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, and other orphan diseases.

How you’ll contribute

You will serve as the primary link between United Therapeutics and our patient communities, ensuring that the patient voice is consistently integrated into our company strategy and overall mission.

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for engaging with patients and advocacy organizations in pulmonary hypertension, interstitial lung diseases, organ transplant, and oncology
• Collaborate with global medical affairs and other key internal business partners such as clinical product development, marketing, and strategic operations to align on patient advocacy strategies
• Optimize patient advocacy budget allocation
• Manage external patient advocacy funding requests including grants, sponsorships, and support group meetings and adhere to compliance standard operating procedures and policies that govern these funding requests
• Collect and champion insights and best practices that shape cross-functional initiatives to help patients
• Organize United Therapeutics involvement in national and local advocacy events
• Prepare and mobilize patients to advocate for appropriate care and new therapies with reimbursement agencies
• Ensure the patient voice is heard and reflected in relevant internal and external policies, procedures, and programs
• Identify research opportunities through patient registries
• Communicate key United Therapeutics press releases, publications, and program updates to advocacy organizations and other patient focused channels
• Enhance patient recruitment for research including clinical trials, medical affairs studies, HEOR studies, qualitative research, and human factors studies
• Build and enhance relationships with KOLs through patient advocacy channels
• Bolster United Therapeutics websites and social media with patient stories and videos
• Identify opportunities to develop and distribute plain language summaries and other enhanced patient materials alongside scientific publications, in partnership with Medical Communications; explore opportunities to collaborate with patients directly on publications
• Adhere to all patient advocacy related compliance documents and standard operating procedures and educate the organization on these policies, as necessary; write, edit, and approve internal documents as they evolve with the constantly evolving external environment
• Ensure United Therapeutics various departments have a unified and aligned patient advocacy strategy and communications to ensure our advocacy partners receive high-quality, consistent, and organized communications
• All other duties as required

For this role you will need

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related technical / scientific discipline or Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• 12+ years of experience with Bachelor's or Nursing Degree in pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry, patient advocacy, clinical role, and/or healthcare consulting
• 10+ years of experience with MS or MSN in pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry, patient advocacy, clinical role, and/or healthcare consulting or
• 8+ years of experience with PharmD, PhD, or DNP in pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry, patient advocacy, clinical role, and/or healthcare consulting
• In-depth knowledge of relevant laws, regulations, and practices
• Establish leadership presence in patient advocacy environment and effectively connect and communicate with internal and external stakeholders
• Strong ethical grounding with a focus on transparency and patient welfare
• Demonstrate exceptional soft skills including empathy and thoughtfulness
• Be proactive and show initiative
• Effectively manage projects and responsibilities assigned by manager including ad-hoc requests
• Experience working with diverse internal and external stakeholders
• Competence with Microsoft suite of products including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams
• Ideal candidate will live in either Eastern or Central Time Zones
• Ability to travel up to 30%

The salary for this position ranges from $160,000 to $225,000 per year. In addition, this role is eligible for the Company’s short-term and long-term incentive programs. Eligible employees may participate in the Company’s comprehensive benefits suite of programs, including medical / dental / vision / prescription coverage, employee wellness resources, savings plans (401k and ESPP), paid time off & paid parental leave benefits, disability benefits, and more. For additional information on Company benefits, please visit https://www.unither.com/careers-benefits.html.

The salary range is the range United Therapeutics Corporation in good faith believes is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting depending on the candidate’s experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. The Company may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. No amount is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

At United Therapeutics, you’ll realize quickly that it is not an ordinary place to work! When you join our company, you will learn, grow, contribute, have fun, and be challenged... all while making a difference in the lives of our patients.

While United Therapeutics does not require vaccination for Covid-19 at this time, we strongly encourage all employees and visitors to remain up to date on vaccinations and boosters to protect one another from illness. Employees working in customer-facing roles must adhere and comply with customers’ credentialing guidelines, which may require vaccination against Covid -19, the influenza virus, and other illnesses that could be harmful to healthcare staff and patients.

United Therapeutics Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - EOE Minorities / Females / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities