Director, Regional Marketing

Vera Therapeutics is a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on the pursuit of truth in science to transform medicine in autoimmune disease, starting with the kidney. Vera Therapeutics’ flagship commercial product is TRUTAKNATM (atacicept-vymj), a B-cell activating factor (BAFF) and A proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) inhibitor. Vera Therapeutics is evaluating multiple diseases where the reduction of autoantibodies through inhibition of BAFF and APRIL may prove clinically meaningful. Vera Therapeutics was founded in 2016 and is based in Brisbane, California. To learn more, visit www.veratx.com.

At Vera, our values are the cornerstone of our culture and guide how we work together every day. We lead with empathy, act with an owner’s mindset, demand clarity, work without fences, and execute with urgency because patients are counting on us. From how we hire and develop our people to how we advance rigorous science, we are building a team committed to transforming medicine in autoimmune diseases, starting with the kidney.

The Director, reporting to the Senior Director of Regional Marketing, will be responsible for informing brand strategy, proactively engaging key external experts (KEEs) to increase advocacy, and supporting the educational effectiveness of KEEs through engagement and collaboration on Vera’s US Speaker Bureau. This person will be a key member of a national team of Regional Marketing Directors (RMDs) that support the commercialization of Atacicept, a biologic novel designed to treat IgA nephropathy (IgAN). The RMD team directly engages Key External Experts (KEEs) and customers in the Nephrology patient ecosystem, while acting as a disease state and on-label therapy expert. This role will build relationships with emerging thought leaders, serving as the primary liaison between these customers and the commercial organization. RMD’s will act as the interface between HCP and market access to drive the awareness of IgAN, the role of BAFF/APRIL and Atacicept, build HCP advocacy for this and drive connection with KEEs and the company.

Insights

• Solicits disease state and brand insights through field-based, 1:1 KEE engagements and gathers and shares these insights with internal partners to inform brand strategy.

• Organize and moderate regional and national advisory boards to fully understand the customer and patient perspective.

• Actively collect, analyze, and synthesize information on KEE sentiments, competitor activities, and broader market trends from diverse sources (1:1 meeting, advisory boards, congresses).

• Aid in the development and execution of commercial-led advisory boards and other third-party insight gathering tactics.

Advocacy

• Track KEE beliefs over time on Vera, the IgAN treatment landscape, unmet clinical needs, and patient management based on podium presentations, social media activity, scientific publications, and 3rd party educational programs.

• Creates and executes an objective based KEE advocacy building plan to include the identification and curation of relationships with established and emerging KEEs in the academic and community-based settings to support development of US KEE champions within IgAN.

• Responsible for cultivating and developing KEEs over time who are experts in IgAN.

• Act as the face of Vera’s commercial organization and drive impact through personalized 1:1 interactions and