Account Manager/Specialty Account Manager - IgG4 - New Orleans, LA (Rare Disease)

Role Summary

Account Manager/Specialty Account Manager - IgG4 - New Orleans, LA (Rare Disease) role representing UPLIZNA to physicians and health care professionals, establishing product sales, and performing total territory account management.

Responsibilities

• Develops a comprehensive and effective territory business plan aimed at achieving and exceeding annual sales goals established by sales and business unit leadership.
• Promotes UPLIZNA within approved labeling in a comprehensive, fair and ethical manner that is consistent with industry specific and corporate legal and regulatory guidelines.
• Addresses issues related to access, pull-through, and reimbursement by coordinating with key stakeholders and matrix team members.
• Develops strong customer relationships by better understanding the customer’s needs and goals and communicating those needs and goals to other team members.
• Consistently meets or exceeds corporate sales goals.
• Communicates territory activity in an accurate and timely manner as directed by management.
• Drive product demand among targets through education on disease state and product information.
• Provides feedback to sales and business unit leadership, colleagues, and other internal departments about changing environment and results.
• Adheres to the Company’s compliance policies and guidelines as well as any other applicable guidelines, including but not limited to the PhRMA code.
• Must be able to work closely with patient services and market access team members, and understand their roles, to achieve overall business goals,
• Coordinate between accounts and relevant Amgen field teams to support full range of account needs,
• Educate healthcare professionals and office staff on site of care options.
• Attends medical congresses and society meetings as needed.
• Manages efforts within assigned promotional and operational budget.
• Maximizes use of approved resources to achieve territory and account level goals
• Successfully completes all Company training classes.
• Completes administrative duties in an accurate and timely fashion.
• Functions as a contributing member of a high-performance team.
• Perform such other tasks and responsibilities as requested by the Company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 3 years of sales experience within pharmaceutical, biotech or medical device industry or hospital sales experience OR
• Associate degree and 6 years of sales experience within pharmaceutical, biotech or medical device industry or hospital sales experience OR
• High school diploma/GED and 8 years of sales experience within pharmaceutical, biotech or medical device industry or hospital sales experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated success in a role involving reimbursement navigation, site of care education, and/or patient access coordination.
• Experience promoting a product that requires extensive coordination with office staff, infusion centers, and patient services teams.
• Proven ability to build strong customer relationships, educate on complex disease states, and adapt communication to diverse audiences.
• Buy-and-bill experience with documented success and/or biologic/infusion experience strongly preferred.
• Sales experience in Rheumatology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Hematology, Neurology, and/or rare/specialty disease states preferred.
• Site of care and reimbursement experience strongly preferred.
• Experience working with institutions and integrated delivery networks preferred.
• Pharma account management selling experience essential; must be able to coordinate across field teams to address full range of account needs.
• Approximately 80% travel (may vary by territory), including some overnight and weekend commitments.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Professional, proactive demeanor.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Education

• None beyond qualifications listed above; degrees as specified in Basic Qualifications.