Clinical Sales Specialist - Downtown Chicago

Role Summary

Clinical Sales Specialist (CSS) plays a vital role in supporting patients with rare diseases by educating healthcare providers about recurrent pericarditis, ensuring understanding of approved treatment options, including efficacy, safety, administration, and patient support services. The role involves executing a strategic sales plan, optimizing customer engagement, and enhancing the patient experience within the Downtown Chicago territory.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a strategic territory plan to educate HCP customers and staff, aligned with commercial objectives, including prioritized customer target engagements, account management where applicable, business assessment and analysis, and resource utilization and impact
• Educate targeted influence and decision makers, cardiologists, and rheumatologists to initiate approved product for patients with recurrent pericarditis
• Provide comprehensive education on Kiniksa One Connect Patient Services and support program
• Facilitate short-term and future opportunities aligned with mission, strategy, and objectives through multiple venues (virtual and in-person), one-on-one interactions, small group discussions, peer-to-peer programs, and presentations with external stakeholders
• Aim to achieve commercial goals quarterly and yearly, delivering on tactical resource execution and meeting/exceeding sales performance
• Ensure cross-functional efficiencies and constructive collaboration with field sales partner teams
• Serve as an external representative for HCP stakeholders, establishing oneself as a reliable, trusted resource for company and product information
• Act in a compliant manner with integrity aligned with values, guidelines, policies, and procedures
• Maintain expenses within assigned budget parameters
• Document field activities accurately and in a timely fashion

Qualifications

• 5+ years of biopharmaceutical sales experience; rare disease, specialty therapeutic experience, and/or cardiology experience preferred
• Bachelor‚Äôs degree required
• Experience in promoting injectable or reconstitution injectable products preferred
• Candidates must demonstrate a track record of sales success and be highly motivated to achieve results
• Successfully demonstrated strategic account management experience
• Experienced with Specialty Pharmacy, HUB services, and Patient Support programs
• Demonstrated working knowledge of compliant and ethical business practices
• Ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders
• Drive, passion, and focus to contribute to the company‚Äôs mission
• Ability to effectively and efficiently manage multiple workstreams
• Willingness to travel up to 75%‚Äì80% of the time in the assigned territory and hold a valid driver‚Äôs license

Skills

• Strategic planning and territory management
• Clinical and product knowledge for recurrent pericarditis
• Stakeholder engagement and relationship building
• Education and presentation skills (one-on-one, small groups, virtual and in-person)
• Compliance and ethics in biopharmaceutical sales
• Cross-functional collaboration

Education

• Bachelor‚Äôs degree required

Additional Requirements

• Travel: Up to 75%‚Äì80% of the time, primarily within the Downtown Chicago territory
• Valid driver‚Äôs license