District Sales Manager - Oncology - Northwest

Role Summary

District Sales Manager – Oncology, Northwest. You will serve as the liaison to medical professionals, providing clinical knowledge of Amgen products. You will collaborate cross-functionally to support district sales targets and patient care. District covers: Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Northern California.

Responsibilities

• Track the progress of marketing messages and programs
• Provide feedback to district teams on the marketing, allocating, monitoring, and leveraging of internal and external resources (e.g., discretionary spend)
• Manage district teams to maximize their performance and help achieve/exceed sales and budget targets
• Screen, interview, and hire candidates
• Ensure compliance with training
• Demonstrate the appropriate coaching and counseling to prepare individuals for future development
• Conduct annual and on-going performance reviews and competency assessments
• Communicate and coordinate with both district and cross-functional teams (e.g., Marketing, Finance, other Business Units)
• Share best practices with direct reports and peers
• Coordinate and/or participate in cluster teams
• Conduct district sales meetings to guide districts
• Develop local Opinion Leader relationships to achieve aligned objectives

Qualifications

• Required: Doctorate degree and 2 years of Sales/Marketing experience
• Required: Master’s degree and 6 years of Sales/Marketing experience
• Required: Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of Sales/Marketing experience
• Required: Associate’s degree and 10 years of Sales/Marketing experience
• Required: High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Sales/Marketing experience
• Required: 2 years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs or directing the allocation of resources
• Preferred: Three + years of specialty sales experience
• Preferred: Experience in oncology
• Preferred: Buy and bill model experience
• Preferred: Ability to consistently and objectively recognize and promote success behaviors, as well as diagnose and change unsatisfactory behaviors through effective coaching
• Preferred: Ability to leverage market & customer knowledge to strategically target messages, resources, and activities within the territory
• Preferred: Demonstrates knowledge of local payor coverage
• Preferred: Ability to understand and articulate clinical concepts, data, and conclusions
• Preferred: Demonstrated ability to utilize clinical information to effectively address customer questions and objections
• Preferred: Ability to recruit candidates that meet the minimum job criteria
• Preferred: Interviews and hires sales representatives that are capable and committed to fulfilling the job requirements
• Preferred: Strong sense of responsibility and demonstrated self-discipline
• Preferred: Setting appropriate short term and long term objectives; demonstrated success in communicating & collaborating with sales staff, peers, business unit counterparts in an effective and timely manner

Education

• Doctorate degree
• Master’s degree
• Bachelor’s degree
• Associate’s degree
• High school diploma / GED