Oncology Account Manager Position at Jazz Pharmaceuticals

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Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a global biopharma company whose purpose is to innovate to transform the lives of patients and their families. We are dedicated to developing life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases — often with limited or no therapeutic options. We have a diverse portfolio of marketed medicines, including leading therapies for sleep disorders and epilepsy, and a growing portfolio of cancer treatments. Our patient-focused and science-driven approach powers pioneering research and development advancements across our robust pipeline of innovative therapeutics in oncology and neuroscience. Jazz is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with research and development laboratories, manufacturing facilities and employees in multiple countries committed to serving patients worldwide. Please visit www.jazzpharmaceuticals.com for more information.

Position Overview

The Oncology Account Manager is responsible for direct promotion of Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ products, and the development and management of business relationships with therapeutic specialists within an assigned geographical territory. The Oncology Account Manager (OAM) is an integral part of the commercial team that includes all personnel dedicated to the sales and marketing functions. The Oncology Account Manager will implement Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ marketing strategies and marketing tactics to achieve sales goals through short-term and long-term objectives. This position reports directly to the Regional Sales Manager.

Key Skills

Strategic Account Management:

• Customer Understanding
• Possess strong sales analytics capabilities with demonstrated understanding of prescribing and purchasing decision processes and any marked differences from national trends.
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of:
  • Internal customer business models - how profit is generated, business and financial risks, cost impacts of managing patient care.
  • External customers - current reimbursement landscape/managed care, payer issues and trends, and other factors which inform the development of one’s annual territory business plan.
• Gain understanding of customer needs through thorough research and analysis to understand the specific needs and requirement of each customer and/or account.
• Identify key stakeholders within the account and understand their roles, priorities, motivations and patient needs.
• Proven excellence to leverage all available resources - dashboards, alerts, omnichannel reports, speaker programs, conference attendance.
• Actively gain customer insights and provide timely feedback to cross-functional partners and regional sales manager regarding account business trends, changes in the therapeutic landscape, performance, industry issues and business opportunities and obstacles.

Strategic Planning:

• Keep the needs and expectations of the customer/patients at the forefront of all that we do.
• Define clear, measurable objectives that align both with the company goals and the goals and needs of the customer.
• Develop tailored strategies and tactics to address the unique needs and challenges of each customer.
• Determine the resources required to execute the strategic account plan effectively.
• Continuously review and adjust the strategic account plan based on activities, feedback, changing market conditions and evolving customer needs.
• Develop and implement customized account strategic plans with clear next steps, specific strategies and tactics and appropriate utilization of resources while meeting the needs of our customers.
• Demonstrated collaborative efforts with cross-functional teams including marketing, medical affairs and market access to align and execute on account strategies to achieve common business objectives.

Teamwork & Collaboration:

• Maintain an enterprise mindset and cross-functional thinking to maximize one Jazz customer engagement.
• Highly effective at leveraging cross-functional partnerships with marketing, medical affairs and market access with the goal to advance Business Unit and organizational interests.
• Engage and align with cross-functional partners to mobilize resources and ideas to deliver to successfully meet customer and patient needs.
• Actively shares insights and best practices across the team; demonstrates trust in others by consistently finding opportunities to contribute to their effectiveness and impact.
• Work effectively with customer facing colleagues to facilitate achievement of the respective functional teams tactical objectives.

Selling Effectiveness:

• Effective promotion of Jazz Pharmaceuticals Adult Oncology products to physicians and other health care providers within the designated area at both community and Academic centers.
• Institute a network-selling mindset to customer relationships, seeing them as part of a connected healthcare ecosystem to broaden connections across an account.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, competitive landscape, and clinical developments in oncology to effectively communicate product differentiation and value proposition.
• Ability to adapt quickly to new tools and resources for successful customer engagement; leverages analytics to assist with developing insights and next best action plans.
• Identify, establish and maintain strong relationships with key physicians, health care providers and organizations within assigned territory.

Required Experience

• Four-year college/university degree.
• Experience in Oncology.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with an effective presentation style both in face to face and virtual interactions to connect and build credibility with healthcare professionals.
• Ability to meet territorial travel requirements.

Preferred Experience

• Post-graduate business school study, training.
• Minimum of 5 years in the oncology market.
• Strong clinical, technical and scientific knowledge of product(s); applicable disease states desired.
• Strategic thinker who can drive a strategic account business plan.
• Strong key account management experience working in complex academic and community accounts, identifying influential stakeholders, and working with them to better serve patients.
• Demonstrated history of strong business acumen, problem solving, effective prioritization, account management and effective sales data analytics skills.
• Skillful in fostering teamwork and collaboration in cross-functional account management.
• Results oriented with a proactive and Self-motivated approach to driving sales growth.
• Experience with AML, GI, HER2 landscape, biomarker driven therapeutics and/or Lung Cancer highly preferred.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law.

For US Based Candidates Only

Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices and we strive to provide employees with total compensation packages that are market competitive. For this role, the full and complete base pay range is: $128,000.00 - $192,000.00 Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, and other pertinent factors. The goal is to ensure fair and competitive compensation aligned with the candidate's expertise and contributions, within the established pay framework and our Total Compensation philosophy. Internal equity considerations will also influence individual base pay decisions. This range will be reviewed on a regular basis.

At Jazz, your base pay is only one part of your total compensation package. The successful candidate may also be eligible for a discretionary annual cash bonus or incentive compensation (depending on the role), in accordance with the terms of the Company's Global Cash Bonus Plan or Incentive Compensation Plan, as well as discretionary equity grants in accordance with Jazz's Long Term Equity Incentive Plan. The successful candidate will also be eligible to participate in various benefits offerings, including, but not limited to, medical, dental and vision insurance, 401k retirement savings plan, and flexible paid vacation. For more information on our Benefits offerings please click here.