Rare Disease Business Manager, PI (Pasadena, CA)

Rare Disease Business Manager – Primary Immune Deficiency and CIDP (PI/CIDP Sales Team)

How you will contribute:
- Achieve sales quotas by driving new patient starts, sales in outpatient infusion centers and hospitals, and retention of patients on Takeda augmentation treatment.
- Conduct customer engagements: deliver sales presentations; provide technical/administrative product information; educate on neuromuscular conditions and Takeda support resources.
- Understand influence points within the office affecting diagnosis, treatment, and the Rx/referral/order.
- Participate in community education events and conferences for healthcare professionals and patients.
- Focus on HCPs (Allergy/Immunology, Pulmonology, Infectious Disease, select Internal Medicine/Primary Care, and Neurologists) and educate/inform on Takeda brands for Primary Immune Deficiency and CIDP.
- Analyze local/regional business and managed markets trends to build long- and short-term goals and a successful business plan.
- Collaborate with Marketing, Patient Services, Alternate Site Team, Integrated Health Systems, Market Access, and National Accounts to drive customer satisfaction and pull-through opportunities.
- Work compliantly in a matrix environment while treating confidential patient information per company practices/policies.

Key skills:
- Excellent organizational and territory planning; strong team and independent contribution in a matrixed organization.
- Data acquisition and interpretation to develop sales strategies.
- Ability to conduct community education events; may work occasional nights/weekends.
- Partners with and motivates extended team members to improve performance.

Minimum requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA).
- 3+ years successful pharmaceutical/biotech/medical device selling and/or relevant clinical/industry experience; OR 2+ years of successful selling experience at Takeda.
- Excellent verbal and written communication.
- Ability to navigate complex selling environments and influence decision makers in key accounts.
- Strong business acumen, strategic planning, territory/account management, and prioritization.
- Understanding of payer access and reimbursement (territory/regional/state).
- Adaptability; learning agility to apply clinical expertise and selling skills.
- Reside within the territory or supported geography.

Preferred requirements:
- 5+ years pharmaceutical sales (preferably rare disease).
- Experience with pharmaceutical/biologic products requiring patient access and market access coordination.
- Relevant clinical/industry experience; consultative/needs-based selling.
- Experience in highly regulated marketplaces.
- Ability to leverage emerging technologies/digital tools and AI-enabled processes.

Licenses/Certifications:
- Valid Driver’s License.

Travel requirements:
- Drive and/or fly to accounts; occasional business meetings; some overnight travel up to 25–50%.

Training requirements:
- Successful completion of mandatory product training (written/oral exams). During training: non-exempt status and eligible for overtime only; not eligible for sales incentives/production bonuses.

Benefits (explicitly stated):
- Eligible for short-term incentives; medical/dental/vision, 401(k) with match, disability, basic life insurance, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, well-being benefits; up to 80 hours sick time/year; new hires eligible to accrue up to 120 hours paid vacation.

Application instructions:
- No specific application steps provided beyond the initial application/consent statement.