About the Role:
The Dermatology sales force drives demand following potential regulatory approval through education. The Specialty Business Manager (SBM) educates healthcare providers (HCPs) and optimizes business opportunities in targeted dermatology physician offices, key clinics, and hospital accounts.
How you will contribute:
- Support account onboarding through education.
- Conduct clinical selling; deliver clinical value proposition and advance customers across a brand educational continuum.
- Support initial clinical and patient access education for medical staff.
- Coordinate and support clinical education for HCPs (e.g., peer-to-peer).
- Manage accounts within dermatology practices, clinics, outlets, and independent physician offices.
- Achieve sales goals by delivering product volume and key territory metrics; execute franchise/company brand strategy and tactics.
- Build relationships with HCP decision makers and stakeholders to support safe/effective product use.
- Develop and deliver targeted sales messages using approved materials and clinical information.
- Execute local marketing strategies and build customer engagement through local relationships and education.
- Present complex clinical/business information to dermatologists and relevant professional groups.
- Develop and implement medical education opportunities and sponsor programs; stay current on disease states/treatments.
- Strategically manage allocated resources (e.g., budgets, managed markets, medical affairs).
- Follow compliance policies, guidelines, and training.
Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:
Required:
- BA/BS degree.
- 3+ years successful selling experience in pharma/biotech/medical device and/or relevant clinical/industry experience (or 2+ years selling experience at Takeda).
- Dermatology experience; experience calling on dermatologists highly preferred.
- Business/strategic planning skills.
- Understanding of managed care landscape.
- Strong verbal, influencing, presentation, and written communication skills.
- Strong collaboration/team skills.
- Live within or close proximity to assigned geography.
Preferred:
- 5+ years direct selling to healthcare professionals.
- Experience calling on dermatologists.
- Experience managing/communicating complex reimbursement issues.
Travel:
- Ability to drive/fly to accounts; occasional business meetings; up to 25β50% overnight travel.
Training Requirements:
- Must pass mandatory product training (written/oral exams). During training, non-exempt status and overtime eligibility may apply; no sales incentives/bonuses during training. After passing, transition to exempt status.