How you will contribute:
- Support account onboarding through education.
- Perform 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 opportunities/programs for HCPs (e.g., peer-to-peer education).
- Conduct account management in Dermatology practices, clinics/outlets, and independent physician offices.
- Achieve sales goals/objectives by delivering product volume and other territory metrics; execute franchise/company brand strategy within the customer segment.
- Build relationships with HCP decision makers and stakeholders to support safe/effective product use.
- Develop and deliver targeted sales messages using accurate clinical information, approved materials, and medical reprints.
- Execute local marketing strategies to enhance business results; build customer engagement and educate key decision makers.
- Present complex clinical/business information to office and institutional dermatology audiences.
- Develop and implement medical education and sponsor programs to expand HCP knowledge; stay current on disease states/treatments.
- Strategically manage allocated resources (e.g., budgets, managed markets, medical affairs).
- Adhere to compliance policies, guidelines, and training.
Minimum Requirements/Qualifications
Required:
- BA/BS; 3+ years successful selling experience in pharma/biotech/medical device (or relevant clinical/industry experience) OR 2+ years selling experience at Takeda.
- Dermatology/Dermatologist calling experience (highly preferred).
- Business/strategic planning skills; adaptability to market changes.
- Understanding of managed care landscape.
- Strong verbal, influencing, presentation, and written communication skills.
- Strong collaboration skills.
- Reside within or close proximity to assigned geography.
Preferred:
- 5+ years direct selling to healthcare professionals (pharma/biotech/device/healthcare).
- Experience calling on Dermatologists.
- Experience managing/communicating complex reimbursement issues.
Training Requirements:
- Contingent on passing mandatory product training (written/oral exams). External hires are non-exempt during training and eligible for overtime during training only; no sales incentives/production-based bonuses during training. After passing exams, transition to exempt status.