Responsibilities / How you will contribute:
- Support account onboarding through education.
- Conduct clinical selling: deliver the 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).
- Perform account management in dermatology practices, clinics/outlets, and independent physician offices.
- Achieve sales goals and territory metrics by delivering product volume; execute franchise/company brand strategy and tactics within assigned customer segment.
- Build relationships with healthcare provider 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; discuss therapeutic strategies.
- Execute local marketing strategies to enhance business results and build customer engagement through relationship-building and local education.
- Present complex clinical/business information to dermatologists and relevant professional/patient groups.
- Develop/implement medical education opportunities and sponsor programs; stay current on disease states, treatments, and the business environment.
- Strategically manage allocated resources (financial/budgets, managed markets, medical affairs, home office, etc.).
- Follow compliance policies and seek clarification when uncertain.
Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:
- Bachelorβs degree (BA/BS)
- Required: 3+ years successful selling in pharma/biotech/medical device (or relevant clinical/industry experience) OR 2+ years successful selling experience at Takeda
- Dermatology experience calling on dermatologists highly preferred
- Business/strategic planning skills; understanding of managed care
- Strong verbal, influencing, presentation, and written communication
- Strong collaboration/team success
- Reside within or close to assigned geography
Preferred:
- 5+ years direct selling to healthcare professionals
- Experience calling on dermatologists
- Experience with complex reimbursement issues
Travel Requirements:
- Drive/fly to accounts; occasional business meetings; 25β50% overnight travel possible
Training Requirements:
- Employment contingent on passing mandatory product training (written/oral exams); during training eligible for overtime only during the training period; afterward transitioned to exempt status.