Rare Disease Account Manager

Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson · Pharma · Nashville, TN +2

This role is for a Rare Disease Account Manager in the pharmaceutical industry, focusing on driving sales and product demand within a specific territory. Responsibilities include developing sales strategies, building customer relationships, analyzing market data, collaborating with internal field partners, and managing budgets to achieve sales forecasts. The role requires significant experience in pharmaceutical sales, specialty sales, and account management.

What you'd actually do

  1. Drive outstanding territory sales performance and product demand to ensure sales forecasts are met or exceeded within the LHM by building and sustaining strong, trusting relationships with customers and influencing key stakeholders
  2. Leverage company approved marketing resources to effectively demonstrate clinical value as a solution to address identified customer and patient needs. Leverage payer acumen to educate on patient access and affordability options
  3. Analyze qualitative and quantitative market data to assess business opportunities and priorities.
  4. Build LHM-specific business plan and account plans to drive growth
  5. Be the quarterback of the LHM team by setting the local strategy, collaborating with cross-functional LHM field partners, driving alignment, and ensuring priorities are set appropriately

Skills

Required

  • BA/BS
  • Minimum of five (5) years of field sales experience in the pharmaceuticals industry of which three (3) or more years involve specialty sales and/or key account management
  • Ability to sell collaboratively
  • High level of clinical, product, and business acumen
  • Proven track record of consistent high sales performance and leadership
  • Adept at planning, organizing, and executing sales strategy
  • Ability to adapt to an ever-changing environment
  • Ability to travel up to 75%, depending on territory size, account locations, and location of residence
  • Must live in the geography and/or be willing to relocate to the geography

Nice to have

  • Experience selling to large customer types (managed care, large institutions) or equivalent account management experience
  • Significant rare diseases experience, particularly in neurology and hematology
  • Experience in prioritizing the critical business drivers and then driving alignment among other field partners to overcome these drivers
  • Success exhibiting peer leadership, mentorship, coaching and leading without authority
  • Superior communication

What the JD emphasized

  • Minimum of five (5) years of field sales experience in the pharmaceuticals industry of which three (3) or more years involve specialty sales and/or key account management
  • Proven track record of consistent high sales performance and leadership