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Senior Key Account Manager

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Relevant field experience in biotech/pharmaceuticals industry or equivalent
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Product launch experience

Responsibilities

  • Promotes safe and effective use of Vertex drugs in accordance with the product label
  • Develops and executes account level business plans, including promotional activities
  • Interacts with a wide variety of key stakeholders in assigned geography
  • Ensures appropriate resource allocation to meet customer needs

About the company

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases. We discovered and developed the first medicines to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis (CF), a rare, life-threatening genetic disease. In addition to clinical development programs in CF, Vertex has more than a dozen ongoing research programs focused on the underlying mechanisms of other serious diseases. Founded in 1989 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, our corporate headquarters is now located in Boston’s Innovation District, and our international headquarters is in London, United Kingdom. We currently employ approximately 3,500 people in the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia and Latin America with nearly two-thirds of our staff dedicated to research and development. Vertex is consistently recognized as one of the industry’s top places to work by Science Magazine, The Boston Globe, Boston Business Journal and the San Diego Business Journal. Our research and medicines have also received esteemed recognitions, including the Robert J. Beall Therapeutics Development Award, the French Prix Galien and the British Pharmacological Society awards.

Company details

Company typeLarge
IndustryBiotechnology
Company size1001 - 5000

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Job description

Job Description

General Summary:

The Senior Key Account Manager (KAM) role will be a part of the launch effort of innovative breakthrough treatments for Cystic Fibrosis. The Senior KAM will support ensuring that all barriers to usage of these new orphan products are addressed and that all patients who could benefit from the products have access. This goal will be achieved by the development and execution of specific account level business plans at all CF centers; communicating exceptional level of disease and product knowledge to healthcare professional customers and ensuring that the full long term value of the product is fully understood by all relevant stakeholders.

This is a field based role covering central/western England and Wales

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Promotes safe and effective use of Vertex drugs, in accordance with the product label to ensure that the benefits and long term value of the product is fully understood
  • Provides relevant disease state and on-label product information
  • Interacts with wide variety of key stakeholders in assigned geography
  • Accountable for performance at the territory level, and contributes to regional and national team performance
  • Ensures appropriate resource allocation to meet customer needs, and address gaps in the care system
  • Stays current on the Cystic Fibrosis environment; maintain exceptional in-depth knowledge of disease, local drivers, treatment and referral patterns, key account profiles, influence patterns, reimbursement, and barriers to optimal care
  • Responsible for developing and executing account level business plan, including promotional activities for customers; forecasting and tracking promotional budget
  • Works collaboratively across functional areas to achieve common goals
  • Acts as a role model across all functions
  • Facilitates the coordination of internal and external resources to enhance patient care
  • Participates in meetings, and take on projects, as requested by management.
  • Provides assistance in recruiting and training as needed.
  • Exercises sound judgment and adheres to relevant regulatory and compliance guidelines and company policies

Knowledge and Skills:

  • Demonstrates team-based skills, and is able to network and lead across functions
  • Embraces and adopts new technologies and techniques
  • Highly competent in a multitude of IT capabilities to support the business needs
  • Demonstrate active listening skills as a springboard for creating relevant value to customers and key Cystic Fibrosis stakeholders
  • Product launch experience
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Embraces continuous learning/seeks knowledge
  • Demonstrates insights for improving Cystic Fibrosis patient care delivery, and strong customer orientation and insight
  • Excellent contextual selling skills with proven record of performance (consistently in the top 10% of sales force)
  • Strong understanding of healthcare regulatory and enforcement environments'
  • Ability to travel up to 60%

Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Typically requires relevant field experience in biotech/pharmaceuticals industry, or the equivalent combination of education and experience

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Company Information

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.

Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager, or contact Talent Acquisition at ApplicationAssistance@vrtx.com.

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