Specialty Business Manager - IBD - Chicago West
Takeda
USA - IL - Virtual, Unknown
Full-Time
$63
RemoteManager
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About the Team:
The specialty sales force is primarily responsible for driving demand for the product assigned by reinforcing the product brand and Takeda value. responsible for presenting Takeda’s products and optimizing the business opportunities in targeted physician offices, key clinics and hospital accounts that specialize in the area of specified. The Specialty Business Manager – IBD will be required to demonstrate an excellence in developing and applying business processes that lead to achievement of sales goals and objectives.
How you will contribute:
Support account on-boarding, including education, and procedures.
Engage in clinical selling activities, including delivering the clinical value proposition, advancing customers across a brand belief continuum
Support initial clinical educational support and in-service for medical staff (infusion procedures, etc.)
Coordinate and support clinical education opportunities and programs for HCPs, such as peer-to-peer discussions
Conduct account management activities within the smaller, less complex: GI practices, clinics and outlets as well as independent physician offices
Attains sales goals and objectives by delivering specialty product volume as well as other key metrics in the assigned Territory. Utilize discretion and judgment to execute the franchise and company brand strategy and tactics within the assigned customer segment, which may include physicians within specialty medical practices and their staff, specialists within local hospitals, clinics, IBD Centers, Infusion Therapy sites, and support staff as well as pharmacists within a specific geographic area.
Establish professional working relationships with Health Care Providers (GE, MLP, IM, Nurse), decision makers, support staff, and influencers within assigned customers, to support the use of the company's products - through developing and applying clinical and business expertise, and effective selling skills.
Develop and deliver a targeted sales message based on accurate clinical information, utilizing approved marketing materials and medical reprints to support the patients, and discuss therapeutic strategies to inform and influence decision makers.
Executes marketing strategies at the local level, leveraging resources appropriately and working successfully with company team members and counterparts to share ideas and information to enhance business results. Specialty Business Manager-IBD is accountable to build customer engagement by identifying and cultivating relationships with key decision makers at the local level who can influence decision making within the healthcare provider systems and specialty medical practices.
Presents complex clinical and business information on Takeda's specialty products and services to an audience of office and institutional based Gastroenterologists health care professionals, professional and patient groups, and others involved in the decision-making process.
Develop and implement medical education opportunities and sponsor programs to expand the knowledge of healthcare professionals. Frequently educate self on the latest information related to disease states, treatments and the changing business environment.
Strategically manages all allocated resources provided including financial/budgets, managed markets, medical affairs, home office, etc.
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
Required:
Bachelors degree – BA/BS
3+ years of successful selling experience in pharmaceutical, biotech or medical device and/or relevant clinical or industry experience.; OR 2+years of successful selling experience at Takeda, 5 years’ experience preferred
Demonstrated business and strategic planning skills to identify unique selling opportunities and adaptability to changing market conditions
Strong collaboration working within teams
Demonstrated understanding of managed care landscape and how it influences/impacts business
Strong verbal, influencing, presentation and written communication skills
Strong collaboration skills and success working in teams
Reside within or close proximity to assigned geography
Preferred:
Experience with injectable/infused IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disorder) products
Experience with managing and communicating complex reimbursement issues
Biological product launch experience
Experience in calling on Gastroenterologists
Experience discussing therapeutic strategies to inform and influence decision makers
Experience developing and applying clinical and business expertise, and effective selling skills
Experience executing marketing strategies at the local level
Minimum of 5 years’ direct selling experience to healthcare professionals in the pharmaceutical, biotech, device or healthcare industry and/or relevant clinical or industry experience
TRAINING REQUIREMENTS:
This position and continued employment is contingent upon the employee successfully passing mandatory product training which includes written and oral examinations.
External Takeda Hires Only: During that training period, the employee will be classified as a non-exempt employee and will be eligible for overtime during the training period only in accordance with applicable federal and/or state law but the employee will not be eligible for any Takeda related sales incentive programs and/or other production-based bonuses. The training period will consist of live instruction, independent study, role play, and other training related activities which should take no more than 8 hours per day and 40 hours total in a workweek.
After successful passage of the mandatory product training examinations, the employee will be transitioned to exempt status and will no longer be eligible for overtime. They will then be paid on a bi-weekly basis and eligible to participate in various Takeda related sales incentive programs and/or contests.
Travel Requirements:
Ability to drive and/or fly to meetings and client sites
Some overnight travel required – 25-50%, depending on geographic assignment
More About Us:
At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.
Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.
Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary
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For Location:
USA - IL - VirtualU.S. Hourly Wage Range:
$63.51 - $87.31
The estimated hourly wage range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual hourly wage offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. The actual hourly wage offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.
U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term incentives. U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.
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Job Exempt
No