IHS KAM North Carolina

Takeda•USA - NC - Virtual, NC

5d•$160,000 - $220,000•Remote

About The Position

The Key Account Manager (KAM) is the liaison between Takeda and strategic prioritized National and Regional Health System accounts including, but not limited to: Corporate and Director level account leadership members, academic institutions, hospitals, teaching institutions, Independent Delivery Networks (IDNs), Integrated Health Systems (IHSs), employers, and other key potential customers as appropriate based on PDT’s expanding portfolio. KAMs are responsible for developing and executing PDT Portfolio business plans aligned with corporate objectives and supporting PDT products within their assigned accounts in alignment with those objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree – BA/BS
10+ years direct selling experience to healthcare professionals in the pharmaceutical, biotech, device, specialty or healthcare industry that included the following:
2 years of account or district management in the health care industry. Specialty sales and specialty training experience will be considered toward account management experience.
Developing and executing business plans aligned with corporate objectives
Launching business development initiatives and strategy for execution
Advanced business skills in negotiation, strategy, presentation, analytics and teamwork
Strong collaboration working within teams and a matrix organization
Demonstrated business and strategic planning skills to identify unique selling opportunities and adaptability to changing market conditions
Understanding of managed care landscape and how it influences/impacts business
Strong verbal, influencing, presentation and written communication skills
Reside within or close proximity to assigned geography
Experience with buy & bill product selling/account management
Understands payer access and reimbursement at assigned regional, state, and local level
Experience with managing and communicating complex reimbursement issues
Experience with complex selling situations
Biological product launch experience
Experience in calling on Health System C and D Suite accounts

Responsibilities

Responsible for health system contracting and developing cross functional business plans, as well as launching business development initiatives and implementation strategies for large volume/high volume Accounts.
Attains sales goals and objectives by delivering Business Objectives and prescriber growth, 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 be Key Medical Policy, Operations, Pharmacy, Practice Guideline and Clinical decision makers, as well as any critical support staff within a specific geographic area.
Develop and regularly evaluates account business plans to ensure they continue to meet strategic business objectives and align with emerging trends and changes within key customer segments or accounts. Prepare and present account business plans to management as appropriate.
Continually assesses information related economics, inventory management, reimbursement, procurements and deployment strategies and partners with internal and external experts to stay up-to-date on the latest access and reimbursement issues and trends at the local, regional and national level.
Appropriately uses available tools for Territory and Data Analytics to monitor and evaluate accounts, industry/managed care trends and communicate relevant information to Accounts and internal stakeholders that are impacted.
Works within established protocols to regularly communicate and deliver updates and status reports to cross function team and stakeholders to enhance the field sales force selling opportunities in their marketplace.
Delivers approved Account Specific Quarterly Business Reviews encompassing accurate purchases, clinical, financial, outcomes, and operational issues.
Strategically manages assigned accounts, budget and allocated resources provided yielding maximum effectiveness and impact.
Act as an agent on behalf of assigned customer segment to the sales force to educate on relevant therapeutic account information.
Collaborate with the Managed Markets team for their region to effectively communicate status updates on prioritized accounts.