Pharmaceutical Sales Specialist, Advanced Specialty Care Immunology- Smithtown, NY

AstraZeneca • Long Island, NY

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About The Position

As a Senior Pharmaceutical Sales Specialist on AstraZeneca’s Advanced Specialty Team, you will help channel the company’s scientific capabilities toward improving patients’ lives. The role focuses on advanced specialty care immunology in the Smithtown, New York area, including Long Island, Suffolk County, and Massapequa–Montauk.

You will develop knowledge of clinical disease states and treatment guidelines, communicate product information to healthcare professionals, and build strategic business plans based on market conditions and patient access challenges. You will tailor customer experiences to account and healthcare professional needs, and identify process improvements and innovative approaches to sales and customer engagement.

AstraZeneca describes its work as focused on developing life-changing medicines and addressing unmet patient needs. The company also states that its Ambition Zero Carbon program includes a commitment to a fully electric vehicle fleet by the end of 2025, with all drivers assigned an electric vehicle.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least 3 years of demonstrated sales or commercial experience, or a combination of experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare, scientific, clinical, institutional, or related industries or settings within the healthcare ecosystem.
• Experience in account planning and/or complex reimbursement models, or internal AstraZeneca certification.
• Valid driver’s license and safe driving record.
• Experience and expertise in highly specialized therapeutic areas.
• Proven ability to engage senior-level healthcare professionals, including specialists and hospital administrators.
• Experience developing and implementing innovative sales strategies in a highly specialized market.
• Exceptional ability to understand and communicate scientific research and clinical data.
• Experience establishing and nurturing strategic partnerships with healthcare institutions and research organizations.
• Proficiency in advanced data analysis and using analytics to drive sales performance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and demonstrate knowledge of clinical disease states and treatment guidelines.
• Effectively communicate product information to healthcare professionals.
• Analyze trends and develop strategic business plans using knowledge of the market landscape, dynamics, and patient access challenges.
• Create tailored customer experiences based on account and healthcare professional needs.
• Identify process-improvement opportunities, remain open to new ideas, and seek innovative approaches to sales and customer engagement.

Benefits

• Eligibility for short-term incentive bonuses, equity-based awards for salaried roles, and commissions for sales roles.
• Qualified retirement programs.
• Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, and leaves.
• Health coverage.
• Dental coverage.
• Vision coverage.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior