Key Account Manager, Global Rare Diseases - Central

Location: Field-based/remote position in the United States, associated with St. Louis, MO; up to 60% travel throughout the territory, including overnight and occasional weekend travel.

Annual base pay: $165,800–$198,960.

Company

Chiesi is an international research-focused biopharmaceutical group operating in 31 countries, developing and commercializing innovative medicines and patient support services, including treatments for rare and ultra-rare disorders.

What you will do

• Manage strategic healthcare accounts and identify opportunities through local market intelligence and data analysis.
• Build awareness of rare diseases and provide product, disease-state, and resource education to healthcare professionals and their staff.
• Develop, execute, and update territory business plans; manage leads and pursue sales forecasts, goals, and objectives.
• Guide healthcare professionals through prescribing processes and patient support services while communicating clinical data, payer access information, and approved resources.
• Collaborate with marketing, sales leadership, training, and other internal partners on local market needs, messaging, education, and speaker programs.
• Support conferences, maintain compliant practices, complete required training and SOP activities, and record calls and expenses in company systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year institution; science or business education is a plus.
• 10+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience in related, diverse functions or roles.
• Clinical experience selling specialty or rare disease products across a large, multi-state geography.
• Rare disease or biologics selling experience, expansive local relationships, market access, and market knowledge.
• Proven record of meeting or exceeding sales objectives and strong strategic account management skills.
• Excellent virtual and remote selling, customer engagement, verbal and written communication, collaboration, and strategic problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated high ethical standards and ability to work across teams and proactively share information.
• Experience with Veeva, Salesforce.com, Microsoft Office, Concur, Zoom, Teams, and WebEx.
• Must be able to travel up to 60% across the territory, including overnight and occasional weekend travel.

Culture & Benefits

• Values-driven environment focused on reliability, transparency, ethical behavior, diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity.
• Access to development resources and training.
• Healthcare programs, work-life balance initiatives, performance bonuses, and market-benchmarked benefits.
• Flexible and remote working arrangements and tax assistance services for foreign colleagues.
• No relocation support will be offered for this position.