Senior Manager, Trade Relations (Pharmaceutical)

Location: Lake Zurich, Illinois, United States; hybrid role with onsite work required 3 days per week. Domestic travel up to 20% and flexible hours or weekends may be required.

Salary: $135,000–$160,000 per year, plus eligibility for a bonus plan targeted at 14% of base salary.

Company

hirify.global develops and supplies healthcare and biopharmaceutical products, including biological therapies and biosimilars.

What you will do

• Act as the primary liaison for wholesalers, distributors, alternative channel partners, and specialty pharmacy accounts.
• Negotiate, implement, and manage distribution, specialty pharmacy, enhanced service, fee-for-service, and data reporting agreements.
• Lead account strategies supporting product launches, market access, product availability, procurement, and patient supply.
• Manage account performance, inventory coordination, business reviews, KPIs, service requirements, and access objectives.
• Lead root cause analysis and remediation of operational, procurement, reporting, data quality, and customer service issues.
• Collaborate with Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, Legal, Contracting, Market Access, Sales, Marketing, and global manufacturing teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of relevant experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industries.
• 3+ years of experience in channel, trade and distribution, and/or specialty pharmacy.
• Experience analyzing channel data, performance metrics, reporting, and business trends.
• Strong communication, presentation, interpersonal, negotiation, project management, vendor management, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Effective English communication is required; customer-site credentialing and compliance requirements must be maintained.

Nice to have

• Experience with biological therapies and/or biosimilars.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life insurance, disability coverage, and a 401(k) with company contribution.
• Wellness program and comprehensive employee benefits.
• Collaborative work with internal cross-functional teams and external channel partners.