Account Specialist, Anti-Infectives

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Account Specialist expanding AbbVie’s anti-infective medicines across Minneapolis healthcare accounts. Building hospital relationships, improving patient access, and achieving territory sales goals.

Responsibilities:

  • Maximize opportunities for AbbVie’s Anti-Infective product portfolio within the assigned geography
  • Develop and maintain strategic relationships with hospitals, IDNs, academic institutions, outpatient accounts, long-term care facilities, government accounts, and specialty private practices
  • Increase patient access, develop new business, expand current business, optimize resource utilization, and achieve geography sales goals
  • Advance hospital and specialty customers along the sales continuum and gain prescriber commitments
  • Deliver on-label presentations and sales calls highlighting product benefits and risks
  • Differentiate the portfolio’s value proposition with C-suite executives, physicians, hospital staff, and support personnel
  • Solve product and patient-flow issues through Specialty Pharmacy, Specialty Distribution, and Buy and Bill channels
  • Coordinate stakeholders across departments around patient-focused solutions
  • Partner with in-field and in-house AbbVie teams, including MSLs, National Director of Accounts, and Key Account Directors
  • Create, execute, and monitor strategic geography business plans
  • Determine account-level department, channel, HCP focus, and contact frequency
  • Source and interpret account data; maintain account profiles and relationship maps
  • Target key stakeholders and decision-makers to expand physician usage and the customer base
  • Participate in local boards, societies, conventions, and HCP meetings
  • Represent AbbVie and assigned products at industry venues and communicate key findings internally
  • Complete required training and comply with company policies and OEC/Legal procedures
  • Meet HCIR credentialing requirements for facility and organization access
  • Collaborate across healthcare institutions and cross-functional teams to develop compliant communication strategies

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in health, sciences, pharmacy, or business-related field preferred, or relevant equivalent industry experience required
  • In lieu of a bachelor’s degree, at least five (5) years of experience, including three (3) or more years preferred within the pharmaceutical, health, or science industry
  • High school diploma/GED required
  • Account-based selling experience with hospitals, wound care centers, or infusion centers
  • Experience building hospital advocacy for acute products
  • Experience navigating matrix environments and complex customers such as IDNs, academic institutions, hospitals, and outpatient accounts
  • Knowledge of formulary approval processes and driving formulary approvals
  • Buy and Bill and specialty pharmacy product experience preferred
  • Documented strong sales performance in challenging markets or product portfolios
  • Advanced sales skills and ability to communicate novel or complex products and processes
  • Ability to work independently as an individual contributor in a collaborative environment
  • Strong business acumen, accountability, and ownership of a sales geography
  • Ability to multitask, solve problems, and influence without authority
  • Ability to prioritize and manage multiple accounts
  • Analytical ability to analyze diverse data sets using multiple tools and define account/program strategies
  • Strong planning, organization, presentation, and facilitation skills
  • Ability to learn procedural, technical, and clinical information quickly
  • Ability to understand and present complex scientific information to varied audiences
  • Strong problem-resolution skills
  • Ability to build collaborative partnerships and influence peers
  • Ability to fully cover the assigned geography
  • Valid driver’s license
  • Ability to pass pre-employment drug screening and meet safe-driving requirements
  • Ability to travel adequately, including overnight training events and sales meetings
  • Ability to drive a personal auto, company car or truck, or powered material-handling equipment
  • Must satisfy applicable HCIR credentialing requirements and be in good standing or eligible to obtain credentials, which may include background checks, drug screens, immunization/vaccination proof, fingerprinting, and state- or city-specific licenses

Benefits:

  • Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Short-term incentive programs
  • Remote work arrangement
  • Training and professional development through required company training
  • Company car or truck may be used