Rare Disease Account Manager - Little Rock, AR

Rare Disease Account Manager

Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. believes in a customer engagement approach designed to better deliver on patient, caregiver and HCP expectations in the treatment of rare diseases. This model is built around where patients get their carelocally, with the intent to better serve patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers, delivering a higher quality experience that ultimately is focused on improving patient care. Otsuka's Rare Disease Selling Model creates a unified focus among account management, medical, patient access, market access and total office education to engage physicians and identify opportunities to improve the patient experience. Through this matrix model, customers will experience coordinated and seamless support to provide the extraordinary care to the patients they serve.

The Rare Disease Account Manager will report directly to the Area Business Lead, Rare Disease, coordinating with cross functional colleagues in Medical (MSLs), Market Access (RAMs), and Patient Support (PELs), Though Leader Liaison (TLL) under appropriate guardrails. This individual will serve as the main point of contact / connection to healthcare provider (HCP) customers and accounts and should have a wide breadth of expertise, (e.g. able to address complex on label information based on approved content in a competitive landscape.

The Rare Disease Account Manager will work collaboratively with cross functional peers to develop a dynamic business plan and execution strategy for engaging with key systems of care to create joint value for Otsuka, customers, and patients.

Key Responsibilities include :

• The Rare Disease Account Manager will work with the Area Business Lead, Rare Disease to develop a territory-specific business / account plan to include strategies and tactics aimed at increasing disease-state awareness, implementing diagnostic approaches, identifying and pursuing business opportunities and meeting sales goals in a rare disease space.
• Communicates and collaborates within a cross functional team (i.e. other RDAMs, brand marketing, market access, medical affairs and thought leader liaisons) necessary to meet business objectives.
• Develops in-depth knowledge of current and future competition and executes sales strategies to effectively compete and achieve patient acquisition and revenue goals.
• The RDAM will build and maintain proficiency in relevant disease states, patient and clinic experience, market landscape and product knowledge.
• Effectively utilize all available tools, technology and resources to analyze and identify market opportunities trends.
• Proven ability to navigate and identify opportunities through dynamic healthcare landscape including academic institutions, IDNs, community practices, and local patient advocacy groups
• Ability to successfully execute upon a rare disease selling model.
• Sponsor and display at relevant congresses and society meetings.
• Demonstrated expertise with longer selling cycle and complex patient journey across portfolio of products.

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