Cardiovascular Account Specialist - U.S. Sales, Detroit, MI

Position Overview

• Location Type: Territory (Ann Arbor, MI & Dearborn, MI)
• Employment Type: Full Time
• Salary: Not provided Cytokinetics is a late-stage, specialty cardiovascular biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing first-in-class muscle activators and next-in-class muscle inhibitors as potential treatments for debilitating diseases in which cardiac muscle performance is compromised. The company is developing small molecule drug candidates specifically engineered to impact myocardial muscle function and contractility. This role focuses on introducing Cytokinetics in the designated territory and launching its first commercial product, a novel cardiac myosin inhibitor for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM).

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree required
• Experience: 5+ years of experience in biotech/pharma sales required
• Territory Ownership: Experience as a rep with sole ownership of the territory is highly preferred
• Preferred Experience:
  • Cardiology, rare disease, or specialty product experience
  • Specialty product launch experience

Responsibilities

• Sales Performance: Deliver sales results and serve as the single point of accountability for the successful launch within the territory.
• Account Planning: Develop territory-specific account plans to identify, assess, and prioritize opportunities to meet customer needs.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work synergistically with internal stakeholders (medical, payer, patient navigation/support) and external customers.
• Subject Matter Expertise: Be a subject matter expert and resource to customers, providing clinically relevant disease and product information.
• Demand Generation: Communicate approved resources to healthcare professionals (HCPs) to support the HCM patient population, including marketing materials, payer information, formulary coverage, and patient support services.
• Strategic Thinking: Demonstrate strategic thinking and a proactive approach in supporting the Company’s Mission to address patients’ unmet needs.

Application Instructions

• Not provided

Company Information

• Company: Cytokinetics
• Industry: Specialty Cardiovascular Biopharmaceutical
• Focus: Discovering, developing, and commercializing muscle activators and inhibitors for cardiovascular diseases.
• Core Values:
  • Patients are our North Star
  • Science is in our Soul
  • We > Me
  • Make it Happen