Cardiovascular Account Specialist - U.S. Sales, Hartford, CT

Position Overview

• Location Type: Territory-Based (Manchester, CT & Vernon Rockville, CT)
• Employment Type: Full Time
• Salary: Not provided in the text
• Company: Cytokinetics

Description: Cytokinetics is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing muscle activators and inhibitors for treating cardiovascular diseases. The Cardiovascular Account Specialist will be responsible for launching a novel cardiac myosin inhibitor for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) within their territory, driving sales and building relationships with key stakeholders.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

• Sales Performance: Deliver sales results and serve as the single point of accountability for the product launch within the territory.
• Account Planning: Develop territory-specific account plans to identify and prioritize opportunities to meet customer needs.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work synergistically with internal stakeholders (medical, payer, patient navigation/support) and external customers (IDNs, hospitals, cardiology clinics, specialty pharmacies).
• Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as a subject matter expert and resource to customers, providing clinically relevant disease and product information.
• Demand Generation: Communicate approved resources (marketing materials, payer information, formulary coverage, patient support services, educational programs) to HCPs to create demand for the product.
• Patient Focus: Focus on benefiting HCM patients and their caregivers.

Application Instructions

• Not provided in the text

Company Information

• Company: Cytokinetics
• Focus: Late-stage, specialty cardiovascular biopharmaceutical company
• Mission: To address patients’ unmet needs.
• Core Values:
  • Patients are our North Star
  • Science is in our Soul
  • We > Me
  • Make it Happen