Cardiovascular Account Specialist - U.S. Sales, Washington, DC

Position Overview

• Location Type: Rockville, MD and Silver Spring, MD
• Employment Type: Full time
• Salary: (Not provided in the text)

A Cardiovascular Account Specialist will introduce Cytokinetics in their dedicated territory and launch its first commercial product, a novel cardiac myosin inhibitor for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM). This role focuses on driving performance through strategic relationships with IDNs, hospitals, cardiology clinics, and specialty pharmacies, establishing the company as a key resource for patients with HCM.

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 the 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 operate autonomously as the single point of accountability for the successful launch within the territory.
• Account Planning: Develop territory-specific account plans, identifying and prioritizing opportunities to meet customer needs.
• Collaboration: Work synergistically with internal stakeholders (medical, payer, patient navigation/support) and external customers.
• 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 to HCPs, including marketing materials, payer information, formulary coverage, patient support services, and educational programs, to create demand for the product launch.

Company Information

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’s core values include:

• Patients are our North Star
• Science is in our Soul
• We > Me
• Make it Happen