Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals · 17 hours ago
Regional Sales Director - Northwest
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals is seeking a Regional Sales Director for the Northwest region to lead and inspire a team of Clinical Sales Specialists. The role focuses on executing customer targeting and account planning to enhance the customer experience and drive business opportunities.
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Responsibilities
Recruit, onboard, train, develop, retain, and coach a diverse team of 8-10 CSSs
Proactively contribute to provide field insights for input to the strategic and tactical plan
Lead team to flawlessly execute our priorities
Achieve all regional sales goals and targets
Lead region and territory business planning
Provide feedback to the business on improvements to our sales and marketing strategy
Monitor regional expense budgets to ensure compliance and optimal use of resources
Partner with Though Leader Liaisons to cultivate and develop compliant professional business objectives that support our strategy with thought leaders and key institutions
Translate Kiniksa’s corporate objectives and business insights and analytics into specific, measurable, and executable action plans for direct reports
Coach and develop CSSs through consistent and regular field visits, one-to-one business and professional development discussions, and other communications
Continuous track, monitor, and report on sales performance and progress
Evaluate the performance of direct reports, providing clear expectations and specific behavior-based feedback
Foster collaboration across internal stakeholders
Comply with all laws, regulations, and policies that govern the conduct of Kiniksa activities
Business travel, by air or car is required approx. 75-80% work week
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree Required
10+ years' experience leading a pharmaceutical / biotechnology sales team
Desire to work in a fast-paced, highly collaborative, team environment
Experience with specialty pharmacy and HUB dynamics for patient access is a must
Must demonstrate knowledge of reimbursement and healthcare environment trends
Proven record of consistently exceeding financial and/or other quantitative targets, as well as qualitative goals
Excellent communications skills demonstrated by ability to translate strategy into execution
Must possess an understanding of external laws, codes, and company policies that apply to the healthcare industry
Business travel, by air or car is required approx. 75-80% work week
Preferred
Cardiology and/or rheumatology experience strongly preferred
Rare disease experience strongly preferred
Experience with injectables is preferred
Experience in Marketing, Sales Operations, or other support functions is a plus
Benefits
Sales Incentive plan
Company
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals is developing therapies for inflammatory and autoimmune conditions.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$400MKey Investors
Baker Brothers Advisors LLC
2020-05-13Post Ipo Equity· $80M
2018-05-23IPO
2018-02-01Series C· $200M
Leadership Team
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