Rare Disease Sales Specialist

We are seeking a performance-driven Rare Disease Sales Specialists who is passionate about making a difference in healthcare. This role is responsible for managing all aspects of territory business development, cultivating relationships within key targets, driving disease awareness and education and how to identify rare appropriate patients with Health Care Professionals (HCP) and Rheumatologists.

This position requires strong clinical and disease state knowledge and the ability to understand the complexities of the U.S. market to facilitate the development of new accounts while supporting the growth of existing accounts. The role also includes active collaboration with Regional Sales Manager and stakeholders such as marketing, medical affairs, healthcare systems, and operations to ensure alignment on integrated strategic plans. Rare Disease Specialist will be expected to support appropriate patient education programs as needed.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive compensation
• Excellent Benefits – accrued time off, medical, dental, vision, 401k, disability & life insurance, paid maternity and paternity leave benefits, employee discounts/promotions
• Employee discounts & exclusive promotions
• Recognition programs, contests, and company-wide awards
• Exceptional, collaborative culture
• Best Places to Work in BioPharma (2022, 2023, & 2024)
• Certified Great Place to Work (2022, 2023, 2025)
  
  
  

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Develop new accounts and the growth of existing accounts through solid customer relationships, communication of technical product and disease state information, and effective territory management skills.
• Build and maintain strong professional relationships with physicians, HCPs, office staff, and other key stakeholders within hospital setting
• Implement key marketing programs to increase the market share of key promoted products.
• Implement our client’s patient-focused hospital selling model with effective opening, probing, listening, and closing skills on customer calls.
• Maintain proper call frequency with assigned targets and update as needed to ensure time is aligned with a current product focus
• Develop and implement territory business plans consistent with corporate direction designed to achieve/exceed territory sales targets. Appropriate knowledge of product features and benefits, competitive products and programs and distribution channels.
• Use appropriate resources to create a compelling and logical rationale for the value of promoted products during informed discussions with customers, knowing how to compare, contrast, and position client’s brand(s) versus competitor products.
• Review and evaluate patterns for products purchased and prescribed (outpatient vs in-patient infusion, as part of hospital contract, etc.).
• Comprehend complex account interdependencies to proactively develop and execute short- and long-term account plans in collaboration with the account team and supervisor.
• Ensure a consistent customer experience by effectively communicating and collaborating with Associate Sales Director, Hospital Accounts, Corporate Account Managers, Field Reimbursement Managers, Medical Science Liaison, and more.
• Outstanding in all competency areas (Account Management; External Market Focus; 1:1 Customer Interactions, Clinical Expertise, Business Acumen)
  
  
  

Key Job Specifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 3 years of Pharmaceutical Sales experience Required
• Prior Rheumatology, Hematology and Rare Disease Experience Preferred
• Understand the dynamics of rare diseases and the patient journey
• Proven track record of sales success and exceeding goals
• Must be capable of district plans, developing team members and driving execution of team territory business plans
• Demonstrated history of documented achievement of sales performance
  
  
  

About Inizio Engage

Inizio Engage is a strategic, commercial, and creative engagement partner that specializes in healthcare. Our passionate, global workforce augments local expertise and diverse mix of skills with data, science, and technology to deliver bespoke engagement solutions that help clients reimagine how they engage with their patients, payers, people and providers to improve treatment outcomes. Our mission is to partner with our clients, improving lives by helping healthcare professionals and patients get the medicines, knowledge and support they need.

To learn more about Inizio Engage, visit us at: https://inizio.health/

We believe in our values: We empower everyone/We rise to the challenge/We work as one/We ask what if/We do the right thing, and we will ask you how your personal values align to them.

Inizio Engage is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Individuals seeking employment at Inizio are considered without regards to age, ancestry, color, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Further, pursuant to applicable local ordinances, Inizio will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.