
Oncology Account Specialist- Lung Cancer - Denver, CO
AstraZeneca
Summary
As an Oncology Account Specialist (OAS) in Territory for the Tumor team you'll play a pivotal role in channeling our scientific capabilities to make a positive impact on changing patients' lives with lung cancer. Tumor-based sales specialist with deep disease-area acumen who engages customers through a variety of mediums (in-person/virtual).
Job description
Responsibilities
Account Planning
- Identifies account dynamics including drivers of decision-making
- Learns account priorities for the specific tumor type and local trends and ecosystem relevant to clinical practice
- Conducts opportunity assessment across patient journey (including diagnosis, treatment, patient management), to inform business priorities, encompassing HCP & account perspectives
- Informs account plans using knowledge of treatment decision making, prior experience from interactions in the account, and analytics in coordination with brand and analytics teams
- Develops tumor-focused business plan encompassing account and territory-level priorities based on key insights
Engagement and Facilitation
- Identifies multi-disciplinary stakeholders within account across the patient journey, in line with priorities defined in business plan
- Develops engagement plans focused on key account stakeholders; shares plans with cross-functional peers and manager to ensure collective AZ approach is aligned, well-coordinated, and maximizes appropriate engagement
- Works with peer field team members to identify cross-brand engagement opportunities, where appropriate
- Engages with relevant stakeholders within an account, as appropriate, in order to address tumor priorities
- Provides critical input into geography-level priorities and plans based on deep knowledge of opportunities and barriers in accounts across the territory
- Shares insights with functional experts across the internal team regarding the customer needs requiring in-depth expertise
Clinical Education
- Educate and engage HCPs in dialogue about efficacy, safety and dosing profiles for FDA-approved indications to support on-label prescribing for appropriate patients
- Respond to customer objections using approved messaging and/or tools to connect customer to supporting resources/personnel
- Educate and engage HCPs about unmet needs within a given disease state and the relevance of specific biomarkers to defined patient populations aligned to approved AZ medicines
- Educate on approved companion diagnostic tests and importance of appropriate patient identification to inform targeted treatment
- Deliver upstream compliant education regarding diagnosis, treatment, and/or patient management (beyond product) utilizing approved materials
Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience
Education: Bachelor's degree
Qualifications & Skills
- A valid driver's license and safe driving record
- Demonstrated clinical selling skills and business acumen in complex selling environment
- Demonstrated collaboration, entrepreneurialism, flexibility and tenacity
- Ability to learn, analyze, understand and convey complex information
Desirable
- Pharmaceutical sales experience preferred
- Oncology sales experience, specifically lung cancer
- Experience with successful launches and balancing a complex portfolio
- Track record of building customer relationships through various mediums (in-person and virtual) and strong sales goal achievements
Experience
- 3+ years of demonstrated Sales or Commercial experience or a combination of: pharmaceutical, healthcare, scientific, clinical, institutional, or related industry / settings within the healthcare ecosystem
- 5+ years of pharmaceutical sales experience
- 2+ years of Oncology sales experience in lung cancer
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- A valid driver's license and safe driving record
- Demonstrated clinical selling skills and business acumen in complex selling environment
- Demonstrated collaboration, entrepreneurialism, flexibility and tenacity
- Ability to learn, analyze, understand and convey complex information
- 3+ years of demonstrated Sales or Commercial experience or a combination of: pharmaceutical, healthcare, scientific, clinical, institutional, or related industry / settings within the healthcare ecosystem
- 5+ years of pharmaceutical sales experience
- 2+ years of Oncology sales experience in lung cancer
Company overview
AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused pharmaceutical company dedicated to accelerating the delivery of life-changing medicines that create enduring value for patients, society, and shareholders. With a workforce of over 94,300 employees worldwide, the company operates across three core therapy areas: Oncology, BioPharmaceuticals (including Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolism, Respiratory & Immunology), and Rare Disease. Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, AstraZeneca maintains strategic R&D centers in Cambridge, Gaithersburg (US), Boston (US), Gothenburg (Sweden), Shanghai, and Beijing. The company generated $54.1 billion in total revenue in 2024 and invested $13.6 billion in scientific research and development. AstraZeneca's bold aspiration is to be pioneers in science, lead in disease areas, and transform patient outcomes, with a goal to launch 20 new medicines and achieve $80 billion in total revenue by 2030. The company is recognized for its commitment to sustainability, health equity, and creating an inclusive work environment where diverse perspectives drive innovation.