Oncology Sales Representative - Phoenix South, AZ
MSD
Summary
Grow and accelerate your career with our Oncology Sales organization and join a team that's driven to make an impact on cancer patients. We take a customer-centric approach by leveraging emerging digital technologies and data analytics to better understand our patients' needs.
Job description
As an Oncology Sales Representative, you will be a key member engaging with customers to address identified needs, educating key stakeholders about our oncology products, communicating with the broader oncology community, and actively working to achieve or exceed assigned sales goals within your territory. This is a field-based sales position responsible for covering the Phoenix South, Arizona territory, with major workload centers including Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona.
Key Responsibilities
- Working with other team members in the territory, attain or exceed the assigned sales goals for the geography.
- In collaboration with territory counterparts, ensure customers have a seamless experience with our Oncology organization; meet with key stakeholders to understand practice structure, business model, and key influencers while building business relationships and trust.
- Employ approved resources and messaging to communicate a compelling, patient-centered rationale for oncology products in their indicated uses.
- Possess knowledge of the extended care team/multidisciplinary team, cancer staging, possible treatment options, pathways, and guidelines associated with different tumors/diseases.
- Analyze and identify trends in a complex buying environment, including multiple channels of drug distribution (oncology group purchasing organizations, wholesalers, and specialty pharmacies).
- Review and evaluate patterns for products purchased and prescribed (outpatient vs in-patient infusion, hospital or GPO contract, etc.).
- Comprehend complex accounts and local market interdependencies to proactively develop and execute short- and long-term plans in collaboration with the local team and district manager.
- Ask insightful questions to understand customer priorities and needs to support engaging and relevant conversations about the product portfolio.
- Ensure a consistent customer experience across divisions and functional areas and share key learnings to support customer needs by collaborating with the in-scope customer team.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with at least 6 years of sales experience, or high school diploma with at least 8 years of equivalent experience.
- Equivalent experience can be professional sales experience, healthcare/scientific work experience (oncology strongly preferred, including pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical devices), professional marketing experience, or military experience.
- Valid driver's license and able to drive a vehicle.
- Travel the amount of time the role requires, including overnight travel 10-15%.
- Reside in or within a reasonable distance to the district.
Preferred Experience and Skills
- 2+ years of oncology field-based experience selling an oncology therapeutic to oncology customers.
- Oncology field sales or clinical oncology experience.
- Documented history of strong performance in a sales/marketing or oncology clinical role.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with at least 6 years of sales experience, or high school diploma with at least 8 years of equivalent experience
- Valid driver's license and able to drive a vehicle
- Willingness to travel including overnight travel 10-15%
- Reside in or within a reasonable distance to the district
- 2+ years of oncology field-based experience selling an oncology therapeutic to oncology customers (preferred)
- Oncology field sales or clinical oncology experience (preferred)
- Documented history of strong performance in a sales/marketing or oncology clinical role (preferred)
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- 401(k) Matching
- Retirement Benefits
- Paid Holidays
- Vacation
- Sick Days
- Annual Bonus
- Long-Term Incentive
Company overview
MSD, known as Merck Sharp & Dohme outside the United States and Canada, is a global research-intensive biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey. Founded in 1891, the company has established itself as one of the world's leading pharmaceutical corporations with a rich history spanning over 130 years. MSD operates as the international division of Merck & Co., Inc., focusing on the discovery, development, manufacturing, and marketing of innovative medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and animal health products. The company's extensive portfolio includes groundbreaking treatments in oncology, infectious diseases, cardiology, diabetes, and vaccines, with notable products such as Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for cancer immunotherapy, Gardasil for HPV prevention, and Januvia for diabetes management. MSD maintains a strong commitment to research and development, investing significantly in scientific innovation to address unmet medical needs worldwide. With approximately 75,000 employees globally, the company operates through four main segments: pharmaceuticals, animal health, healthcare services, and strategic alliances. MSD's mission centers on using leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world, guided by the principle that medicine is for people, not profits.