Rare Disease Sales Opportunity - Area Development Manager (Miami, FL)

About the position

As Area Development Managers (ADMs), you will play an integral role providing disease education for Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) and acquired Hypothalamic Obesity (HO) to a targeted physician community. The latter is in preparation for a potential future launch in acquired HO. Upon product approval, this role will convert to a Territory Manager (sales) role for both BBS and acquired HO. The role is ideal for experienced candidates who are agile, flexible and able to navigate ambiguity while being passionate about Rhythms' mission and vision.

Responsibilities

• Execute disease education to targeted HCPs in alignment with company priorities and direction.
• Develop strong relationships with experts and target specialists in assigned geography, ensuring delivery of clinically focused messages.
• Collaborate and coordinate with key field-based stakeholders to reactively address customer needs related to Rhythm's genetic testing program.
• Collaborate with marketing teams on the development of collateral to support customer needs and the teams' activities.
• Support marketing driven educational webinars.
• Participate and help lead initiatives to support disease education (BBS and HO) such as industry related congresses, local and regional meetings, and medical conferences.
• Ensure accurate capture and reporting of data in the CRM.
• Engage in ongoing training to improve skills and optimize execution to meet yearly objectives.
• Maximize budget allocated to the geographic territory to support execution of strategies and tactics to achieve business goals.
• Ensure completion of all corporate and administrative responsibilities with high levels of efficiency, including Healthcare Compliance training, expense reports and other assignments by established deadlines.

Requirements

• BS/BA degree in science or business preferred.
• 6+ years of specialty pharmaceutical and/or biotech sales experience
• Fluent in Spanish a plus
• Rare disease experience strongly preferred and launch experience preferred
• Proven track record of consistent performance in complex markets with diverse customer segments
• Ability to have high command of scientific data and to communicate it effectively to different audiences
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with strong productive engagement of customers utilizing active listening
• Self-motivated, highly energetic individual with the ability to adapt and thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Proven ability to thrive in a collaborative and accountable culture to reach common goals.
• Strong critical thinking skills with a solution-oriented mindset
• Strong organizational and operational skills, with attention to detail and sound business judgment
• Strong understanding of healthcare regulatory and enforcement environments
• Ability to travel up to 80% as necessary