Strategic Accounts Lead - Pain BU, New Jersey/New York

Job Description

Vertex is seeking highly motivated and experienced account managers to join our US Pain Business Unit to support our journey to bring forth new options for the treatment of pain.

The Strategic Accounts Lead - Pain BU will be part of the integrated delivery network field team for the US Pain Business Unit, which is preparing for potential commercialization of an investigational selective inhibitor of NaV1.

8 in acute pain. We are seeking to build a team with a strong track record of engaging key decision-makers to drive access for appropriate patients .

This role will be focused on the most highly prioritized IDN accounts nationwide, reporting to the Senior Director of the Strategic Accounts Team.

For more information about Vertex’s pain program, visit . To learn more about working at Vertex and our commitment to a vibrant and inclusive culture, visit .

Key Responsibilities

• Develop engagement strategy and account plans to ensure success with target IDN accounts
• Engage with IDN account leadership, formulary decision makers, and population health stakeholders to ensure timely access and contracting, support product uptake, drive systemic change, and pursue creative partnerships, as appropriate
• Coordinate internal account engagement activities compliantly across the regional team, including aligned institutional account managers, district leaders, payer account directors, virtual sales representatives, and HEOR colleagues
• Act as a central communication point for customers to ensure efficient and effective information flow
• Execute account management model and identify opportunities for best in class, enterprise level engagement to help ensure access and drive top-down demand
• Identify and execute digital and innovative approaches to customer engagement, and engage Vertex leaders as appropriate in direct account interactions
• Partner exceptionally well with internal stakeholders including Market Access, Sales, Marketing, Compliance, Legal, Field Operations, HR, and others to shape cross functional efforts as an influential leader
• Role model ethics and integrity in the work that you do to support our culture of compliance and earn trust with external stakeholders

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree
• 8+ years of experience in healthcare / biopharmaceuticals in institutional account management, or an equivalent combination of experience and education
• Experience in account management for IDN accounts including deep knowledge of key IDN accounts and existing relationships at top IDNs
• Expertise in IDN contract negotiations and pull-through
• In depth knowledge of the formulary process and experience navigating the process within target health systems
• Strong management experience
• Experience with pain products preferred

Required Skills

• Expertise in IDN stakeholders, with knowledge of how to influence both access and demand levers
• Excellent professional and strategic account management skills
• Understanding of clinical and economic trends driving decision making in current healthcare market
• Excellent executive level customer service and communication skills
• Strong account planner, ability to apply critical thinking to focus time to maximize impact
• Strong budget / financial analysis and modeling capability
• Demonstrated understanding of the legal, regulatory, and compliance environment
• Entrepreneurial spirit to develop innovative approaches to enable launch through data and technology
• Travel Requirements : Field based with significant travel ( 80%)

Pay range is $166,000 $250,000 annually