Key Account Manager - Northern England

GSK; North East; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global biopharma company seeks a Key Account Manager in Northern England to launch a new respiratory therapy. The role involves influencing prescribing decisions, executing strategic plans, and building relationships with NHS stakeholders. Required qualifications include experience in healthcare account management, product launches, and current ABPI certification. This position offers competitive compensation, hybrid work options, and an opportunity to make a significant impact on patient health.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual bonus

Healthcare and wellbeing programs

Pension plan

Shares and savings program

Hybrid working model

Qualifications

• Proven experience in healthcare or pharmaceutical account management or sales.
• Proven experience in product launches, including planning and monitoring success metrics.
• Experience working in a specialised disease area or relevant therapeutic areas.

Responsibilities

• Drive product uptake by influencing prescribing decisions.
• Develop and execute strategic account plans.
• Build relationships with NHS stakeholders.
• Communicate clinical data effectively.
• Enhance patient access by identifying barriers.

Skills

Healthcare or pharmaceutical account management

Product launches

NHS knowledge

Interpersonal communication

Influencing

Education

Current ABPI certification

Job description

Please note: As we approach the holiday season, our recruitment team and hiring managers will have limited availability between now and early January. We encourage you to apply and will review all applications, however response times will be longer than usual, and interviews will be scheduled after the New Year. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to connecting soon!

Key Account Manager, Northern England

Northern England covers areas such as North East, Cumbria, Northumberland, Durham.

GSK is seeking a dynamic and results-oriented Key Account Manager (KAM) to join our team to launch a new Respiratory asset that significantly impacts patients' quality of life and poses a substantial burden on healthcare systems. This role is critical in driving the uptake of GSK products, building strategic partnerships, and improving patient access to innovative therapies that address unmet needs in respiratory disease management.

In this role you will

• Drive product uptake by influencing prescribing decisions and establishing GSK therapies as preferred options for respiratory patients.
• Develop and execute strategic account plans, collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve objectives.
• Build strong relationships and partnerships with NHS stakeholders, fostering collaboration and trust.
• Communicate clinical data effectively, highlighting the benefits and NHS advantages of GSK therapies for respiratory management.
• Enhance patient access by mapping service pathways, identifying and overcoming barriers, and supporting local access to treatments.
• Monitor progress and adapt strategies using KPIs, data-driven insights, and an understanding of commissioning and reimbursement decisions.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications & Skills:

• Proven experience in healthcare or pharmaceutical account management or sales.
• Proven experience in product launches, including planning, execution, and monitoring of launch success metrics.
• Current ABPI certification.
• NHS knowledge and experience of working in a specialised disease area (specialised respiratory and/or biologics) or relevant alternative therapeutic areas.
• Proven ability to work across boundaries with highly specialised external experts, relevant payors, and internal stakeholders.
• Ability to present complex concepts clearly. Skilled in interpersonal interaction, communication, and influence, both within the organization and externally.

When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.

At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. Our R&D focuses on discovering and delivering vaccines and medicines, combining our understanding of the immune system with cutting‑edge technology to transform people’s lives. GSK fosters a culture ambitious for patients, accountable for impact, and committed to doing the right thing, making sure that we focus our efforts on accelerating significant assets that meet patients’ needs and have the highest probability of success. We’re uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.

Find out more: Our approach to R&D.

This is a remarkable chance to be part of a newly formed specialist team, playing a pivotal role in helping GSK achieve its vision of bringing innovative medicines to patients in the UK.

We’re excited about the future and look forward to hearing from you.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive.

We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

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We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.

We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.

Discover more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK on our webpage Life at GSK | GSK.