Key Account Director

Celltrion USA, Inc.; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Celltrion USA, Inc. in St. Louis, MO, is seeking a seasoned Key Account Director (KAD) in Oncology to lead strategic engagement with IDNs, health systems, and high-volume providers to drive uptake of Celltrion biosimilars.

The role emphasizes market access strategy, contract negotiations, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure successful launches, with about 50% travel and a strong track record in pharma-commercial leadership.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of biologics and biosimilars.
• Strong business acumen and ability to analyze territory data.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategic plans to meet sales goals.
• Identify opportunities within IDNs and large health systems.
• Establish and maintain relationships with key decision-makers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver value propositions.
• Analyze trends and report key account metrics.

Skills

Strategic Planning

Key Account Management

Biologics/Biosimilars

Stakeholder Engagement

Data Analysis

Travel 50%

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field

Job description

Celltrion USA is Celltrion’s U.S. subsidiary established in 2018. Headquartered in New Jersey, Celltrion USA is committed to expanding access to biologics to improve care for U.S. patients. Celltrion USA will continue to leverage Celltrion’s unique heritage in biotechnology, supply chain excellence, and best-in-class sales capabilities to improve access to high-quality biopharmaceuticals for U.S. patients. Celltrion Healthcare, which suggested a new growth model in the Korean biopharmaceutical industry through biosimilars, is now advancing to new challenges to become a global pharmaceutical provider. Just as it has overcome many obstacles in the past, Celltrion Healthcare will successfully pave the path for global direct selling, which has never been achieved yet by Korean biopharmaceutical companies. As it continues to surpass its current success, Celltrion Healthcare will take a leap forward to become a leading global biopharmaceutical company.

Celltrion Healthcare provides biosimilar and innovative biopharmaceutical medications to help increase patient access to advanced therapies around the world.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Key Account Director (KAD) Sales - Oncology is responsible for the strategic engagement with Integrated Delivery Systems (IDNs), health systems, large group practices and high-volume HCPs to drive the launching, adoption and selling of the assigned portfolio of Celltrion USA, Inc. (“Company). This role is pivotal in executing market access strategies, fostering provider relationships, and ensuring successful product launches within the assigned territory. Other responsibility include analysis of sales data to identify opportunities for business growth in assigned territory.

Territorial assignment is St Louis, Missouri, United States

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Planning and Execution- Deliver plans and achieve sales goals on budget.

• Develop and implement comprehensive business plans tailored to key accounts and align with national objectives/local market dynamics.
• Identify and prioritize opportunities within IDNs and large health systems to maximize biosimilar uptake.
• Identify opportunities and strategies to improve the positioning of Celltrion USA products at a local level.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Establish and maintain relationships with key decision-makers, including formulary committees, pharmacy directors and clinical leaders.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g. Medical Affairs, Market Access, Marketing) to deliver cohesive value propositions.

Collaborate with Market Access & Contracting

• With Market Access, engage in negotiations and manage contracts within key accounts to ensure favorable terms that support adoption
• Monitor and address reimbursement challenges working closely with internal teams
• Engage HCPs in dialogue about approved indications, product efficacy/safety profiles, and treatment protocols to support on-label prescribing for appropriate patients.

Data Analysis and Reporting

• Analyze trends, competitive landscape and account performance
• Provide regular reports on key account metrics:
• Collaborate with field salesforce as needed for pull-through

WORK EXPERIENCE

Minimum of 10 years of experience in Pharma-Commercial, pre-launch launch, and post-launch of products.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Extensive knowledge and experience in biologics, biosimilars, and the full life cycle of product launch and post-launch.
• Solid business acumen, including the ability to access and interpret company provided territory data to incorporate into call planning and execution.Both a team player and individual contributor.
• Demonstrated excellent interpersonal, written, verbal, and visual communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritize accordingly by directing the team effectively.
• Ability to travel 50% of the time

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree required in business or related field; advanced degrees, MBA, MS in business or related field is a plus.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Communication - clear, concise, and ability to motivate; ability to articulate about the company and products

Knowledge - understanding of product portfolio

Collaboration - ability to communicate across functions and at all levels in the organization

Compliance – understands industry regulations to maintain compliance

Nimbleness – an ability to be adaptive and responsive to changing conditions in order to seize opportunities and overcome challenges.

Celltrion USA is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.