Key Account Manager - Bakersfield, CA

Melinta Therapeutics LLC; Bakersfield (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Melinta Therapeutics LLC is seeking a Key Account Manager for a role focusing on launching and selling innovative products in hospitals and care settings in Bakersfield, California. The successful candidate will educate clinicians on product benefits and navigate institutional protocols for product access.

This position requires a strong sales background in a hospital environment and involves significant relationship-building with healthcare professionals. The role offers an opportunity to impact patient care through the deployment of life-saving therapies.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years in pharmaceutical sales or marketing.
• 3 years in an account selling role in healthcare.
• Valid driver's license and clean driving record.

Responsibilities

• Increase product access and sales in the geographical area.
• Secure placement of products on account protocols.
• Develop relationships with local infusion sites.
• Establish and maintain professional relationships with opinion leaders.

Skills

Proven track record of sales in a hospital environment

Strong project management skills

Ability to establish and build relationships

Understanding of buy and bill market

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

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Full-time Regular

8 days ago Requisition ID: 1379

Salary Range: $160,000.00 To $210,000.00 Annually

Why CorMedix Therapeutics?

If you are interested in joining an entrepreneurial team, focused on bringing life‑saving therapies to market for critical unmet medical needs, consider applying for a role at CorMedix Therapeutics.

The culture at CorMedix Therapeutics is patient‑centered where we feel a sense of urgency to solve some of the most pressing issues in hospital‑based healthcare.

CorMedix Therapeutics’s greatest asset is our people. We have a deeply experienced team and continue to bring on some of the brightest talent that can problem solve and execute with high‑precision. We are passionate about the work we do and how we do it. We believe in building highly engaged teams that exude integrity, open communication, and innovation. We believe in fostering each employee to reach their highest potential by offering an inclusive environment, opportunities to challenge yourself and grow, and a community of purpose. We expect that everyone here brings their best selves to work and together, our singular efforts culminate into profound and meaningful breakthroughs.

Company Description:

CorMedix Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing therapeutic products for the prevention and treatment of life‑threatening conditions and diseases in the United States. CorMedix is focused on selling and marketing products in institutional settings of care in the US and has field based medical and commercial infrastructure deployed in hospitals, clinics and infusion centers. Rezafungin is currently approved for the treatment of candidemia and invasive candidiasis in adults. For more information visit: www.cormedix.com.

POSITION:

The Key Account Manager (KAM) position is a hospital‑based or integrated sites of care‑based position focused on launching and selling innovative products in the assigned institutional accounts, including integrated delivery networks (IDNs) and alternate sites of care for infusion. The role includes educating clinicians on the clinical benefits of CorMedix Therapeutics products to facilitate and gain improved institutional formulary access while expanding appropriate product utilization, through protocol adoption, to exceed business and customer objectives with assigned hospitals and IDNs. The KAM also has accountability for pulling through contracts and facilitating account and clinician access opportunities to ensure achievement of CorMedix Therapeutic’s business goals. KAMs are required to follow the hospitalized patient journey and call Long Term Acute Care hospitals and home infusion companies if determined necessary in their territories. Some of the products will require the KAM to call on infusion centers outside the hospital, open sites of care outside of a hospital for infusion as well as call on customers that refer into those infusion centers. This role will manage key accounts across the Hoboken, NJ territory.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Increase product access and sales in the geographical area by navigating the institutional formulary approval process, as well as educating customers on appropriate use of CorMedix Therapeutic products.
• Secure placement of CorMedix Therapeutic’s products on appropriate account protocols and ensure products are in the EMR systems.
• Develop relationships with local infusion sites, LTACH’s and home infusion companies.
• Develop territory and account‑level plans to grow product utilization, formulary access, and expand the customer base.
• Understand multiple interdependencies within an account, consider customer treatment goals and needs, and maximize account performance by aligning appropriate solutions, messaging, and stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain professional relationships with customer opinion leaders and hospitals, including physicians, medical staff and pharmacies.
• Plan, coordinate, and implement hospital‑oriented education forums in accordance with company policies and business plans.
• Partner with hospital treatment committees to include CorMedix Therapeutics products on appropriate disease state protocols.
• Facilitate continuity of care for discharging patients via CorMedix Therapeutics product inclusion on discharge protocols/orders and alignment of approved CorMedix Therapeutics reimbursement resources.
• Collaborate and communicate with Sales, Medical Affairs, National Accounts, Marketing, and Sales Administration on all needs, opportunities, Key Opinion Leader touch points, formulary changes and pull‑through initiatives.

SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS:

• Proven track record of sales within a hospital environment of the assigned territory/accounts.
• Recent acute care hospital or integrated sites of care sales experience in the assigned territory/accounts.
• Ability to create alternate sites of care in assigned territory.
• Understanding of how to sell in a buy and bill market.
• Success planning and executing a new product or solution launch into a hospital/account setting.
• Highly motivated, self‑starter and results driven individual.
• Must be able to work well independently and as a team member; under pressure, shifting priorities, and a changing landscape.
• Strong project management skills to ensure timelines are met, as well as the ability to prioritize and multitask.
• A passion for continuous professional development and learning.
• Ability to work in a matrix environment and to value the importance of teamwork.
• Ability to establish and build relationships and rapport with a diverse customer base.
• Strong ability to learn and use technical product knowledge.
• Willingness and ability to provide proof of childhood immunizations, a negative TB test and other requirements, as set by each hospital’s credentialing protocol for access.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A Bachelor’s degree is required.
• Minimum of 7 years of related pharmaceutical sales, marketing and/or training experience.
• Minimum of 3 years in an account selling role (selling in a hospital/account ecosystem, for all levels of the account.)
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record.
• The ability to travel as needed to sustain key relationships within the assigned territory and to attend both conferences and sales meetings.
• Preferred Buy/Bill and Home Infusion experience.
• Preferred hospital experience in Acute Care, Infectious Disease, and/or Hemodialysis.

EXEMPT/NON EXEMPT :

EXEMPT

% TRAVEL :

Field-based position with frequent day‑to‑day travel expected

EEO Statement:

CorMedix is an equal opportunity employer. The Company is committed to providing a safe, respectful, and professional work environment that is free from all forms of unlawful discrimination, harassment (including sexual harassment), and retaliation, and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting such conduct. CorMedix does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital/civil union/domestic partner status, family or parental status, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.