Rare Epilepsy Field Market Lead – Pacific Coast

Lundbeck; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vehicle Fleet Stipend Program

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Lundbeck seeks a Rare Epilepsy Market Lead to operate as the local market expert across the Pacific Coast. You will engage with epilepsy COEs, HCP treaters, and patient advocates to promote Onfi and Sabril within compliant guidelines.

This role targets education, market insights, and coordinated account engagement across Commercial, Medical, Advocacy, and Market Access teams. You will develop territory plans, utilize analytics and CRM tools, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• 7+ years’ experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry.
• 3+ years of specialty sales experience in pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, biologics, medical device sales or related healthcare sales experience.
• Ownership and accountability for the development and execution of fully integrated account plans.
• Strong clinical and business acumen with the ability to engage credibly in scientific and medical discussions with specialist-level customers and key stakeholders across epilepsy centers.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and cross‑functional collaboration skills.
• Self‑directed with the ability to operate and thrive as an individual contributor.
• Meeting and complying with reasonable industry‑standard credentialing requirements of healthcare providers / customer facilities is required for continued employment with Lundbeck.
• Driving is an essential duty of this job; must have a valid driver’s license in good standing.
• Must live within a state in the Pacific Coast territory or be state adjacent.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary local market expert, continuously assessing customer preferences and patient needs, treatment dynamics, access challenges, competitive activity, and emerging opportunities across the rare epilepsy ecosystem.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive territory business plan aligned to national strategy while tailoring execution to local market dynamics.
• Appropriately identify field‑driven innovative solutions, including deployment models and executional plans based on local market dynamics, while maintaining alignment to BU strategies.
• Provide appropriate education and educational resources on Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies (DEEs) and seizure disorders, including disease identification, patient journey, treatment considerations, and appropriate use of Onfi® and Sabril®
• Bridge local insights and enterprise strategy by leveraging a deep understanding of local epilepsy COEs, and treatment ecosystems to inform appropriate coordinated account engagement
• Develop awareness of, and appropriately engage with, local and regional patient advocacy organizations to support disease education, community engagement, and patient‑centric initiatives in a compliant manner
• Demonstrate intellectual curiosity and a continuous learning mindset to uncover the underlying drivers of market dynamics and customer behavior
• Engage with epileptologists, pediatric neurologists, and neurology‑focused advanced practice providers, and key COE and office personnel across the assigned territory to compliantly promote Onfi® and Sabril®
• Develop integrated account strategies that leverage the appropriate expertise and resources across Lundbeck to address complex challenges
• Appropriately operate as part of broader cross‑functional organization and with other internal stakeholders, to ensure customer interactions are coordinated, purposeful, and aligned with account priorities and patient needs and broader commercial strategy
• Understand REMS program requirements and restricted distribution models associated with Sabril®
• In the future, potential to be responsible for management of, and collaboration across, a field‑based team
• Utilize business analytics and CRM tools to track territory activity, account insights, and progress against business objectives
• Foster teamwork and a collaborative culture, champion and role model our Lundbeck rare epilepsy ways of working by empowering team members, acting with urgency, and orchestrating our customer experience to benefit the rare epilepsy patients and families we serve
• Ability to understand sophisticated reimbursement and distribution processes in a complex coverage landscape. Anticipates and appropriately communicates coverage changes to stakeholders
• Ability to apply knowledge of pharmaceutical and regulatory environment, including Lundbeck policies and procedures and FDA regulations regarding the promotion of pharmaceutical and medical products
• Accountability and adherence to corporate, FDA, and PDMA guidelines

Skills

Territory Sales

Epilepsy/Neurology knowledge

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Account planning

Self-directed

Driver’s license

CRM proficiency

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

CRM platforms

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Lundbeck seeks a Rare Epilepsy Market Lead to operate as the local market expert across the Pacific Coast. You will engage with epilepsy COEs, HCP treaters, and patient advocates to promote Onfi and Sabril within compliant guidelines.

This role targets education, market insights, and coordinated account engagement across Commercial, Medical, Advocacy, and Market Access teams. You will develop territory plans, utilize analytics and CRM tools, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to