AstraZeneca
Pharmaceutical
KeyAccountManager
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“Key Account Manager at AstraZeneca. Skills: Account strategy, Sales delivery, Relationship building. Build local account strategies. Implement local account strategies”
What You'll Achieve.
Improve positioning of cancer care offerings; Deliver against ambitious targets; Elevate brand performance; Ensure forecasts meet or go above targets
Industry & Context.
Analytical approach; Handle complexity
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
University Science graduate, 3+ years sales experience, Experience in Oncology, Detailed product knowledge, Established and nurtured strategic relationships, Comprehensive pharmaceutical industry understanding, Effective influencing skills, Effective communication skills, Proficiency in customer management, Commercial competence, Confirmed selling skills, Organizational skills, Good analytical approach, Ability to handle complexity, High degree of maturity, Completed 1+ years in AZ, Not been on PCP/PIP in last 2 years
Nice to Have
Proficient in oral communication, Proficient in written communication, Identify potential customers, Add to customer base, Meet demand generation goals, Dedication in sales, Cross-functional engagement, Focus on business outcomes
What You'll Do.
Build local account strategies
Implement local account strategies
Improve positioning of cancer care offerings
Deliver against ambitious targets
Translate market insights into plans
Elevate brand performance
Support on-label prescribing
Establish long-term relationships
Sustain long-term relationships
Increase knowledge of value proposition
Increase knowledge of label data
Arrange multidisciplinary workshops
Deliver multidisciplinary workshops
Coordinate speaker programs
Shape clinical understanding
Shape clinical practice
Ensure forecasts meet targets
Lead budgets with rigor
Lead budgets with visibility
Promote brand benefits
Enable appropriate utilization
Feed partner insights back
Complete all training
Complete all examinations
Adhere to external regulations
Adhere to AstraZeneca policies
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional partners; Multidisciplinary engagement; Multidisciplinary teams; Decision-making units
Communication Scope
Influencing skills; Communication skills
Full Job Description
**About AstraZeneca** AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that concentrates on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines addressing some of the planet’s most serious diseases. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. This role places you at the center of the development strategy for our oncology division, connecting science with the realities of clinical practice. You will lead account strategy, orchestrate multidisciplinary engagement, and translate robust data into meaningful action for healthcare professionals—fueling both patient impact and business performance. Working closely with a high-performing sales team and cross-functional partners, you will deliver results with speed, ownership, and integrity. **Introduction to role:** Do you feel prepared to elevate the standard of oncology care by crafting how evidence-based therapies are adopted across Chennai? Do you want to build trusted, long-term partnerships that ensure the right treatment reaches the right patient at the right time? ## Accountabilities: * Account Strategy and Planning: Build and implement local account strategies that improve the positioning of our cancer care offerings and deliver against ambitious targets. * Insight-Led Business Plans: Partner with the Sales Manager to translate market insights into practical, measurable plans that elevate brand performance at city and account levels. * Partner Engagement: Engage oncology HCPs in science-based discussions on approved indications, efficacy, safety and protocols to support on-label prescribing for appropriate patients. * Relationship Building: Establish and sustain long-term, collaborative relationships with key partners, including physicians, pharmacists, nurses and administrators. * Capability Building in the Ecosystem: Increase knowledge of our oncology value proposition and label data across multidisciplinary teams (MDT) and decisio
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