Come and join our great sales team at AstraZeneca!

We are looking for a skilled and ambitious colleague to support us in making a difference for patients with respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.  

As part of AstraZeneca, the Nordic Marketing Company (Nordic) employs around 400 people across 5 countries and has offices located in Södertälje, Copenhagen, Helsinki and Oslo. By 2025 AstraZeneca Nordic aims to become a recognized leader in its core therapy areas and improve the lives of millions of people. This will be achieved by driving innovative science, preparing launches, building close collaboration and partnerships with key partners in health care systems, and developing high-performing teams.

We are looking for a Key Account Manager to join our Primary Care team to work with our exiting diabetes and respiratory portfolio towards GP´s.  Knowledge and experience within sales will be a success factor in this role.

We also encourage applications from individuals with sales background outside pharma industry. We offer you your next career move into an stimulating an growing company that keeps patients in focus. Let us know why you are the perfect match for us and, we help you to develop!

The role is field based and located in Fyn and Jylland with responsibility for driving the performance of products in the respective working area.

As Key Account Manager, you will contribute to AstraZeneca’s strong CVRM and respiratory franchise, one of our key growth platforms. You will have responsibility for driving commercial interactions towards various partners. You will be accountable for your regional accounts securing sales and driving business in collaboration with both local and national cross-functional teams.

Accountabilities:

• Pro-actively identifying business opportunities, communicating value propositions aligned to stakeholder needs and objectives and recommending solutions to drive and develop business

• Develop robust understanding of needs and perceptions of prescribers and other key partners

• Drive cross-functional and cross-regional collaboration to fully leverage AZ's account management capabilities

• Secure account and market access by driving activities with the right customers within the right accounts

• Build, develop and manage long-term external relationships

• Drive and implement our digital and omnichannel approach towards our customers.

Essential requirements:

We are looking for an individual with proven experience from relevant and 1+ years sales experience, preferentially but not required, within disease areas; heart failure/diabetes/cardiovascular and respiratory.

• Academic degree or equivalent with healthcare or commercial background

• Validated ability to understand and communicate complex information, flexibility to adopt scientific and Health Economic Outcomes data

• Commercial innovation - ability and track-record of developing, shaping and executing impactful, customer/stakeholder focused activities to achieve long-term business goals

• Leadership - ability to coordinate, align and engage cross-functional team to drive activities and address needs of individual accounts

• A true team player with high trustworthiness

• Excellent communication skills and proficient in both written and spoken English and Danish

• Ability and readiness to travel within region and according to role needs

• Driver´s license required

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca, we're proud to have a unique workplace culture that inspires innovation and collaboration. Here, employees are empowered to express diverse perspectives - and are made to feel valued, energized and rewarded for their ideas and creativity.

When we at AstraZeneca see the chance to change, we take this opportunity - for every opportunity, no matter how small, can be the beginning of something big. Delivering medicine that changes people's lives is about having an entrepreneurial spirit - finding moments and understanding its potential.

At AstraZeneca, we turn ideas into life changing medicines and strive to continuously meet the unmet needs of patients worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you’re our kind of person.

Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? We have one seat available, and we hope it’s yours.

More information

For more information about the positions please contact Primary Care Sales Manager Mette Schneider, email: Mette.Schneider@astrazeneca.com

Send us your application the latest July 1st, 2021. Applications will be processed ongoing.

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.