Make your mark for patients.

We’re here because we want to build the future and transform patients’ lives for the better.

At UCB, our people are our experiences and achievements, our passion and drive. That’s why we’re looking for talented individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences - not just the best and brightest, but those who care about making a meaningful difference in the lives of patients. We promote an environment of diversity, openness, and respect where people can make valuable contributions.

An exciting journey lies ahead. Will you join us in pushing the boundaries of what’s possible?

To strengthen and support our up-and-coming launches within US Rare Disease Organization (RDO), we are seeking an Account Executive - Neuromuscular (AE) for Brooklyn, NY. The AE is an expert on the practices, delivery networks, and patient populations within their territory.

They will represent UCB in the communities we serve as we strive toward transforming the lives of those living with Rare Diseases. Playing an integral role in identifying and building collaborative relationships with physicians and clinics, the AE embraces and executes marketing and sales strategies. They will master brand messaging, targeting, and digital technology to deliver persuasive, high-impact customer experiences tailored to distinct user segments while maintaining the highest ethical standards.

Major accountabilities:

• Consistently exceed territory sales objectives while operating with the highest level of ethics and integrity.
• Create and execute strategic business plans reflecting a thorough understanding of the local market conditions.
• Master targeted disease states which include a deep understanding of patient journeys, standards of care and treatment drivers.
• Advocate for Rare Disease patients and serve as the authority on the various tools and resources UCB offers to support physicians, pharmacists, and other health care providers.
• Continuously expand expertise of all treating and referring physicians, as well as payers, hospital systems, pharmacies, labs, and other components of the care continuum; maintain awareness and remain attentive to the dynamics between different stakeholders that influence patient treatment decisions.
• Maintain strong relationships within the payer landscape to ensure providers are informed on coverage and reimbursement status; collaborate with the payer access team to ensure all relevant stakeholders are working with the most-up-to-date information to maximize access and affordability for patients using UCB products.
• Foster strong relationships with patient advocacy groups and partner to support appropriate patient education and disease state awareness activities in the community.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with UCB colleagues to share insights on customer needs and market opportunities; work together towards more effective approaches to patient value creation.
• Maintain a commitment to continuous improvement (embrace a growth mindset) as evidenced by insights gained/shared about geography, stakeholders, and customer needs through day-to-day experience; growth in core competencies with feedback sought from managers and colleagues, courses taken, on-the-job projects and relevant periodicals/readings.

Key Stakeholders:

• Call plan physicians/HCPs and all care team members.
• Sales management/leadership.
• Market Access, Thought Leader Liaison, and medical teams.

Our 4 Pillars in Rare:

• Demonstrate great commitment to the Rare Disease patient community and understand the patient journey, the barriers they face in care and treatment, and how to help them overcome those barriers.
• Utilize innovative methods to identify patients who need treatment.
• Maintain a highly tactical approach to patient access.
• Help patients and caregivers navigate the Healthcare System and work around roadblocks.

Interested? For this position, you’ll need the following education, experience, and skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• 8+ years of field-based experience in sales, account management, and/or field reimbursement in biopharmaceuticals or healthcare, inclusive of 5+ years in a competitive specialty market segment.
• Field experience with Buy-and-Bill medical benefits, Specialty Pharmacy, and HUB delivery models.
• Verifiable record of sustained high sales performance and achievement in top 30% nationally.
• Experience/involvement in successful product launches.
• Success developing thought leader relationships.
• The ability to maximize impact of multichannel/digital tools and strategy/tactics with territory HCPs.
• Proven success managing complex individualized cases and projects.
• Comfortable spending up to 60% of time traveling with overnight travel required (territory business need dependent).
• Command of key medical, scientific, and healthcare concepts, language, and practices related to neurology and rare diseases.
• Experience serving a variety of call points – academic centers, community-based care, hospitals, and private office practices.
  • Note: Any exceptions to minimum requirements need to be approved by Senior U.S. RDO.

Preferred experience:

• 2+ years rare/orphan drug experience in competitive market.
• Significant CNS/neuroscience sales experience (to include epilepsy); Oncology, Hematology and/or Specialty reimbursement products requiring Specialty Pharmacy knowledge and expertise.
• Participation in recent successful product launches.
• Experience in supporting biologic therapy administered by a designated health care provider.
• Promotional product experience with REMS requirements.

Expected Salary Range: $123,000-160,000 commensurate based on experience.

About us.

At UCB, we come together every day to work, laser-focused, on a simple question: How will this create value for people living with severe diseases? By putting patients at the heart of everything we do, our approach – from discovery to development to delivery – is continuously transformed and designed around patient needs and their journey.

With a team of approximately 7,600 employees and worldwide operations in more than 40 countries, we are a global biopharmaceutical company investing more than a quarter of our revenue in cutting-edge scientific research. We are focused on addressing chronic, neurological, immunological, and bone diseases. We are looking for people with passion and empathy who develop a real understanding of patient’s needs and can deliver thoughtful solutions to decisionmakers across the heath care ecosystem.

The Company is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.