Therapy Area Specialist

**Company: Ashfield Engage**

**Role: Hospital Specialist**

**Territory: East Anglia and NE Essex**

**Therapy Area: Diabetes**

**Salary: Competitive**

Ashfield currently have the pleasure of working with a family owned, innovation driven company to recruit a Hospital Specialist covering East Anglia and NE Essex. This company work developing breakthrough therapies and innovative healthcare solutions in areas of unmet medical need for both humans and animals. As a family-owned company, they focus on long-term performance, believing that, if they have talented and ambitious people who are passionate about innovation, there is no limit to what they can achieve.

**THE POSITION**

We are currently looking for a Hospital Specialist to join our team to drive sales, advocacy and market access within a specific therapy area through successful interactions with clinicians, payers and other healthcare professionals across Primary and Secondary care.

You will be conversant with the ABPI Code and ensure adherence to it.

**Key Tasks & responsibilities will include**:

- Develops stakeholder map for TA. Has deep understanding of the emerging multi-stakeholder environment and develops and maintains a comprehensive knowledge of customer needs, maintains customer engagement plan, networks, and knowledge of products and environment.
- Effectively utilises all available resources to sell and promote products and enhance service the company offers. Works collaboratively with support functions to determine which resources best fits the customer and/or circumstances.
- Development and maintenance of relationships with key consultants, clinical payers, and other relevant decision makers to create the optimal environment for brand success
- Capitalise on opportunities by influencing key stakeholders to consider the company’s therapy areas as a priority, influencing the allocation of funding, shaping the market and creating an optimum selling environment for the account team
- Responsible for implementing agreed actions in local account plan to maximise advocacy and patient access to company products
- Keeps up to speed with local intelligence and shares knowledge with Local Account Team members highlighting business opportunities across secondary and primary care.
- Support KAM in providing TA expertise at customer meetings where required
- Seeks to understand their customer's channel preferences in order to utilise the appropriate resources available (both digital and people channels) to drive the best customer experience.

**Requirements**:

- Previous diabetes experience desirable
- Up to date clinical knowledge of company/ competitor brands
- Understands account management processes and tools
- Analytical skills
- Project management skills
- Good level of experience working in a pharmaceutical, commercial or NHS management environment
- Digital proficiency ability to embrace technological change

**Why this company?**

With us, you can grow, collaborate, innovate and improve lives.

We offer challenging work in a respectful and friendly global working environment surrounded by a world of innovation driven mind sets and practices. In addition, learning and development for all employees is key, because your growth is our growth.

We also offer a competitive salary, generous amount of annual leave, numerous benefits towards your wellness & financial health and work-life balance.

To learn more about what benefits could be waiting for you, please visit our Career area.

Our client is an equal opportunity global employer who takes pride in maintaining a diverse and inclusive culture. We embrace diversity of perspectives and strive for an inclusive environment, which benefits our employees, patients and communities.

**Background**

Ashfield is a fast-paced place to work where you will be highly valued. We will give you all the support, training and encouragement you need to deliver first-class results for our clients. With an international reach and great support, the opportunities here are wide and diverse.

It is our people that have made us successful, and we are committed to our values.

Quality, Partnership, Ingenuity, Expertise and Energy.

Thank you for your interest in Ashfield.