Oncology Account Specialist- Lung Cancer - Kansas City territory, including Western MO (Springfield, Columbia)

As an Oncology   Account   Specialist   (OAS)   in Territory for   the   Tumor team   you’ll   play a pivotal role in channeling our scientific capabilities to make a positive impact on changing patients’ lives with   lung   cancer.

- Tumor-based sales specialist with deep disease-area acumen who engages customers through a variety of mediums (in-person/virtual)

- Leading interactions with   appropriate HCPs

- On-label tumor-based clinical selling with providers who support patient care as part of a multidisciplinary care team

- Identifies   specific customer needs for education and appropriately shares insights

- Identifies   tumor-focused business priorities at the account and territory-level; works with Oncology Business Manager to ensure   appropriate account   plans are created and managed

- Utilizes full understanding of the tumor patient journey and engages with key multi-disciplinary care stakeholders across all relevant journey elements

- Appropriately employs omnichannel engagement to complement personal promotion

- Is a role model for   living   AZ values who diligently and consistently upholds our ethical standards and compliance expectations

Responsibilities

Account Planning

- Identifies   account dynamics including drivers of decision-making  
Learns account priorities for the specific tumor type and local trends and ecosystem relevant to clinical practice

- Conducts opportunity assessment across patient   journey   (including diagnosis, treatment, patient management), to inform business priorities, encompassing HCP & account perspectives

- Informs account plans using knowledge of treatment decision making, prior experience from interactions in the account, and analytics in coordination with brand and analytics teams

- Develops tumor-focused business plan encompassing account and territory-level priorities based on key insights

Engagement and Facilitation

- Identifies   multi-disciplinary stakeholders within account   across   the patient journey, in line with priorities defined in business plan

- Develops engagement plans focused on key account stakeholders; shares plans with cross-functional peers and   manager   to ensure collective AZ approach is aligned, well-coordinated, and maximizes   appropriate engagement

- Works with peer field team members to   identify   cross-brand engagement opportunities, where appropriate

- Engages   with relevant stakeholders within an account, as   appropriate ,   in order to   address tumor priorities

- Provides critical input into geography-level priorities and plans based on deep knowledge of opportunities and barriers in accounts   across   the territory

- Shares insights with functional experts across the internal team   regarding   the customer needs requiring in-depth   expertise

Clinical Education

- Educate and engage HCPs in dialogue about efficacy,   safety   and dosing profiles for FDA-approved indications to support on-label prescribing for   appropriate patients

- Respond to customer objections using approved messaging and/or tools to connect customer to supporting resources/personnel

- Educate and engage HCPs about unmet needs within a given disease state and the relevance of specific biomarkers to defined patient populations aligned to approved AZ medicines

- Educate on approved companion diagnostic tests and importance of   appropriate patient   identification to inform targeted treatment

- Deliver upstream compliant education   regarding   diagnosis, treatment, and/or patient management (beyond product)   utilizing   approved materials

Education, Qualifications,   Skills   and Experience

Education

- Bachelor’s degree

Qualifications & Skills

- A valid driver’s license and safe driving record

- Demonstrated clinical selling skills and business acumen in complex selling environment

- Demonstrated collaboration, entrepreneurialism,   flexibility   and tenacity

- Ability to learn, analyze,   understand   and convey complex information

Desirable

- Pharmaceutical sales experience   preferred

- Oncology sales experience , specifically l ung   cancer

- Experience with successful launches and balancing a complex portfolio

- Track record   of building customer relationships through various mediums (in-person and virtual) and strong sales goal achievements

Experience

- 3+ years of   demonstrated   Sales or Commercial experience or a combination   of:   pharmaceutical, healthcare, scientific, clinical, institutional, or related industry / settings within the healthcare ecosystem

- 5+ years of pharmaceutical sales experience

- 2+ years of Oncology sales experience in   l ung   cancer

Key Relationships to reach solutions

Internal (to AZ or team)

- Cross TA Oncology Account Specialists

- Oncology Business Managers

- Field Reimbursement Managers

External (to AZ)

- Treating Physicians

- Multidisciplinary Team

- Pathologists / Genetic Counselors

- Pharmacy

- Nursing Staff

- Admin Staff

Date Posted
11-Sep-2026

Closing Date

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