Corcept Therapeutics

Area Sales Director

Corcept Therapeutics$260K — $300K *
Healthcare
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred in Leadership, Sciences, Business, or Healthcare
  • Minimum 10 years of field sales management experience
  • Proven ability to lead and inspire sales teams to exceed objectives
  • Strong leadership, strategic thinking, and analytical skills
  • Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills

Responsibilities

  • Meet or exceed area sales goals and manage promotional budgets
  • Lead and develop Regional Managers and Clinical Specialists
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with Area Key Opinion Leaders
  • Identify market opportunities and share best practices with cross-functional partners
  • Deliver accurate monthly and quarterly forecasts to senior leadership

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a patient-focused environment
  • Collaborative company culture with an emphasis on development
  • Engagement in strategic decision-making with senior leadership
  • Access to innovative leadership training programs
  • Commitment to compliance and ethical practices in sales operations
Full Job Description
Corcept is seeking a strategic and people-focused sales leader to drive performance, accountability, and collaboration across our Endocrinology Sales organization. This individual will lead and develop Regional Managers and Clinical Specialists in the South Area while executing a compliant, patient-focused commercial strategy designed to achieve meaningful business results. The ideal candidate brings strong field leadership experience, sound business judgment and a demonstrated ability to build engaged teams that will navigate complex market dynamics, and deliver sustained sales growth.

Responsibilities:
  • Meet or exceed area sales goals; manage promotional budgets and execute national sales strategy
  • Lead and develop Regional Managers and Clinical Specialists, serving as the primary link between field teams and senior management
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with Area Key Opinion Leaders
  • Identify market opportunities, share best practices, and proactively communicate strategies to cross-functional partners
  • Monitor pipeline of future enrollments and pull-through of current patients awaiting therapy
  • Deliver accurate monthly and quarterly forecasts to senior leadership
  • Demonstrate expert knowledge of market access and managed markets; ensure timely, compliant patient shipment processes
  • Oversee performance management, disciplinary processes, and recruiting, hiring, training, and retention for all area team members
  • Provide frequent coaching and feedback to direct reports; foster a collaborative, supportive environment that drives retention and patient outcomes
  • Attend commercial leadership meetings; address business issues and recommend solutions to improve productivity and operational efficiency
  • Demonstrate and communicate deep subject matter expertise across the disease space
  • Ensure compliance with all federal and state regulations, PhRMA guidelines, and Corcept policies

Preferred Skills, Qualifications and Technical Proficiencies:
  • Proven ability to lead, inspire, and coach area and regional sales teams toward exceeding objectives
  • Strong leadership, strategic thinking, business planning, and analytical skills
  • Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills; confident delivering recommendations
  • Successful track record of hiring, developing, promoting, and retaining top talent
  • Independent, innovative thinker with strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities

Preferred Education and Experience:
  • Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred (Leadership, Sciences, Business, or Healthcare)
  • Minimum 10 years of field sales management with a proven record of success

Corcept appreciates the commitment and hard work of all our team members as we strive to discover and develop novel treatments for patients with serious unmet medical needs.

The pay range that the Company reasonably expects to pay for this position is $260,000 - $300,000; the pay ultimately offered may vary based on legitimate considerations, including geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and education.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

For information on how Corcept collects, uses, discloses, protects, and otherwise processes personal information and an explanation of the rights and choices available to you with respect to your personal information, please refer to our Privacy Notice link.

Corcept appreciates the commitment and hard work of all our team members as we strive to discover and develop novel treatments for patients with serious unmet medical needs.

Please visit our website at: https://www.corcept.com/

Corcept will not conduct interviews via text message or messaging platforms and will not ask you to download anything as part of your interview. Though we use third-party tools to help with advertising our jobs, please be vigilant in checking that the communication is in fact coming from Corcept.

About Corcept Therapeutics

Corcept Therapeutics is a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of severe metabolic, oncologic and psychiatric disorders. The company's lead product, Korlym, is a cortisol receptor blocker that modulates the effects of cortisol, a hormone produced by the adrenal gland. Korlym is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of patients with Cushing's syndrome who have type 2 diabetes or glucose intolerance. The company is also developing other cortisol modulators, including CORT125134, which is in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of patients with Cushing's syndrome and solid-tumor cancers. Corcept Therapeutics was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
Learn more about Corcept Therapeutics
Size
238 employees
Market Cap
$2.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$106 million
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
+35.1%
Revenue
$353.8 million
NASDAQ

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