PTC Therapeutics

Regional Account Manager -Northeast/Eastern Region

PTC Therapeutics • $186K — $234K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required; preferred in life sciences, business, or healthcare.
  • Minimum of 5 years in pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare sales.
  • At least 3 years of experience in rare disease or orphan drug sales, particularly with high-cost specialty products.
  • Proven track record of exceeding sales targets and managing territories effectively.
  • Experience selling in specialized clinics, hospitals, and academic centers.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to develop actionable business plans.
  • Excellent communication skills for conveying complex technical information clearly.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

  • Achieve assigned sales targets while ensuring compliance with regulations.
  • Implement marketing strategies to meet sales and patient objectives for neurology and Fabry disease products.
  • Collaborate with internal teams like Patient Services and Marketing in a matrix environment.
  • Develop partnerships with physicians and healthcare staff to address their needs.
  • Identify and collaborate with key treatment centers to enhance patient care.
  • Establish relationships with advocacy groups focused on patient and disease support.
  • Utilize a consultative sales approach tailored to healthcare professionals.
  • Resolve product access and reimbursement issues effectively.

Benefits

  • Eligible for short- and long-term incentives.
  • Access to medical, dental, and vision plans.
  • Participation in retirement savings plans.
  • Field-based position with extensive travel opportunities.
Full Job Description
Job Description Summary:

The Regional Account Manager is directly responsible for representing PTC's products to medical professionals specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of neurological diseases and/or Fabry disease within their assigned region.
The incumbent handles all operational aspects of pharmaceutical sales and services, including, but not limited to, generating sales, communicating and promoting the product's clinical and economic benefits, building and maintaining successful relationships, educating healthcare staff, and identifying new opportunities for commercial and scientific growth.
He/she works cross-functionally with internal departments and external resources on Sales-related issues.

The Regional Account Manager supports adherence to relevant regulatory requirements and company Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as appropriate
Job Description:

Responsibilities:
  • Achieve assigned sales targets in a compliant manner and contribute to the overall success of the metabolism business unit.
  • Implement marketing strategies to meet sales and patient objectives for neurology and/or Fabry disease products on a monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis.
  • Collaborate within a matrix environment, engaging with Patient Services, Patient Engagement, Marketing, Managed Markets and Medical Affairs.
  • Develop business partnerships with targeted physicians and healthcare staff, understanding their needs and discussing how PTC products and resources meet these needs.
  • Identify key treatment centers and facilities. Collaborate across centers and with their stakeholders to optimize patient care.
  • Establish and maintain relationships with patient and disease-focused advocacy groups.
  • Employ a consultative, solution-oriented sales approach tailored to healthcare professionals treating patients with neurological diseases and/or Fabry disease.
  • Address and resolve product access and reimbursement issues.
  • Cultivate relationships with key thought leaders in the neurology and/or Fabry disease therapeutic area.
  • Performs additional tasks and assignments as needed and specified by management.


Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree required. Degrees in the areas of life sciences, business, or healthcare are preferred.
  • Requires a minimum of 5 years of pharmaceutical, biotech or healthcare sales experience.
  • Requires a minimum of 3 years of rare disease, orphan drug or highly specialized sales experience. This includes selling high-cost products that are distributed through a specialty pharmacy and require extensive coordination with patient services.
  • Proven track record of exceeding sales targets and successfully growing and managing a territory in prior roles.
  • Previous selling experience in specialized clinics, hospitals, and academic centers, including the ability to perform complete account selling.
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze complex technical data and to develop strategic and actionable business plans.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex technical information clearly.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively, as required, in a fast-paced, matrixed team environment consisting of internal and external team members.
  • Analytical thinker with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt to changing priorities and deadlines.
  • Excellent planning, organization, and time management skills, including supporting and prioritizing multiple projects.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
  • Ability to travel extensively throughout assigned territory (including nights and weekends as needed).
  • This is a field-based position. Must possess a valid driver's license and a personal automobile with an active vehicle insurance policy. Must be able to travel daily to/from customer accounts and drive long distances (distances will vary based upon the size of assigned territory).
  • Daily entry to hospitals and other medical facilities is required. Many facilities have instituted vendor credentialing policies which require vendors to meet defined training, background check and proof of immunization requirements as a condition of entry. PTC employees entering these facilities are required to abide by these credentialing requirements.


Special knowledge or skills and/or licenses or certificates preferred.
  • Experience supporting an orphan, rare disease, and/or specialized drug(s).
  • Experience working in a small but fast-growing, entrepreneurial sales environment.
  • Experience in "start-up" environments and new product launches is preferred.


Travel requirements: Field-based position. Travel-up to 75%.

This position involves regular travel within a multi-state territory, including overnight and weekend travel as needed. Travel requirements will vary based on territory assignment. The role may also require travel outside the assigned territory to participate in sales meetings, training programs, and other business-related activities.

Expected Base Salary Range:

$186,500-$234,800. The base salary offered will be contingent on assessment of candidate education level, background, and experience relative to the requirements of the position they are being considered for, as well as review of internal equity.

In addition to base salary, PTC employees are also eligible for short- and long-term incentives. All eligible employees may also enroll in PTC's medical, dental, vision, and retirement savings plans.

Click here to return to the careers page

About PTC Therapeutics

PTC Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of orally administered, small molecule drugs that target post-transcriptional control processes. The company's current clinical pipeline targets genetic disorders, oncology and infectious diseases. PTC's lead product, Translarna (ataluren), is a protein restoration therapy designed to enable the formation of a functioning protein in patients with genetic disorders caused by a nonsense mutation. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in South Plainfield, New Jersey.
Learn more about PTC Therapeutics
Size
1,252 employees
Market Cap
$2.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$438.1 million
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
+45.5%
Revenue
$380.7 million
NASDAQ

Similar Jobs

More Jobs at PTC Therapeutics

More Pharmaceuticals & Biotech Jobs

Find similar Regional Account Manager -Northeast/Eastern Region jobs: