AstraZeneca

Sr. Pharmaceutical Sales Specialist, Advanced Specialty Team ATTR - Detriot

AstraZeneca • $83K — $210K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 3+ years in specialty pharmaceuticals or similar sales role
  • Strong collaboration skills in a matrix environment
  • Proven track record in large account sales
  • High scientific acuity in competitive settings
  • Must reside within or near the assigned territory
  • Ability to travel approximately 75% within the territory

Responsibilities

  • Act as the key business owner for AstraZeneca resources and solutions
  • Aggregate customer and market data to drive selling engagements
  • Facilitate clinical dialogue to address customer needs
  • Develop strategic territory business plans to drive product demand
  • Collaborate with colleagues and partners to address customer inquiries
  • Analyze market data to gain insights and drive customer engagement
  • Lead planning meetings to solve customer problems
  • Influence multi-channel engagements to enhance performance
  • Demonstrate learning agility and adaptability for continuous improvement

Benefits

  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Paid vacation and holidays
  • Paid leaves
  • Health benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Short-term incentive bonus opportunity
  • Eligibility for equity-based long-term incentive program
Full Job Description
ATTR Pharmaceutical Sales Specialist in Detroit, MI, you'll play a pivotal role in channeling our scientific capabilities to make a positive impact on changing patients' lives.

AstraZeneca's strategy in Cardiovascular Renal Metabolic (CVRM) focuses on ways to reduce morbidity, mortality, and organ damage by addressing multiple risk factors across cardiovascular (CV) disease, life-threatening bleeds, diabetes, and chronic kidney-disease indications. The patient-centric approach is reinforced by science-led life-cycle management programs and technologies, including early research into regenerative methods. The ATTR Team resides in CVRM Therapeutic Area.

Our salesforce is our most significant resource to ensure our medicines benefit appropriate patients and has evolved to reach customers in new ways and bring greater value in the changing environment. The Pharmaceutical Sales Specialist is self-motivated, an expert in creating a tailored customer experience based on account and Health Care Provider (HCP) needs. The PSS is well-versed in the following areas: clinical selling, account selling, access navigation, reimbursement pathways, problem solving, team orchestration / collaboration, and Omni-Channel engagement.

What you'll do
  • Provide solutions to our customers by acting as the key business owner of AstraZeneca resources and solutions for a variety of customers, including Health Care Providers, Reimbursement Personnel, Practice Administrators, Centers of Excellence, and Integrated Delivery Network Stakeholders and is accountable for working collaboratively to help ensure customer inquiries are resolved.
  • Aggregate customer, market data, and insights to effectively apply to multiple channels to drive total selling engagements.
  • Facilitate clinical dialogue that compels the customer to act on behalf of their patients and engage the entire account to understand any obstacles that exist, to provide appropriate solutions.
  • Identify shared priorities and leverage knowledge and tactics within full account to develop a strategic territory business plan that drives product demand by meeting the needs of key partners and ultimately their patients to drive superior results.
  • Make connections with other AstraZeneca resources by orchestrating in a collaborative manner with territory colleagues, reimbursement partners, other field-based and home-office personnel teams to proactively address customer needs and provide appropriate access support. This will be accomplished through a balance of demand generation and facilitation of the account management.
  • Analyze territory market data and trends to gain insights into the local business environment, drive pull-through and lead engagements with customers.
  • Lead planning meetings with key partners to solve customer problems.
  • Apply expertise and knowledge of the marketplace, applicable competitors, industry, and cross-functional activities/plans to anticipate and optimally manage business opportunities and challenges.
  • Influence and orchestrate multi-channel engagements and omni-channel execution to drive performance.
  • Demonstrates learning agility, flexibility, and ability to grasp feedback to learn, grow, and evolve for impact through a Growth Mindset


Essential Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Minimum of 3 years' experience in specialty pharmaceuticals (CV, rare disease, immunology, oncology / hematology preferred), biotech, or a sales role of similar complexity within the last 2 years
  • Strong ability to collaborate and work cross-functionally within a matrix environment and can communicate clinical product information
  • Proven track record of consistent high-performance, and well-versed in navigating and successfully selling to large accounts and key customer segments
  • Strong scientific acuity in a highly competitive environment
  • This is a remote position that will support key accounts in an assigned region. Candidate must reside within territory, or within a reasonable daily commuting distance from territory boarder
  • Ability to travel approximately 75% over a broad geography is required, with the ability to drive and/or fly within the territory
  • A valid driver's license and safe driving record
  • Internal candidate must be at least at Senior PSS / Level 3 at time of consideration


Desirable Requirements
  • Advanced or Master's degree
  • 5 or more years' experience in CV, rare disease states, HemOnc, hospital/IDN, immunology, account management strategy, and new product launches
  • Broad understanding in patient services, market access, HUB services, specialty pharmacy, reimbursement and/or medical calling on HCPs with respect to a complex product or reimbursement pathway
  • Demonstrated effective time management, organizational and interpersonal skills to prioritize opportunities
  • Demonstrated effective leadership, organization, and communication skills
  • Demonstrated judgment and decision-making capability
  • Be results oriented with demonstrated time management skills


The annual base salary (or hourly rate of compensation) for this position ranges from $83,000-$210,000. However, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition, our positions offer a short-term incentive bonus opportunity; eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles) or to receive a retirement contribution (hourly roles). Benefits offered included a qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]; paid vacation and holidays; paid leaves; and, health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. Additional details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Date Posted
02-Oct-2026

Closing Date
15-Oct-2026

About AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical company that specializes in the research, development, and manufacturing of prescription drugs. The company was formed in 1999 through the merger of Astra AB and Zeneca Group plc. AstraZeneca's products are used to treat a wide range of medical conditions, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and diabetes. The company has operations in over 100 countries and employs more than 76,000 people worldwide. AstraZeneca is committed to developing innovative medicines that improve the health and well-being of people around the world.
Learn more about AstraZeneca
Size
83,100 employees
Market Cap
$211.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
$3.1 billion
Founded
1999
5 Year Trend
+10.2%
Revenue
$26.6 billion
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