Director, Rare Disease Specialist - Ohio/Pittsburgh

Director, Rare Disease Specialist

Reporting to: Regional Business Director

Do you have the passion and commitment to join a group whose mission is to develop treatments that have a clear and profound impact on patients suffering from rare diseases? Does it excite you to be a part of a patient-focused company developing potential new treatments that could dramatically improve the lives of patients with limited to no current treatment options? If yes, we encourage you to share with us your aspirations and career goals.

X4 is focused on restoring healthy immune system function by developing novel therapeutics to treat chronic neutropenic disorders, including WHIM syndrome, a rare primary immunodeficiency. We are advancing a novel, late-stage clinical candidate, mavorixafor, that we believe has the potential to become a new standard of care for patients with these disorders. We know that developing innovative, new medicines is challenging, and we invite new colleagues who share our values and commitment to join us in achieving our mission.

This opportunity will …

• Align with your values and grit, and passion for innovative science.
• Leverage your deep knowledge of Rare Disease to support our innovative science and allow you to have a major impact on our mission to support our patients.
• Offer a collegial environment with a team-based approach, where our mission drives our values, behaviors, and creativity.

Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• Drive patient identification through appropriate HCP driven strategies including market development in WHIM, brand awareness through building and executing a territory strategy/account plan, and continuously assess opportunities within markets and accounts to launch successfully.
• Effectively prioritize and manage time, activities, and resources in order to optimize access to academic and community HCPs.
• Build and maintain relationships with HCPs and office staff by maximizing their time through planning, leveraging insights, and conducting post-call analysis refining tactics based on opportunities.
• Proactively build effective working relationships with internal/external stakeholders and drive agreement/decisions from multiple stakeholders by demonstrating a high level of emotional intelligence to adapt communication based on different stakeholders.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across all commercial departments including Patient Services, Medical Affairs, and others to ensure access to external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with key accounts and physicians to build individual account plans on how to approach their customers, achieve sales goals, and maintain relationships to maximize results.
• Collaborate with key accounts and physicians to drive patient identification through market development and physician education; develop a territory strategy post launch.
• Execute programs both in and out of office across multiple account types: academic institutions, physician offices, and alternate site locations.
• Routinely report territory-level market dynamics and trends, including prescriber opinion and competitive activity.

Requirements: Proven Experience, Skills, and Education:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 7-10 years of demonstrated success in biotech, ultra rare diseases in the U.S.
• Rare/orphan disease experience within the last 10 years in Immunology and or benign hematology.
• Drive to serve the unmet needs of patients with an ultra-rare disease.
• U.S. launch experience required along with demonstrated successes.
• Miscellaneous J code product launch experience required including a working knowledge of government and commercial payers including PBM channel knowledge.
• Understanding and experience working with HUB patient services required.
• Hospital / Institution knowledge and expertise with pharmacy formulary processes in academic settings.
• Experience driving, leading, and delivering upon territory-level cross functional business planning.
• Must be familiar with relevant legal and regulatory environment in biotech/pharmaceutical industry.
• Understanding of charitable access and specialty channel distribution is preferred.
• Experience supporting oral biologic therapy preferred.
• Effective communication and listening skills.
• Effective at managing complex individualized cases in a compliant manner.
• Overnight travel required including travel to Boston, congresses, and large geographical territories.
• Candidates must have a valid driver's license.
• Must live within assigned territory.

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X4 Pharmaceuticals is an Equal Opportunity, and Affirmative Action Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital, domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, violence victim status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Please note that effective January 1, 2022, as a condition of employment at X4 Pharmaceuticals, all employees and new employees must have received their complete doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and one booster unless they have been granted an exemption by X4.

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