Hiring: Account Executive, Rare Disease - Chicago Company: ExecuSearch of Chicago Location: Chicago, IL Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 11:21:54 About the job Experience: •5+ years of demonstrated success in biotech, specialty pharmaceuticals, or medical devices. Required Skills: •Drive patient identification through appropriate HCP driven strategies including market development, increase brand awareness through building and executing a territory strategy/account plan; 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; drive agreement/decisions from multiple stakeholders; demonstrated high level of emotional intelligence adapting communication based on different stakeholders. •Partner cross-functionally with stakeholders across all commercial departments including; patient services, field reimbursement, and others to ensure access at site of care and that logistics are in place to administer medications. •Partner cross-functionally with key accounts and physicians to build individual account plans to drive patient identification through market development and physician education; achieve sales goals, and maintain relationships in order to maximize sales results. •Execute speaker programs, local sponsorships, displays and exhibits, both in and out of office across multiple account types: academic institutions, physician offices, infusion centers, and alternate site locations. •Routinely report territory-level market dynamics and trends, including prescriber opinion and competitive activity to RBD as required. Qualifications: •Bachelor’s degree required •Buy & Bill understanding and experience working with HUB patient services preferred but not required. •Thorough understanding of site of care identification, development and education. •Strong examples of applied entrepreneurial mindset, business analytics and data analysis required. •Must be familiar with relevant legal and regulatory environment in biotech/pharmaceutical industry. •Strong 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 in the assigned territory. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!