Key Account Manager Oncology

Job Description

We are looking for a new colleague to join us as Key Account Manager Oncology to cover Hradec Králové, Pardubice, Jihlava and Ostrava regions. You will be responsible for promoting oncology brands within given accounts, understands customers’ needs has strong business acumen and its equipped with excellent medical knowledge where they can transfer key medical data into customer / patient benefits.

Account Understanding and Analysis

• Understanding decision-making processes within the account, patient flow

• Build our Company engagement with relevant customers

• Drive our Company product scientific knowledge at given centers

• Identifying Account Stakeholders and understanding their perspectives on our Company, our competitors

• Completing a competitor analysis for the account

• Obtaining an in-depth understanding of the account’s unmet and evolving needs

Agile Account Management

Drive Account Management via agile account management approach:

• Identifying short and long-term business opportunities, defining objectives for the account

• Developing a plan for the Account that contains the account needs and perspectives as well as considers competitive and business challenges

• Leverage cross-functional internal resources to maximize potential

• Drive relevant omnichannel communication to increase number of contacts with our customers

• Defining account metrics and a tracking plan and regularly update (SPRINT, retrospective)

Account Plan Implementation and Tracking

• Developing and maintaining long-term engagements with customers/stakeholders within the Accounts that are responsible for treatment of the respective patients (all relevant HCPs) as well as product purchasing  (hospital management, pharmacists)

• Conducting product and value-based negotiation

Desired Experience/Education

• University degree, ideally in life science

• 3+ years of experience working in a customer-facing role

• Strong knowledge of customer/business strategy

• Understanding of local healthcare and reimbursement systems

• Native Czech or Slovak, fluent English

• Driving license B

• Advance Medical knowledge of oncology therapy area preferably or demonstrate high learning agility and interest in evidence-based medicine data and ability to transfer them into customer / patients benefits

What We Offer

• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment

• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally

• Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern

• Pension and health (Canadian Medical) contributions

• Internal reward system plus referral program

• 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution

• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport card, Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank and Foodora discount programs

• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone, company car, parking in the garage, showers, refreshments

• Competitive salary, incentive pay, and many more

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Required Skills:

Account Management, Customer Engagement, Health Care, Identifying Sales Opportunities, Life Science, Omnichannel, Oncology, Pharmaceutical Sales, Project Tracking, Relationship Building, Sprint Retrospective

Preferred Skills:

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

Yes

Travel Requirements:

100%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

Yes

Hazardous Material(s):

N/A

Job Posting End Date:

05/19/2026

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