Therapy Area Specialist – Pharmaceutical Representative, Respiratory
AstraZeneca
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Cottbus • Germany
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About the role
- Support and advisory services: Provide high-level scientific advice and support to specialist physicians in hospitals and in private practice, with a focus on COPD.
- Market analysis: Analyze and evaluate available market data, e.g., through market and potential analyses, to identify opportunities and market potential.
- Strategy implementation: Consistently implement company strategy and develop measures such as educational and training concepts tailored to the specific needs of target groups.
- Account management: Create account plans and deploy the available budget for targeted measures in close cooperation with Medical, Marketing and Therapy Area Specialists from other regions.
- Compliance: Execute account strategies and plans in strict compliance with all internal and external regulations and applicable codes of conduct.
- Collaboration: Work closely with First Line Sales Managers, Medical Science Liaison Managers and Marketing to gain stakeholder insights and to optimize marketing, sales and medical activities.
- Professional development: Develop and implement innovative continuing-education concepts that address current customer needs.
- Presence: Participate in congresses, sponsorships and events—for both customer engagement and personal professional development.
Requirements
- A completed degree in business administration or a natural science — alternatively a qualification as a certified pharmaceutical representative or comparable qualification.
- Several years of experience supporting specialist physicians in hospitals and in private practice as a field-based representative, ideally in the respiratory therapy area or other specialty-care areas (e.g., rheumatology).
- Solid knowledge of products, markets and customers.
- Demonstrable experience in account management.
- Strong team player, excellent communication skills and confident appearance.
- Flexibility, initiative and willingness to travel.
- Very good MS Office skills and languages: business-fluent German and good English.
Benefits
- Innovative prospects: A strong pipeline and forward-looking products that enable meaningful medical progress.
- Development with foresight: Individual training and development opportunities and a genuine commitment to lifelong learning.
- Trust & scope to shape: A working environment that values appreciation, personal responsibility and the opportunity to contribute — within a committed and focused team.
- Diversity as a strength: An inclusive, bias-free environment that not only accepts differences but actively promotes them — in line with the Diversity Charter.
- Sustainability with impact: A company committed to becoming CO₂-negative across the entire value chain by 2030.
- Attractive benefits: A comprehensive benefits package including offers such as EGYM Wellpass, Corporate Benefits and additional benefits for your health and well‑being.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
market analysisaccount managementcomplianceeducational conceptstraining conceptscustomer engagementrespiratory therapyspecialty-care areasMS Officebusiness-fluent German
Soft skills
communication skillsteam playerflexibilityinitiativewillingness to travelconfident appearance
Certifications
degree in business administrationdegree in natural sciencecertified pharmaceutical representative