Senior Director, Regional Sales – Northwest
Vera Therapeutics, Inc.
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $240,000 - $260,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Hire, coach, and inspire a high-performing team of rare disease sales specialists
- Create a culture of accountability, resilience, and continuous learning
- Serve as a role model for Vera’s values, compliance standards, and commitment to patients
- Drive sales performance and achieve or exceed regional targets for new patient starts and/or other appropriate objectives defined by Vera
- Act as a player-coach by building strong relationships with key HCPs and accounts
- Lead regional execution of launch strategies to bring atacicept to patients with IgAN
- Partner with colleagues in Patient Support, Field Reimbursement, Marketing, Regional Marketing, and other customer-facing functions to ensure coordinated customer engagement as a One Vera team
- Provide strategic input to shape regional and national initiatives with a patient-first mindset
- Demonstrate expertise in IgAN, its evolving treatment landscape, and the patient journey
- Drive success by applying financial and business acumen, including budget oversight and P&L management
- Foster a culture that ensures compliance with legal, regulatory, and company policies
- Travel extensively within the region (3–4 days/week) and to headquarters in San Francisco and national and regional meetings as required
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred (or equivalent experience)
- 12+ years of healthcare/biopharmaceutical experience
- 5+ years of front-line sales management experience
- Proven track record in specialty or rare disease sales, with a preference for experience in rare disease where there are multiple medicines an HCP may choose from (nephrology experience a plus)
- Consistent history of top sales performance as a leader, recognition/awards, and leadership impact
- Experience leading cross-functional, customer-facing teams
- Strong knowledge of compliance, regulatory standards, and industry best practices
- Strong preference for residing in the geographic region
- Valid driver’s license
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Equal-opportunity employer
- Commitment to fair and equitable compensation practices
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
sales managementbudget oversightP&L managementcompliance standardsregulatory standardsnephrology experiencepatient engagementlaunch strategiesfinancial acumenrare disease sales
Soft skills
coachingleadershipaccountabilityresiliencecontinuous learningrelationship buildingstrategic inputteam collaborationpatient-first mindsetinspiration