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Oncology Sales Specialist - Lexington, Kentucky

$156.9k - $247k
Full-time

Merck

Job Description

Grow and accelerate your career with our Oncology Sales organization and join a team that's driven to make an impact on cancer patients! We take a customer-centric approach by leveraging emerging digital technologies and data analytics to better understand our patients' needs.- Developing your career with us will allow you to join a group of passionate professionals, driven by purpose and determined to help save and improve lives.

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Help us continue to grow and define the oncology market of today and tomorrow with a driven, customer-focused, and collaborative team. As an Oncology Sales Specialist, you will be a key member engaging with customers to address identified needs, educating key stakeholders about our oncology products, communicating with the broader oncology community, and actively working to achieve or exceed assigned sales goals within your territory.

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  • This is a field-based sales position that is responsible for covering the Lexington, Kentucky territory.-
  • This territory also includes Ashland, Kentucky and Huntington, West Virginia.
  • Candidates must reside within the territory or within commuting distance to a major workload center in the territory.
  • Travel (%) varies based on candidate's location within or near the territory and may require about 25% overnight travel.
Key responsibilities include and may not be limited to:
  • Working with the other team members in the territory, attain or exceed the assigned sales goals for the geography.
  • In collaboration with territory counterparts, ensure customers have a seamless experience with our company's Oncology, meet with key stakeholders to understand practice structure, business model, and key influencers, while building business relationships and trust to uncover and comprehend their needs.
  • In customer engagements, employ approved resources and messaging to communicate a compelling, patient-centered rationale for our company's Oncology products in their indicated uses.
  • Possess knowledge of the workings of the extended care team/multidisciplinary team, cancer staging, possible treatment options, pathways, and guidelines associated with different tumors/diseases, recognizing the impact of those options on patients.-
  • Analyze and identify trends in a complex buying environment, including multiple channels of drug distribution (Oncology group purchasing organizations, wholesalers, and specialty pharmacies).
  • Review and evaluate patterns for products purchased and prescribed (outpatient vs in-patient infusion, as part of hospital or GPO contract, etc.)
  • Comprehend complex accounts and local market interdependencies to proactively develop and execute short- and long-term plans in collaboration with the local team and district manager (known as the Oncology Customer Team Leader).
  • Ask insightful questions to understand customer priorities and needs to support engaging and relevant conversations about the product portfolio.
  • Ensure a consistent customer experience across our Company's division and functional areas and share key learnings to support customer needs by effectively communicating and collaborating with the in-scope customer team: Customer Team Leader, Key Account Manager, Nurse Educator, Field Reimbursement Associate, Medicare Account Executive, and more.
Position Qualifications:

Minimum Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree with at least 8 years of sales experience OR a minimum of high school diploma with at least 10 years of equivalent experience.
  • Equivalent experience can be professional sales experience, work experience in the healthcare/scientific field with oncology experience being strongly preferred (including pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical devices) that is not sales related, professional marketing experience, or military experience.
  • 2+ years of oncology field-based experience, selling an oncology therapeutic to oncology customers.
  • Valid driver's license and able to drive a vehicle.
  • Travel the amount of time the role requires, including overnight travel 25%.
  • Reside in or within a reasonable distance to the assigned territory.
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Preferred Experience and Skills:
  • 5+ years of pharmaceutical sales experience.
  • Documented history of strong performance in a sales / marketing or oncology clinical role.
  • Clinical oncology experience across multiple solid tumors.
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Candidates with less than 2 years of oncology field sales experience (selling an oncology therapeutic to oncology customers) will be considered for the S2 Oncology Sales Representative level.

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Candidates with 2+ years of oncology field sales experience (selling an oncology therapeutic to oncology customers) will be considered for the S3 Oncology Sales Specialist level.

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Required Skills:
Account Management, Account Management, Account Strategies, Adaptability, Business Decisions, Business Models, Clinical Experience, Customer Engagement, Customer Experience Management, Customer-Focused, Customer Management, Group Purchasing Organizations (GPO), Healthcare Sales, Interpersonal Relationships, Key Account Management, Lead Generation, Lead Generation Management, Market Analysis, Oncology, Oncology Sales, Outside Sales, Pharmaceuticals Marketing, Product Knowledge, Relationship Building, Relationship Management {+ 7 more}

Preferred Skills:

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US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:

Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.

As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.--As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.- For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:

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The salary range for this role is
$156,900.00 - $247,000.00

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits.- Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at .

You can apply for this role through (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.

San Francisco Residents Only: -We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Los Angeles Residents Only: -We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance

Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully-
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. -No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.-

Employee Status:
Regular

Relocation:
No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:
No

Travel Requirements:
25%

Flexible Work Arrangements:
Remote

Shift:
Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:
Yes

Hazardous Material(s):
n/a

Job Posting End Date:
10/12/2026
*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE -the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.

Requisition ID: R419871
Vacancy posted 13 days ago
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