Job title: Strategic Account Manager, Vaccines - Oklahoma Kansas
Location: Oklahoma City OK, Tulsa OK, Wichita KS, or Topeka KS
About the Job:
The Strategic Account Management organization is a highly skilled forward-thinking sales team serving our largest and most complex customers, while also managing our highest valued vaccine contracts. The customers we call on primarily include Health Systems, IHNs, Medical Groups, PBGs, FQHCs and state Awardees.
We currently have opportunities nationally in the areas such as Great Lakes, Mid Atlantic, North Central, North East, Pacific West, South Central, South East.
Join the team protecting half a billion lives every year with next-gen science, mRNA innovation, and AI-driven breakthroughs. In Vaccines, you’ll help advance prevention on a global scale - and shape the future of immunization.
About Sanofi:
We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.
Main Responsibilities:
Assume the leadership role within assigned accounts, providing overall account leadership to cross-functional internal and external team members as needed. In this capacity, the SAM will assume responsibility for assigned strategic customers and manage each as a business partnership on behalf of Sanofi. Additionally, the SAM will bear full responsibility for building a strategic account plan for assigned accounts, as well as organizing and deploying the appropriate resources within Sanofi to drive value co-creation with customers and meet or exceed Sanofi’s revenue targets.
Effectively manage and grow a network of trust-based relationships with external stakeholders to generate revenue through genuine partnerships within Sanofi’s largest and most complex customers. The SAM will develop a deep understanding of the customer’s business which includes their pressures and drivers, priorities, as well as their related challenges and opportunities. They will maintain working knowledge of the customer’s business model, strategic goals and objectives, and their position within the healthcare environment including value-based health care, their competitors, and financial levers.
Identify and qualify high value opportunities within their accounts by working directly with the customer to develop and drive growth strategies, team-to-team alignment, and executive relationships together with internal cross-functional team members. Accordingly, the SAM will conduct business coaching and strategy session with their account teams to facilitate the co-creation of customer value and ensure ongoing internal alignment and account growth. The SAM will function as the central focal point for communications regarding account planning, strategy, collaboration, resource allocation and customer engagement.
About You:
Basic Qualifications
Minimum required skills & experience:
Bachelor’s degree required
5+ years of field sales or account management experience
Broad understanding of health system business, decision making processes & market trends with a proven track record of accessing C-suite to D-suite decision makers
Broad field sales experience with demonstrated success working with P&T committees, decision makers & influencers in Hospitals, Health Systems, IHNs and other large-organized customers
Possesses strong business acumen and strategic thinking skills
Self-directed and organized with excellent execution and planning skills
Ability to adapt and change in a shifting environment
Excellent communication skills both written and oral
Must possess valid driver’s license, be eligible for insurance coverage and must be able to safely operate a vehicle
Minimum preferred skills & experience:
MBA or other advanced degree
Strong data analytics
Experience working in Market Access, Pricing, Contracting or Finance
Proficient with MS Office and customer management databases
Experience leading teams with demonstrated impact & influence with key internal stakeholders
Proven ability to translate health system market knowledge and develop strategic plans with internal stakeholders
The ability to execute tactical initiatives, provide ongoing feedback, and prioritize multiple projects.
Travel:
Ability to travel up to 75% of the time to customers, conventions, training, and other internal meetings.
This position is eligible for a company car through the Company’s FLEET program.
Candidates must complete all fleet safety training and must maintain an acceptable driving record regarding accidents and incidents.
Why Choose Us?
Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
Work at the forefront of AI-driven research, smart manufacturing, and groundbreaking mRNA platforms that are redefining the future of immunology.
Help protect half a billion people every year, contributing to one of the largest global vaccination efforts in healthcare
Develop your career with access to mentoring, international mobility programs, and opportunities to grow across four continents
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