Key Account Manager Immunology West, AstraZeneca AG Switzerland

This role will be 100% Field-based (West Switzerland)

Type: permanent

Competitive salary & excellent company benefits

Please submit your application in English

Who are we looking for?

Do you have expertise in Immunology/Rheumatology and have passion to accelerate our approved biologic in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and launch new products in Immunology & rheumatology diseases? Do you understand Key Account Management as putting your customer’s and their patients’ need in the centre of your attention and like to coordinate activities across different functions? Would you like to apply your expertise and passion in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you! We are strengthening our Immunology franchise and are looking for a passionate professional to bring our life-changing medicines to patients who need them.

About AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. It’s our patients that come first, every decision we make and action we take is centred around how we can better serve them. It’s why we are shaping patient care for the future, working along the whole experience to give hope to billions of lives across the world.

What you’ll do

In this role you will be responsible for the commercial, customer related activities in SLE in the West & Central/West of Switzerland, including promotional brand activities, product related physician and healthcare professional education. You will coordinate the activities with and for the key customers of the region within and across a cross-functional team, integrating input from Marketing, Medical and Market Access. We are looking for a candidate that lives customer service and patient orientation and can orchestrate activities across multiple channels based on customer preference and business needs. You are a doer and leverage deep customer and patient insights to ensure our patient centric approach. You can integrate business insights and numbers from excel sheets together with your intuition and customer knowledge into winning strategies and tactics.

Other responsibilities include:

• Acquiring and demonstrating a thorough understanding of key customer needs and requirements

• Understand collaborative HCP networks and become a trusted partner and advisor

• Expand existing and develop new relationships with key customers by continuously offering solutions that meet their needs and objectives

• Apply marketing and medical assets and campaigns for your customer engagement plans in digital and F2F communication

• Capture and analyse local and regional needs and collaborate with other field functions and in-office colleagues to develop and offer suitable solutions and information materials

• Develops ideas in co-operation with customers and implement customer facing projects that add-value to patient care and improve treatment pathways

Essential for the role

• Demonstrated pharma sales and/or marketing experience

• Prior therapy area experience desired

• Good strategic and analytical skills

• Strong project management skills

• Experience with different commercial and digital channels

• Excellent collaboration and teamwork capabilities

• Excellent communication skills

• Good knowledge in market ethical rules

• Excellent French language skills, English and German skills are also required

• You see omnichannel as a chance, not a buzzword.

Reporting to:

Franchise Lead Immunology & Infectious Diseases

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.

So, what’s next?

Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We align with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.

Date Posted

30-Jun-2025

Closing Date

14-Jul-2025

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.