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Imaging Clinical Applications Specialist
Amplity has partnered with one of our Leading Pharmaceutical Clients for an exciting Direct Hire Placement Opportunity.
Summary
Responsible for the education training and promotion of Injector systems and MR products to customers and prospective customers through clinical presentations product evaluations ongoing clinical support and consultative interactions as may be required to close sales and maintain and grow the MR and Devices product lines. Also responsible for demonstrating new Injector features and occasionally installing CT and MR relationships with key decision makers and initiates new core relationships as well as maintaining and growing existing core relationships as defined in this document.
Main Responsibilities Activities Duties and Tasks
- Conducts comprehensive product evaluations and timely clinical follow-up at target accounts consistent with business plans.
- Works collaboratively with Account Executives and Strategic Account Managers to meet sales objectives in a timely manner and to ensure customers have a positive experience with the company and its products.
- Initiates and develops contacts with existing and potential customers and owns ongoing relationship development with assigned accounts.
- Collaborates in the creation and implementation of business/sales plans aligned with business strategy specific to the assigned territory.
- Develops and implements plans to increase MR market share and Injector and consumable sales in territory.
- Contributes to the development and maintenance of accurate account profiles utilizing company tools. Effectively manages time through territory management techniques systems and other company resources.
- Collaborates on effective account targeting to assure successful conversions. Provides clinical/technical customer and sales support as well as a consultative resource for Injectors and MR products through:
- Supporting the development of MR Marketing and Injectors Marketing strategies.
- Aligning with MR and Injectors business marketing and sales strategies both locally and nationally.
- Contributing to the development of sales strategy and tactics within target accounts.
- Understanding of current health care economic trends related to the MR and Injectors market.
- On-label product demonstrations.
- Implementing approved educational presentations
- Makes periodic check-ins pre-sale and post-sale to major accounts using EmpowerCTA MR injectors and virtual colonoscopy products to ensure proper use of the equipment. Also answers any technical or feature related questions.
- Acts as internal (sales) and external (customers/prospects) resource for Injectors and MR products and modality.
- Works collaboratively with Account Executives in maintaining business at key accounts using Empower Injectors by advising of any breakdown in communication unresolved issues or any other situation that would threaten consumable business.
- During injector installations required to manually assemble components of the injector device which weigh approximately 25 pounds each.
- During employee and customer training will be required to observe a patient undergoing CT and MRI exams.
- Prepare and deliver formal educational presentations to health care professionals.
- Cooperates with marketing to identify and collect case studies that are relevant to approved indications.
- Networks with prospects customers professional societies OEM representativesand MR industry to promote MR products Injectors and offerings at local regional and national trade shows and conventions.
- Identifies new KOLs and owns and grows relationships with existing KOLs.
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational symposia reviewing professional publications establishing personal networks participating in professional societies and maintaining Radiologic Technologist license.
- Satisfactory completion of appropriate corporate training as related to the position and/or department.
- Assures all regulatory compliance issues are being followed in the departments activities.
- Maintains up-to-date and accurate T&E/sales records by utilizing Concur respectively.
- The above is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of activities may be assigned as required by management.
Supervisory Responsibilities
Education
- Degree: A verifiable BA/BS degree is highly desired.
Certificates Licenses Registrations:
- Certified MR Technologist or Registered CT RT with current license in good standing MRSO preferred
- Must be a licensed driver without restrictions and able to drive a car
- Field Sales Credentialing demands various vaccinations and background check requirements. Candidates have to comply with all credentialing obligations including a 10-panel drug screen in order to have access to the medical facilities conducting business.
Professional Experience Knowledge & Technical Skills
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the core competencies required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Background and Experience:
- Exceptional working knowledge of the MR department MR Scanners MR Safety and MRI Contrast as a MR Registered Technologist MR Manager MRSO or Imaging Department Administrator.
- Working knowledge of Computer Assisted Tomography (CAT) and Magnetic Resonance (MR) as well as injection systems.
- Working knowledge of IT/IS PACS/RIS connectivity is a plus
Business Planning/Implementation:
- Contributes to the development of territory and regional plans that are consistent and aligned with business/division marketing strategy and MR objectives.
- Adopts and monitors tactics to address changing business dynamics and market trends to support sales objectives.
Sales Support:
- Effectively understands and participates in the Strategic Selling process.
- Develops rapport with physicians and other buyers within the customer influence network.
- Participates in Miller Heiman SOS Sheet account analysis to create effective strategy and tactics.
- Make recommendations to strategy/tactics when new pertinent information is discovered.
- Demonstrates customer focused consultative win-win approach in all interactions balancing persistence with patience.
Clinical/Product Evaluations:
- Subject Matter Expert on all MR Contrast AgentsPackage Inserts
- Subject Matter Expert on all Injector Systems
- Facilitates and drives effective product evaluations with prospective customers
- Assures that product evaluation tactics are consistent with sales strategy and on-label use during product evaluation.
- Appropriately directs customer with off-label inquiries to Professional Services and MSL.
- Timely and appropriate follow-up as may be required to each product evaluation.
Product Knowledge:
- All MR products and applications
- Capital equipment including EmpowerCTA and EmpowerMR Injectors Virtual Colonoscopy and capital equipment accessories including syringes transfer sets.
- Expert in image recognition and quality assessment related to MR and CT Contrast agents
- Working knowledge of Healthcare Economics:
- GPOs/IDNs
- Accountable Care Organizations
- Reimbursement
- Competing modalities
Technology Skills:
- Committed to routine use of software/applications for communicating planning and reporting that includes account analysis forecasting sales activities travel and entertainment expense reporting.
Communication:
- Deliver clear concise and relevant verbal and written information and presentations to all internal and external audiences.
- Demonstrates the ability to maintain effective cross-functional working relationships in marketplace built on mutual respect trust and interdependence creating a win-win approach.
- Constructively shares critical information with management peers and cross-functional teams as appropriate. (i.e. Professional Services and Medical Communications Sales Divisions etc.)
- Understands the diversity of audiences and communicates to achieve positive outcomes.
- Teamwork
- Actively participate in diverse cross-functional teams valuing and respecting knowledge experience and the ideas of others.
- Contribute to free flow of information conducive to positive outcomes and effective team problem-solving.
- Support and act on constructive feedback ideas and recommendations for improvement.
- Proactively keep management abreast of progress with critical business issues.
Managerial Skills
Soft Skills Company Values & Behaviors
Adhere to the core values including:
- Passion: Connecting People and Networking; Be Yourself
- Extraordinary: Leading People and Delegation; Courage
- Continuous Evolution: Insight and Learning Agility; Digital and Technology Orientation
- Sustainability: Long-Term Value Creation; Accountability
Core Relationships
- Customers/Prospective Customers
- Radiologists / Physicians
- MR Technologists
- Department Administration
- MR Managers
- Pharmacy
- Purchasing
- Key Opinion Leaders
- Internal Relationships
- Sales Team
- Customer Service & Fulfillment Department
- Sales and Clinical Team Management
- Marketing Department
- Commercial Operations
- Professional Services and Medical Communications
- Peer Imaging Clinical Applications Specialists
- Other divisional local Sales and Clinical team members
- Local MR and CT Equipment Sales and Clinical Representatives
Physical Demands:
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Injector presentations sometimes require moving and handling equipment (must be able to move various components weighing up to 28 pounds.)
Work Environment:
Position is field based. Position requires up to 70% overnight travel. Some weekend work is required for sales meetings and industry related events and conventions.
About Us
Amplity powers biopharma innovation through expert-led teams that deliver. Whether you knew us in the 80s as Physician Detailing Inc. or in the 00s as part of Publicis Health the companies that came together in 2019 to form Amplity have delivered contract medical commercial communications excellence for 40 years.
Our people-driven tech-enabled DNA fuels everything we professionals understand the pharmaceutical industry from the inside out. With a deep grasp on product lifecycles marketing hurdles operational nuances the complex needs of providers and patients we help our clients launch products operate smoothly with precision across all business shapes sizes specialties.
We are on a mission to improve patient outcomes through executional excellence enabling our partners in pharma to thrive in turn. At Amplity we are allies in excellence. And we do it quicker better nicer than anyone else.
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