Account Executive

Job Description

Location(s): Italy North-West or North-East

Level of position: Senior Manager

Position type: Field-based

Reporting Line: The position reports to the Commercial Lead Italy

How will your role help us transform hope into reality?

The Key Account & Access Manager (KAAM) is a field-based expert combining sales and local access competencies who is responsible for scientific information as well as local and regional market access to drive commercial success of our medicines. In this role, the KAAM will be responsible for hospital-based account planning and management, identifying, developing, and managing relationships with a variety of healthcare providers, including:

• Hematologists


• Allergologists/Immunologists


• Oncologists


• Pathologists


• Hospital Pharmacists

The KAAM will also engage with some regional and local payers. The KAAM will be accountable to engage in high-quality scientific exchange about the clinical application of our precision medicines to various external stakeholders, as well as obtain important insights about accounts' current practice and treatment landscapes.

Additionally, the KAAM is expected to build strong cross-functional relationships and provide meaningful subject-matter expertise to colleagues in:

• Commercial


• Market Access


• Medical Affairs


• Patient Advocacy

This position reports to the Country Commercial Lead and will be responsible for approximately 1/3 of the Italy market: either the territory of Italy North-West or Italy North-East based on the candidate’s place of living and final territories definition.

What will you do?

• Responsible for driving and achieving the business objectives of new product launches and in-market assets.


• Identify key external stakeholders and develop a deep understanding of their needs, collaborating on initiatives and co-creating mutually beneficial solutions that will add value to them and the patients.


• Support and advise Healthcare professionals on the correct use of Blueprint Medicines product and services portfolio with effective scientific and product communication.


• Drive account stakeholder relationships; develop and monitor long-term relationships between Blueprint Medicines, the account, and its key stakeholders.


• Execute local market access plans at regional and hospital level, working closely with the Market Access Team.


• Design strategy for and be accountable for key accounts; develop and execute concrete action plans for those.


• Implement programs to support the journey of patients and work with the local healthcare system to improve the treatment of this disease and/or the patient journey.


• Follow up on relevant matters concerning delivery, tenders, cash collection, and all administrative tasks related to local access and order fulfillment.


• Lead and develop local strategic customer relationships and bring products to launch within compliance and legal requirements.


• Develop and execute projects initiated by relevant team members to support their customers, resulting in better and more efficient treatment outcomes, helping Blueprint Medicines to be a key partner in the product area.


• Proactively share insights and best practices within the Italian team and within the INT region.


• Coordinate collaboration with medical affairs and market access to ensure alignment in objectives and activities.


• Monitor the account plan progress and hold self-accountable for the prioritized plans execution.


• Lead the core account team meetings and present account plans and progress at relevant local meetings with management.


• Prioritize and manage accounts by assessing appropriate business opportunities through contacts with key decision-makers and important local stakeholders.


• Systematically analyze success of plans (e.g., sales, market developments, competitors) and propose mitigating actions as needed.

What minimum qualifications do we require?

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in scientific disciplines and/or any title defined by Italian law that allows qualification as Scientific Representative.


• 4-7 years of pharmaceutical industry experience working in Sales.

What additional qualifications will make you a stronger candidate?

• Experience in field market access preferred but not necessary.


• Experience in managing customer relationships across the full spectrum of customer types in the healthcare industry.


• Account management experience desirable and knowledge in therapy and product area.


• A very strong sense of urgency to address key stakeholder needs.


• Knowledge in National and Regional Healthcare systems and local and therapy-specific policies impacting decision making.


• Strategic approach, balancing between driving short-term goals and long-term vision.


• Strong collaboration skills.


• Drive for results, holding self and others accountable for delivering on commitments.


• Proactive networking to influence commercial strategy.


• High energy and creative problem-solving mindset and skills.


• Good presentation skills and strong command of English, both written and oral.


• Specialty medicines or rare disease experience preferred.


• Demonstrated self-starter and team player with strong interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills.


• Empathic, positive, solutions-oriented mindset with active listening capability required.


• Adept, nimble, energetic, and comfortable in a dynamic and collaborative environment.


• Ensure compliance with corporate rules and local regulations.


• Commitment to our Core Values: Patients First, Thoughtfulness, Urgency, Trust, Optimism.

Why Blueprint?

At Blueprint Medicines, we achieve impactful results because of our global crew of compassionate innovators – the Blue Crew. Through authentic relationships and our collective entrepreneurial spirit and action, we are each empowered to take ownership and execute with strategic prioritization. We put trust in our people to break through norms and conventions using their individual strengths and insights, which drives our success.

This is the place where the extraordinary becomes reality, and you could be part of it. Patients are waiting. Are you ready to make the leap?

Blueprint Medicines is a global, fully integrated biopharmaceutical company that invents life-changing medicines. We seek to alleviate human suffering by solving important medical problems in two core focus areas: allergy/inflammation and oncology/hematology. Our approach begins by targeting the root causes of disease, using deep scientific knowledge in our core focus areas and drug discovery expertise across multiple therapeutic modalities.

We have a proven track record with two approved medicines, including bringing our medicine to patients with systemic mastocytosis (SM) in the U.S. and Europe. Leveraging our established research, development, and commercial capability and infrastructure, we aim to significantly scale our impact by advancing a broad pipeline of programs ranging from early science to advanced clinical trials in mast cell diseases including SM and chronic urticaria, breast cancer and other solid tumors.

Blueflex is our operating model which optimizes culture, productivity, & flexibility by maximizing the critical strengths of in-person work with the benefits of added flexibility. Blueflex allows for a mix of in-office and remote work, enabling flexibility to meet individual and business needs and making effective use of our facilities and resources. It is a culture enhancer.