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The impact you will make:
Agios Pharmaceuticals is searching for a dynamic Hemolytic Anemia Specialist / Sr. Hemolytic Anemia Specialist to join our growing Sales team. We want someone who cares about this important work, and who’s driven to connect to our mission of helping these patient communities. The HAS/Sr. HAS will be responsible for providing business continuity and leading high-priority commercial initiatives. The role requires strong scientific and clinical acumen in hemolytic anemias, including pathophysiology, diagnosis, patient identification, clinical evidence, treatment pathways, and unmet needs.
Working collaboratively with Marketing, Market Access, Medical Affairs, and Patient Services, this individual strengthens customer engagement, improves patient identification and referral pathways, addresses barriers to treatment, and supports appropriate therapy adoption.
What you will do:
Business Continuity
Provide interim coverage for vacancies, leaves, and critical territory gaps.
Maintain customer relationships and business momentum during transitions.
Rapidly assess territory dynamics, account priorities, and patient opportunities.
Ensure effective transition to permanent field ownership.
Scientific and Clinical Leadership
Maintain deep knowledge of hemolytic anemia pathophysiology, diagnosis, clinical manifestations, treatment, and evolving evidence.
Translate complex scientific information into accurate, clinically relevant, and compliant customer discussions.
Engage physicians, advanced practice providers, pharmacists, nurses, and care teams with scientific credibility.
Recognize questions requiring Medical Affairs support and facilitate appropriate engagement.
Launch and Market Development
Deliver approved disease state and product education.
Support launch readiness, market development, pilot programs, and strategic projects.
Identify clinical knowledge gaps, competitive developments, and emerging customer needs.
Share actionable insights and best practices with leadership and field teams.
Core Competencies
Scientific and Clinical Acumen
Hemolytic Anemia Expertise
Clinical Data Interpretation
Launch Execution
Cross Functional Leadership
Business Acumen
Learning Agility
Compliance Judgment
Patient Focus
Success Measures
Achievement of management objectives and commission-based goals.
Effective territory coverage with minimal business disruption.
Growth in healthcare professionals identifying relevant patient opportunities.
Progress in patient identification, referral, access, and treatment initiation.
Quality of customer relationships, clinical engagement, and field insights.
Successful transfer of account knowledge to permanent territory ownership.
Consistent demonstration of Agios values and compliance standards.
What you bring:
Bachelor’s degree required; advanced scientific, clinical, or business degree preferred.
Seven or more years of experience in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, rare disease, hematology, oncology, or specialty care.
Demonstrated ability to master complex scientific and clinical information.
Proven success managing complex accounts and influencing cross functional stakeholders.
Launch experience and digital fluency preferred.
Strong communication, analytical, planning, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work independently across changing geographies and assignments.
Extensive travel required: 50%-65% Travel
Concerned that you don’t check off every box in the requirements listed above? Please apply anyway! At Agios, we value each other’s differences and recognize that teams thrive when everyone brings their unique experiences to the table. We are dedicated to building an inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible environment where all employees can bring their whole selves to work. If you’re excited about this role but your previous experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another opening!
Work Location: National remit, to be deployed based on business need
Location Specific – Field/Remote: This is a remote based field position. Employees in field roles must reside within their designated territory. Regular conversations with manager are encouraged to ensure alignment on in-person presence/expectations. Travel may be required commensurate to the above job description and/or to attend team meetings and other company events.
What we will give you:
Deliberate Development. Your professional growth as one of our top priorities.
Flexibility. We’re all about individual needs. We embrace different perspectives, work styles, health and wellness approaches, care of families and productivity. When you’re at your best, we’re at our best.
Premium benefits package. We invest in the health, well-being, and security of our people with a premium benefits package that is well-rounded and flexible to help meet the varied personal and professional needs of every member of our team. For more detail on the benefits we offer at Agios, visit the Inside Agios section of our website.
Competitive and equitable performance-based compensation. This includes base salary and both short- and long-term incentives that are connected to our business strategy and vary based on individual and company performance.
The current base salary range for this position at the Hemolytic Anemia Specialist range is expected to be between $157,013 - $235,520 annualized and the current base salary range for this position at the Sr. Hemolytic Anemia Specialist range is expected to be between $$173,988 - $260,981 annualized; final salary will be determined based on various factors including, but not limited to, years of relevant experience, job knowledge, skills and proficiency, degree/education, and internal comparators.
Psychological safety. We support an environment of fearlessness. We want you to share your ideas, speak candidly and take data-informed risks to help push the boundaries.
Commitment to diversity. We strive to foster a welcoming workplace where everyone can thrive. We’re continuously looking to improve the inclusivity of our workforce.
Commitment to community. We’re an active participant in the communities that surround us – the communities where we live, and the community of people and their loved ones in need of better treatment options for conditions that are often overlooked.
Interested in learning more about what makes our culture unique? Visit the Inside Agios section of our website.