Reporting to the Regional Sales Director, the Clinical Sales Specialist (CSS) plays a vital role in Kiniksa’ s mission to support patients with rare diseases. This position focuses on educating healthcare providers and their teams about recurrent pericarditis, ensuring a thorough understanding of approved treatment options, including efficacy, safety, administration, and patient support services.

As a CSS, you will be responsible for executing a strategic sales plan, leveraging territory business insights to optimize customer engagement and enhance the patient experience. Through thoughtful communication and tactical implementation, you will contribute to Kiniksa’ s growth while making a meaningful impact on healthcare professionals and the patients they serve.

Territory: This is a field- based position covering the Fresno area.

Responsibilities (including, but not limited to):

• Develop and execute strategic territory plan to educate HCP customers and staff, aligned with Kiniksa’ s commercial objectives, including prioritized customer target engagements, account management where applicable, business assessment and analysis, and resource utilization and impact
• Educate targeted influence and decision makers, cardiologists and rheumatologists to initiate Kiniksa’ s approved product for patients with recurrent pericarditis
• Provide comprehensive education on our Kiniksa One Connect Patient Services and support program.
• Facilitate short-term and future opportunities aligned with Kiniksa’ s mission, strategy and objectives through multiple venues, (virtual and in-person) one-on-one interactions, small group discussions, peer-to-peer programs and presentations with external stakeholders.
• Achieve commercial goals, quarterly and yearly, set for this role to deliver on tactical resource execution and to meet or exceed sales performance
• Ensure cross-functional efficiencies and constructive collaboration with Kiniksa’ s field sales partner teams.
• Serve as a Kiniksa external representative for HCP stakeholders, establishing oneself as a reliable, trusted resource for company and product information
• Act in a compliant manner with integrity aligned with Kiniksa’ s values, internal and external guidelines, policies and procedures that govern Kiniksa activities.
• Maintain expenses within assigned budget parameters.
• Document field activities accurately and in a timely fashion

Qualifications and Experience:

• 5+ years of biopharmaceutical sales experience; Rare disease, specialty therapeutic experience, and / or cardiology experience is preferred
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Experienced promoting injectable or reconstitution injectable products is preferred
• Candidates must demonstrate a track record of sales success and be highly motivated to achieve results
• Successfully demonstrated strategic account management experience
• Experienced with Specialty Pharmacy, HUB services, and Patient Support programs
• Demonstrated working knowledge of compliant and ethical business practices
• Must exhibit consistency in collaborating with internal and external stakeholders
• Must exhibit characteristics that exemplify drive, passion and focus that will translate into significant contributions towards building a global generational company focused on Kiniksa’ s patients and customers
• Must demonstrate ability to effectively & efficiently manage multiple workstreams
• Must be willing to travel up to 75% -80% of the time (primarily in assigned territory) and hold a valid driver’s license