Key Account Manager Respiratory

Key Account Manager, Respiratory (Central Switzerland)

AstraZeneca AG Switzerland

100% field-based

Introduction

Are you passionate about making a transformative impact in respiratory and immunological diseases? At AstraZeneca, our Respiratory & Immunology (R&I) team is at the forefront of scientific innovation, dedicated to delivering life-changing medicines for patients worldwide. Join us and become part of a talented community where your ideas drive progress, teamwork fuels breakthroughs, and your work directly improves patient outcomes. If you're ready to shape the future of healthcare and advance your career in a dynamic, purpose-driven environment, we want to hear from you.

What You'll Do...

In this role, you will be responsible for all commercial and customer-related activities for a key

respiratory brand within your region. This includes promotional brand activities, product-related physician and healthcare professional education. You will drive the account strategy, coordinate activities with key customers of the region within and across a cross-functional team, integrating input from Marketing, Medical, and Market Access. We seek candidates who live customer service and patient orientation and can orchestrate their activities across multiple channels based on customer preference and business needs. You are a doer who brings to bear deep customer and patient insights to ensure our patient-centric approach. You can integrate business insights and numbers from reporting tools with your intuition and customer knowledge into winning strategies and tactics.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

Demonstrate a deep understanding of key customer needs and requirements

Understand collaborative HCP networks and become a trusted partner and advisor

Demonstrate patient-centric behaviour and drive the understanding of the patient pathway

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

Collaborate with customers to develop ideas and implement customer facing projects that improve patient care and improve treatment pathways

Deliver revenue as per the set targets

Crucial Skills/Experience:

Excellent salesperson with strong selling skills

Strong track record in pharma sales and/ or medical devices, launch experience as a plus

Expertise in the field of Respiratory & Immunology is a plus (

pneumology, allergology)

Good strategic and analytical skills (strategic account management)

Strong project management skills

Entrepreneurial mindset

with a relentless drive for goal achievement

Open mentality towards use of innovative ways to support business growth (e.g. AI)

Excellent collaboration and partnership capabilities

Excellent communication and influencing ability

Proficiency in German required

with

solid English, while French

is

a plus

Date Posted

05-May-2026

Closing Date

18-May-2026

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.