Pharmaceutical Sales - Territory Manager - GI Specialty

Company: Eli Lilly and Company
Location: Cincinnati
Posted on: February 13, 2026

Job Description:

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world. Territory Manager - Cincinnati, OH GI1_166707 Company overview: For more than a century, we have stayed true to a core set of values—excellence, integrity, and respect for people—that guide us in all we do. We also are committed to investing in our employees and supporting a culture of well-being —through competitive pay, comprehensive employee benefit programs, and training and development resources. WeAreLilly Sound interesting to you? Read on to find out more about how you can join our sales team, where you will enjoy meaningful work, build a successful career and make important contributions to our patients' lives. Lilly is committed to helping people suffering from moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis. Our goal is to make life better for people around the world by offering a solution to prevent or stop this disabling disease. That means raising the bar for treatment expectations in the field of gastroenterology, as we develop and launch innovative treatment solutions that may reduce the burden of diseases. Together we embrace the challenge to redefine what's possible. The Lilly Gastroenterology Specialty Territory Managers will be responsible for account-based selling to health care providers (HCPs) who prescribe and influence the treatment for the disease states represented in the Lilly gastroenterology portfolio. This includes HCPs in dedicated gastroenterology practices and infusion centers, as well as representatives in key hospital accounts, including gastroenterologist, gastroenterology fellows, gastroenterology educators, chief internal medicine residents, chief family practice residents and residents involved in gastroenterology rotations. You will build relationships with key customers in the gastroenterology space to increase Lilly’s ability to drive adoption of our new and existing therapies. They will also identify and develop business relationships with state and local advocacy groups, teaching institutions, key influencers, and managed care organizations. They will be viewed as a credible expert and resource. BUSINESS OWNERSHIP Territory Management • Develops a strong understanding of territory and reimbursement landscape and utilizes appropriate business insights tools to analyze and adapt to business needs. Account Management • Systematically navigates the ever-changing healthcare environment to understand accounts and impact key stakeholders to become a trusted partner. SELLING SKILLS / CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE Dialogue Agility • Actively listens and adapts to verbal and non-verbal customer prompts throughout the call. Medical Integrity • Demonstrates high learning agility to understand clinical information / disease state, our product portfolio, and the therapeutic marketplace. • Uses this information to engage with every member of an office / account. Selling Skills • Promotes the entire product portfolio by planning for and engaging in a patient centered dialogue with customers. • Utilizes our selling model prior to and during conversations with customers to help them identify appropriate patients. EXECUTION / RESULTS Sales Activity • Utilizes all business analytic resources available to meet the needs of customers and achieve sales goals while acting in a consistent manner with all internal policies and procedures and PhRMA code. Partner Collaboration • Collaborate effectively with others, both field-facing and internal peers to create a coordinated and positive customer experience. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: • Bachelor’s degree. • Professional certification or license required to perform this position if required by a specific state. • Valid US driver’s license and acceptable driving record is required. • Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization or visas for this role, including but not limited to F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, J-1, H-1B, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, or L-1. Additional skills/preferences: • Two or more years of sales experience (pharmaceutical or non-pharmaceutical) after completion of an undergraduate college degree. • Other work experience following the completion of undergraduate degree, or a graduate degree (e.g., Masters, MBA, PharmD). • Demonstrated business ownership skills, selling/customer experience skills, and execution/results. • Account based selling experience. Ability to identify and engage staff members in accounts. • Strong background in navigating within complex integrated health systems. • Extensive experience or thorough understanding of specialty pharmacy distribution model. • Selling injectable/infusion molecules in a complex reimbursement environment. • History of working with multiple cross functional partners. • Strong Learning agility, self-motivated, team focused, emotionally intelligent and influential. • Must live within 30 miles of the territory boundary. Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form ( https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation ) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response. Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups. Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $87,000 - $159,500 Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees. WeAreLilly

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