Vertex Pharmaceuticals · 1 day ago
Regional Field Sales Leader - Pain BU (Mid-Atlantic)
Vertex Pharmaceuticals is a global biotechnology company committed to scientific innovation. They are seeking a Regional Field Leader, Associate Director to oversee a team in the US Pain Business Unit, managing field-based reps and driving hospital engagement and access for pain management products.
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Responsibilities
Manage existing PTAMs and recruit for the newly created TBM roles. Managerial expectations include recruiting, hiring and retaining a high performing team that drives results while living the Vertex values
Establishes clear business plans, metrics, and goals for assigned region and motivates team to deliver results
Supports business goals while never losing site of patients by leveraging data analytics and field insights and providing strategic guidance to both PTAMs and TBMs
Guides the timely and appropriate management of account management and business territory plans, supporting the field team in the establishment and pull through of formulary, pathway, and protocol placement within selected institutions and driving awareness and pull through of JOURNAVX within surrounding communities
Understands multiple interdependencies within institutional accounts and builds informed, long-term account relationships
Works closely with internal cross-functional stakeholders, including the US Pain Marketing Team, to shape approaches that drive performance
Creates a positive and collaborative team culture, coaching the pain territory account managers to develop goals to positively impact outcomes for patients
Partners compliantly with other field team members and headquarters colleagues to proactively analyze and address customer needs, market dynamics, and trends that support brand and portfolio objectives
Ensures the achievement of assigned forecast by optimizing team performance through coaching, support, development, and driving a winning culture
Role models ethics and integrity in the work that you do to support our culture of compliance and earn trust with external stakeholders
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree
10+ years of experience in healthcare/biopharmaceuticals in marketing, or an equivalent combination of experience and education
3+ years of supervisory/management experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience
Hospital customer engagement experience, including leading institutional sales teams
Experience in strategic account management, including the proven ability to lead teams in navigate institutions and health systems to engage formulary management and pharmaceutical product review, to gain product access and impact key decision makers and affiliated community prescribers
Experience in leading the pull through of inpatient formularies, protocols, pathways, and order sets
Fosters the highest level of teamwork and collaboration
Ability to proactively think of creative solutions to achieve desired results when faced with barriers, engaging with appropriate team members and escalating issues effectively
Demonstrated understanding of the legal, regulatory, and compliance environment, ability to model expected behavior for the team and shape policies
Employee will be required to establish certain customer credentials and requirements, which include, but may not be limited to, successful completion of trainings, background screens, drug testing and vaccinations
Must live and work within the territory. Depending on the territory's geography and work requirements may also be required to live within a reasonable distance to a major airport
Valid driver's license and in good standing
Travel by car or airplane up to 80% of the time and work after hours as required by business needs
Preferred
Experience in launching new products
Benefits
Annual bonus
Annual equity awards
Overtime pay
Medical, dental and vision benefits
Generous paid time off (including a week-long company shutdown in the Summer and the Winter)
Educational assistance programs including student loan repayment
Generous commuting subsidy
Matching charitable donations
401(k)
Company
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Vertex Pharmaceuticals is focused on the discovery and development of small molecule drugs for the treatment of serious diseases.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$657.31MKey Investors
Janssen Belgium
2024-07-10Post Ipo Secondary· $1.11M
2022-05-17Post Ipo Equity· $50M
2009-12-03Post Ipo Equity· $443M
Leadership Team
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