Summary
About the Role
Essential Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree required, advanced degree a plus.
• 2+ years’ experience in specialty pharmaceuticals, biotech, or a sales role of similar complexity within the last 5 years.
• Strong ability to collaborate, work cross-functionally within a matrix environment, can communicate clinical product information, has a proven track-record of consistent high-performance, and well-versed in navigating and successfully selling to large accounts and key customer segments.
• Self-starter with analytic abilities to seek out, prioritize, and apply relevant information to solve problems to meet the needs of key customers, while also demonstrating ethical leadership and ability to foster environment that promotes ethical behavior and compliance with company policies & laws.
• This is a remote position that will support key accounts in Akron, Canton, Parma, Avon, Westlake, Fairlawn, Beechwood and the surrounding area. Candidate must reside within territory, or within a reasonable daily commuting distance of 50 miles from territory boarder. Ability to travel 60-80% over a broad geography is required, with the ability to drive and/or fly within the territory. No relocation assistance available. Must have a valid driver’s license.
Desirable Requirements:
• Experience across therapeutic groups, disease states, account management strategy, and new product launches.
• Broad understanding in patient services, market access, buy and bill, specialty pharmacy, reimbursement and/or medical calling on HCPs with respect to a sophisticated product or reimbursement pathway.
Leveling Guidelines: the position will be filled at level commensurate with experience.
Territory Account Specialist:
• 2+ years’ experience in specialty pharmaceuticals, biotech, or a sales role of similar complexity within the last 5 years.
Senior Territory Account Specialist:
• 5+ years’ experience in specialty pharmaceuticals, biotech, or a sales role of similar complexity within the last 5 years.
Executive Territory Account Specialist:
• 10+ years’ experience in specialty pharmaceuticals, biotech, or a sales role of similar complexity within the last 5 years.
Company will not sponsor visas for this position.
Why Novartis: Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
You’ll Receive: You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook. https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams’ representative of the patients and communities we serve.
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For Field Roles with a Dedicated Training Period: The individual hired for this role will be required to successfully complete certain initial training, including home study, in eight (8) or fewer hours per day and forty (40) or fewer hours per week.
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