Pharma Field Sales - Rare Blood Therapy Manager - Seattle, WA or Portland, OR

Novo Nordisk AS

Portland, OR

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$99,600–$184,200 Per Year
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Blood Disorders, Business Development, Business Plan, Business Skills, Chronic Disease, Clinical Research, Communication Skills, Compensation Management, Computer Skills, Cross-Functional, Customer Experience, Customer Relations, Customer/Client Research, Disease, Disease Prevention and Control, Driver's License, Drug Development, Ecosystems, Employee Assistance Plan, Endocrinology, Entrepreneurship, Exceeded Sales Goal, Field Sales, Geography, Healthcare, Hematology, Hemophilia, Home Care, Industry Standards, Leadership, Market Trend Analysis, Marketing, Medical Treatment, Meet Sales Quota, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Windows Operating System, Microsoft Word, Multitasking, Nursing, Options Analysis, Patient Care, Performance Management, Pharmaceutical Sales, Process Improvement, Product Management, Project/Program Management, Promotional Programs, Public/Media/Press/Analyst Relations, Purchasing/Procurement, Revenue Growth, Sales, Sales Management, Sales Strategy, Social Work, Strategic Planning, Willing to Travel
LOCATION
Portland, OR
POSTED
30+ days ago

About the Department

The Rare Disease organization leads all US Commercial efforts for Novo Nordisk's Rare Disease portfolio. The Rare Disease portfolio includes medical treatments, customer solutions, and devices across multiple Therapy Areas including Rare Bleeding Disorders, Rare Endocrine Disorders, Rare Renal Disorders, and Hemoglobinopathies (Sickle Cell Disease & Beta Thalassemia), as well as new products in the pipeline.

The Rare Disease organization is responsible for leading the enterprise approach to achieving our patient care goals and financial objectives, devising and delivering transformative patient and customer experiences, addressing unmet needs across the communities we serve, and setting the industry standard for extraordinary execution. The team members collaborate and partner cross functionally with multiple functions and groups throughout the US organization, Clinical Development, Research & Early Development, other affiliates, and the Global HQ teams.

We are looking for highly motivated individuals who are strategic and bold thinkers, passionate and dedicated to driving change in Rare Disease, patient focused, strong collaborators, and inclusive leaders, as we embark on shaping our exciting future and improving the lives of more patients than ever before.

The Position

Represents Novo Nordisk, Inc. (NNI) to targeted accounts and thought leaders in an assigned territory with the goal of maximizing sales and establishing NNI as a leader in the hemophilia marketplace. The Rare Blood Therapy Manager (RBTM) must assume responsibility for achieving sales objectives by implementing approved marketing and local sales strategies aimed at effectively selling and promoting NNIs hemophilia products to key physicians, nurses, home care companies, social workers, pharmacies, hemophilia/hematology organizations, and other appropriate paramedical customers who make or are involved in purchasing and prescribing decisions. Requires the development of strategically targeted, account-specific business plans that reflect an in-depth understanding of local, regional and national market forces that impact product sales.

Relationships

Externally, the RBTM primarily maintains relationships with physicians, nurses, home care companies, pharmacies, and other paramedical customers. Reports to the Regional Director - Rare Blood and interacts internally with other representatives, medical liaisons, STARS Account Managers and other NNI departments.

Essential Functions

  • Drives sales, seeks wins, and drives outcomes to exceed goals; influences behavior change with healthcare professionals (HCPs)
  • Communicates effectively with internal and external stakeholders in both in-person and virtual situations or environments
  • Develops meaningful business-relevant relationships with key external stakeholders
  • Demonstrate the mindsets of emotional intelligence, account centricity and business ownership to gain trusted advisor status with customers and drive outcomes
  • Ability to engage with customers through effective two-way dialogue and active listening techniques to gather information and uncover customer needs
  • Recognizes and creates opportunities productively and respectfully challenge and influence the approach to patient management in rare blood disorders and adds value by sharing new information and unique insights
  • Coordinates and collaborates with other field and home office colleagues to leverage provider relationships to drive results across total geography
  • Identifies key customer insights to remain ahead of local healthcare market trends and developments; applies a strategic mindset
  • Applies business acumen and analytical skills to continually advance the business and drive exceptional results; creates, adapts and executes business plans based on territory needs
  • Leverages understanding of complexities within the local healthcare ecosystem to maximize performance
  • Leads initiatives to consistently drive results based on understanding of HCP influence across total geography
  • Works with an entrepreneurial mindset and a sense of urgency to achieve outcomes and exceed goals
  • Balances time across multiple priorities; thinks broadly to ensure future success while executing against immediate opportunities to drive performance
  • Develops and utilizes project management skills to execute local initiatives
  • Organizes work effectively to maximize impact
  • Models the "Novo Nordisk Way" through behaviors and actions in an ethical and compliant way

Physical Requirements

50-75% overnight travel required; Driver must maintain a valid driver's license. Must be in good standing by not exceeding the Novo Nordisk points threshold assigned based on review of Motor Vehicle Records.

Qualifications

  • A Bachelors degree required
  • A minimum of five (5) years of pharmaceutical/healthcare sales (Rare Disease experience preferred) OR a minimum five (5) years of relevant experience in Rare Disease required, of which at least two (2) years are in pharmaceutical sales; Rare Disease experience may include hemophilia care, treatment or advocacy
  • Expert knowledge of the hemophilia market, preferred
  • Ability to facilitate trust and understanding
  • An aptitude for learning and communicating technical and scientific product and disease management information required
  • Decision-making ability and leadership skills are required
  • Intermediate computer skills required (Windows, Word, Excel)
  • Must be a self-starter and be able to evaluate options, make decisions, and operate business activities with minimal supervision
  • Prior computer experience using sales data/call reporting software preferred

The base compensation range for this position is $99,600 to $184,200. Base compensation is determined based on a number of factors. This position is also eligible for a company bonus based on individual and company performance.

Novo Nordisk offers long-term incentive compensation and or company vehicles depending on the positions level or other company factors.

Employees are also eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs including medical, dental and vision coverage; life insurance; disability insurance; 401(k) savings plan; flexible spending accounts; employee assistance program; tuition reimbursement program; and voluntary benefits such as group legal, critical illness, identity theft protection, pet insurance and auto/home insurance. The Company also offers time off pursuant to its sick time policy, flex-able vacation policy, and parental leave policy.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk, were not chasing quick fixes - were creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, weve been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of whats possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, were making healthcare more accessible, treating and defeating diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger - a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.

Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.

If you are interested in applying to Novo Nordisk and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply, please call us at 1-855-411-5290. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

About the Company

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Novo Nordisk AS

Working at Novo Nordisk

 

Life-changing careers

Starting a career at Novo Nordisk is more than getting a job. It is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions of people living with a serious chronic disease.

Whether you are a part of supplying insulin for patients around the world, discovering the next breakthrough at one of our state-of-the-art research centres, working with us is truly life-changing.

 

We are inspired by life

We are a proud life-science company on a mission to ensure that people living with a chronic disease can live a full life. Millions rely on us.

We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. From our colleagues in the lab, working to change lives through pioneering break-through treatments, to our colleagues putting sustainability at the core of our processes and working to prolong the life of our planet, this mission to improve lives is at the core of our every action.

 

Together we drive change

Change is a constant — change in lifestyle, change in technology, change all over. At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it.

We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future.

That’s why we continuously push to improve the way we work and the lives of the patients we serve, creating innovative solutions that fit the way people want to live. To accomplish this, we embrace a spirit of open-mindedness and experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection.

 

Together, we are life-changing

Our company is our people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That’s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We want to ensure that every employee can achieve a work-life balance that supports their current priorities and where they want to go next.

 

Your development starts here

We value our employees for the unique skills, backgrounds and perspectives they bring to the table. We work continuously to help bring out the best in all of our people, offering opportunities for development and creating an environment of mobility within the company. We strive to offer a workplace that’s great to be in and to be from.

It is very important to us that anyone working with us feels empowered as an employee and as a person. We all should have the opportunity to act fast, make decisions and be agile. 

With a career at our company, you will feel a difference right from the start. A sense of inspiration that comes from a shared belief in driving positive change for people, families and communities everywhere, and it’s a collective effort. We rely on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 45,000 employees.

In the video above, meet  Marie Darting, one of our scientists, and hear more about her work as a formulation scientist, her perspective on development plans and the impact she feels her work has on people living with a chronic disease.

 

Who we are

We were founded in 1923 and today we are a global healthcare company headquartered just outside Copenhagen, Denmark.

Our purpose is to drive change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic diseases, such as obesity and rare blood and endocrine disorders. We do so by pioneering  scientific breakthroughs, expanding  access to our medicines , and working to prevent and ultimately cure diabetes.

With almost 100 years of experience, one of the broadest diabetes product portfolios in the healthcare industry, as well as an award-winning pipeline of innovative products, our success is built on our company values – the Novo Nordisk Way.

COMPANY SIZE
2,500 to 4,999 employees
INDUSTRY
Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals
FOUNDED
1923
WEBSITE
https://www.novonordisk.com/