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Regional Field Sales Leader - Pain (Pacific Northwest)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

Seattle, WA

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JOB DETAILS
JOB TYPE
Full-time, Employee
SKILLS
Biotech and Pharmaceutical, Business Plan, Business Support, Coaching, Cross-Functional, Customer Relations, Customer/Client Research, Data Analysis, Driver's License, Environmental Compliance, Field Sales, Forecasting, Formulary, Healthcare, Hospital, Hospital Systems, Leadership, Legal, Market Trend Analysis, Marketing, Metrics, Needs Assessment, Oral Surgery, Patient Care, Performance Tuning/Optimization, Product Reviews, Product/Service Launch, Regional Sales, Regulatory Compliance, Resolve Customer Issues, Sales, Sales Management, Set Goals, Strategic Accounts, Team Lead/Manager, Team Player, Territory Management, Time Management, Willing to Travel
LOCATION
Seattle, WA
POSTED
30+ days ago
Job Description

General Summary:

The Regional Field Leader, Associate Director will be responsible for the oversight of an assigned region within the US Pain Business Unit. Regional Field Leaders (RFLs) will manage a team of 8-10 field-based reps; account managers and territory managers. Pain Territory Account Managers (PTAMs) focus on driving and pulling through hospitals/health system volume and access, expand activation and breadth of prescribers within the hospital setting. Pain Territory Business Managers (TBMs) focus within the PTAM's surrounding community, calling upon PCPs, oral surgeons, and selected specialties-to broaden reach and accelerate appropriate, on label adoption within these community targets.

The RFL reports into the Area Field Leaders (AFL) for the West. The RFL must live within the region they are leading, near an airport and be willing to travel routinely based on business needs.

Ideal Location: Seattle, WA

Key Duties and 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

Required Experience and Knowledge/Skills:

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

Experience in launching new products preferred

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

Other Requirements:

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

Pay Range:
$168,000 - $252,000

Disclosure Statement:

The range provided is based on what we believe is a reasonable estimate for the base salary pay range for this job at the time of posting. This role is eligible for an annual bonus and annual equity awards. Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay, in accordance with federal and state requirements. Actual base salary pay will be based on a number of factors, including skills, competencies, experience, and other job-related factors permitted by law.

At Vertex, our Total Rewards offerings also include inclusive market-leading benefits to meet our employees wherever they are in their career, financial, family and wellbeing journey while providing flexibility and resources to support their growth and aspirations. From medical, dental and vision benefits to generous paid time off (including a week-long company shutdown in the Summer and the Winter), educational assistance programs including student loan repayment, a generous commuting subsidy, matching charitable donations, 401(k) and so much more.

Company Information

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.

Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager, or contact Talent Acquisition at ApplicationAssistance@vrtx.com

Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law. Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager, or contact Human Resources at ApplicationAssistance@vrtx.com.

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