Senior Director, Sickle Cell Field Sales

🕒 September 2

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $229.2k - $400k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🏙️ Outside Sales

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Novo Nordisk

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1923

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

🍽️ Food & Beverage

Healthcare • Consulting • Food & Beverage

Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company that has been at the forefront of research in obesity and diabetes for over 25 years. Their mission is to improve the lives of people suffering from obesity and diabetes through innovative treatments and sustainable practices. With a strong commitment to patient safety, Novo Nordisk actively combats falsified medicines and strives to enhance the integrity of their products. They offer a range of life-saving medications and are dedicated to driving change in the healthcare landscape, ensuring that children and adults alike have access to essential medical care.

📋 Description

• Develop and drive business performance for the Rare Disease business unit • Lead a high-performing national field sales force across the Sickle Cell market • Develop, lead, and execute sales strategies and initiatives focused on market awareness, market share, sales, revenue, and profitability • Serve as a member of the Rare Disease Leadership Team • Build, hire, and supervise Sickle Cell Region Directors and the Sales organization • Oversee the Commercial Execution team for Sickle Cell Disease • Lead the Sickle Cell sales organization and ensure extraordinary execution • Ensure key performance indicators are achieved or exceeded • Create an engaged, inclusive, customer-centric organization • Establish and monitor resource, system-utilization, administrative, and compliance policies • Partner cross-functionally on commercial effectiveness and operations • Align sales-force efforts with marketing strategies and oversee messaging, training, and pull-through execution • Assess sales-organization training needs and implement solutions • Build the sales leadership team and foster a winning culture • Develop market-growth strategies and relationships for current and new products • Ensure comprehensive business plans, sales planning, budgets, profitability targets, and risk mitigation • Ensure sales staff receive training, coaching, and resources to reach targets • Implement target lists, call planning, and field-organization metrics • Understand customer needs and incorporate them into brand strategies • Evaluate resource use, review and audit expense reports, and operate within budget • Build relationships with external customers, thought leaders, advocacy organizations, and stakeholders • Provide direction, inspiration, and motivation to the Sickle Cell Sales team • Ensure reporting personnel maintain development plans, annual goals, learning plans, and interim reviews

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required • Minimum of 15 years of progressive pharmaceutical/healthcare sales experience required • Minimum of 6 years previous people management experience required • 3 years previous experience of Director level management required • Product launch experience required • Orphan/Rare Disease or Specialty sales experience strongly preferred • MBA or advanced degree preferred • Cross-functional experience in multiple areas strongly preferred • Experience in building new teams and organizational capabilities strongly preferred • Ability to travel overnight 60–70%

🏖️ Benefits

• Company bonus based on individual and company performance • Long-term incentive compensation • Company vehicles depending on position level or company factors • Medical, dental and vision coverage • Life insurance • Disability insurance • 401(k) savings plan • Flexible spending accounts • Employee assistance program • Tuition reimbursement program • Group legal benefits • Critical illness protection • Identity theft protection • Pet insurance • Auto/home insurance • Sick time • Flexible vacation policy • Parental leave