Associate Director, Autoinflammatory Diseases (AD-AID) - IL & WI
Novartis
August 29, 2026
Remote friendly (Milwaukee, WI)
United States
Medical Affairs
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as primary point of contact for assigned accounts, using therapeutic and clinical expertise to help providers identify appropriate patients and optimize outcomes.
- Develop and execute tailored account strategies to drive patient access, strengthen stakeholder engagement, and support implementation of brand, reimbursement, and patient support resources.
- Build and maintain trusted, compliant partnerships across healthcare organizations to improve patient experience.
- Anticipate customer needs; navigate access/reimbursement challenges; proactively engage cross-functional partners with customer-centric solutions.
- Monitor healthcare and managed care changes and translate insights into actionable strategies.
- Educate customers on access pathways, support programs, and operational resources; connect to internal experts as needed.
- Lead account efforts to establish care pathways, treatment initiation processes, and best practices for patient onboarding and long-term therapy success.
- Deliver evidence-based clinical discussions that differentiate the brand and support informed treatment decisions.
- Collaborate with Medical, Market Access, Patient Services, and Commercial partners to remove barriers and enhance patient outcomes.
- Represent Novartis in the rare disease community with key opinion leaders and stakeholders.
Essential Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 8+ years’ experience in pharma/biotech/healthcare (or complex sales environments) with large, geographically dispersed teams.
- 5+ years in strategic account management with complex healthcare systems (e.g., AMCs, IDNs, ACOs).
- Track record of commercial success and trusted customer partnerships.
- Strong clinical, business, and market access/reimbursement acumen.
- Ability to lead through influence; collaborate cross-functionally.
- Exceptional communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
- Reside within territory or within 100 miles of the territory border; travel 60–80%; valid driver’s license.
Desirable Requirements:
- Sales leadership/national account or enterprise commercial experience.
- Expertise in reimbursement, market access, and patient access pathways.
Driving is an essential function (fully valid, unrestricted driver’s license required).
- Serve as primary point of contact for assigned accounts, using therapeutic and clinical expertise to help providers identify appropriate patients and optimize outcomes.
- Develop and execute tailored account strategies to drive patient access, strengthen stakeholder engagement, and support implementation of brand, reimbursement, and patient support resources.
- Build and maintain trusted, compliant partnerships across healthcare organizations to improve patient experience.
- Anticipate customer needs; navigate access/reimbursement challenges; proactively engage cross-functional partners with customer-centric solutions.
- Monitor healthcare and managed care changes and translate insights into actionable strategies.
- Educate customers on access pathways, support programs, and operational resources; connect to internal experts as needed.
- Lead account efforts to establish care pathways, treatment initiation processes, and best practices for patient onboarding and long-term therapy success.
- Deliver evidence-based clinical discussions that differentiate the brand and support informed treatment decisions.
- Collaborate with Medical, Market Access, Patient Services, and Commercial partners to remove barriers and enhance patient outcomes.
- Represent Novartis in the rare disease community with key opinion leaders and stakeholders.
Essential Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 8+ years’ experience in pharma/biotech/healthcare (or complex sales environments) with large, geographically dispersed teams.
- 5+ years in strategic account management with complex healthcare systems (e.g., AMCs, IDNs, ACOs).
- Track record of commercial success and trusted customer partnerships.
- Strong clinical, business, and market access/reimbursement acumen.
- Ability to lead through influence; collaborate cross-functionally.
- Exceptional communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
- Reside within territory or within 100 miles of the territory border; travel 60–80%; valid driver’s license.
Desirable Requirements:
- Sales leadership/national account or enterprise commercial experience.
- Expertise in reimbursement, market access, and patient access pathways.
Driving is an essential function (fully valid, unrestricted driver’s license required).