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Associate Director, Neuroscience Priority Accounts – Pennsylvania

Novartis
Remote friendly (Pittsburgh, PA)
United States
$160,300 - $297,700 USD yearly
Market Access

Role Summary

This is a field-based and remote opportunity supporting key accounts in an assigned geography.

Responsibilities

  • Champion institutional advocacy to support formulary adoption and ensure appropriate use of approved neuroscience products.
  • Build strong, collaborative relationships with leaders across our most sophisticated priority accounts and affiliated health systems.
  • Design and execute strategic key-account plans that deliver meaningful outcomes for identified accounts.
  • Significant customer-facing time, creating and executing short term and long-term KOL engagement plans.
  • Identifies evidence gaps across product and disease education through appropriate thought leader discussions
  • Partner with administrative, clinical, operational, and financial stakeholders to streamline care pathways, treatment protocols, and workflow solutions.
  • Apply deep understanding of market dynamics, access models, and reimbursement trends to inform strategic decisions.
  • Collaborate with local partners to create tailored, institution-specific plans that reflect market forces and customer priorities.
  • Lead cross-functional teams to align strategies, update business plans, and achieve product goals within priority accounts.
  • Conduct regular needs assessments and provide actionable insights to internal partners, driving innovative solutions and new business opportunities.

Qualifications

  • Required: Bachelor‚Äôs degree from a 4-year college or university.
  • Required: 8+ years‚Äô experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, or similarly structured industries with large, geographically dispersed sales teams. Other complex sales environments with strong field leadership and customer engagement are welcome.
  • Required: 2+ years‚Äô experience in project management and translation of strategy into execution.
  • Required: 3+ years‚Äô experience managing complex accounts, including large academic centers and hospitals, with demonstrated success in strategic account management.
  • Required: Recent US experience (within last 5 years) with deep understanding of US healthcare ecosystems.
  • Required: Demonstrated deep customer and cross-functional knowledge, healthcare ecosystem thinking, with strong business acumen and technology/digital engagement proficiency.
  • Required: Robust business background, with a strong ability to collaborate and work cross-functionally in a matrix environment to build effective strategic account plans aligned to customer and organization goals.
  • Required: Residence within the territory, or within a reasonable daily commuting distance of 100 miles from the territory border. Ability to travel 60-80% over a broad geography is required, with the ability to drive and/or fly within the territory. Must have a valid driver‚Äôs license.

Desirable

  • Preferred: Prior experience engaging with assigned neuroscience accounts and building strong, collaborative relationships.
  • Preferred: Background in at least two cross-functional areas, such as Marketing, Medical, Market Access & Reimbursement, or Sales Leadership ‚Äì demonstrating versatility and strategic insight.
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