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Regional Field Leader (Pain), Delta

Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Full-time
Remote friendly (United States)
United States
$190,000 - $220,000 USD yearly
Sales

Role Summary

The Regional Field Leader, Associate Director oversees a regional US Pain Business Unit, managing a team of 8-10 field-based reps, account managers, and territory managers. The role focuses on driving hospital/health system volume and access, expanding prescriber activation within hospitals, and broadening reach in surrounding communities to accelerate on-label adoption.

Responsibilities

  • Manage existing PTAMs and recruit for newly created TBM roles; recruit, hire, and retain a high-performing team aligned with company values
  • Establish clear business plans, metrics, and goals for the region and motivate the team to deliver results
  • Support business goals while focusing on patients by using data analytics and field insights to provide strategic guidance to PTAMs and TBMs
  • Guide management of account and territory plans, supporting formulary, pathway, and protocol placement within institutions and driving awareness and pull-through of JOURNAVX in surrounding communities
  • Understand interdependencies within institutional accounts and build long-term account relationships
  • Collaborate with internal cross-functional stakeholders, including US Pain Marketing, to shape performance approaches
  • Foster a positive, collaborative team culture; coach PTAMs to set goals that positively impact patient outcomes
  • Partner with field team members and headquarters to analyze customer needs, market dynamics, and trends supporting brand objectives
  • Achieve forecast targets by coaching, supporting, developing, and driving a winning team culture
  • Model ethics and integrity to support a culture of compliance and earn trust with external stakeholders

Qualifications

  • Required: Bachelor's degree
  • Required: 10+ years in healthcare/biopharmaceuticals marketing or equivalent
  • Required: 3+ years of supervisory/management experience
  • Required: Hospital customer engagement experience, including leading institutional sales teams
  • Required: Experience in strategic account management, leading teams to engage formulary management and product access
  • Required: Experience in leading pull-through of inpatient formularies, protocols, pathways, and order sets
  • Preferred: Experience in launching new products
  • Required: Ability to foster teamwork and collaboration; proactive problem-solving and escalation when needed
  • Required: Understanding of legal/regulatory/compliance environment; ability to model expected behavior and shape policies

Skills

  • Strategic thinking and leadership
  • Data-driven decision making
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Customer relationship management at institutional level
  • Communication and coaching

Education

  • Bachelor's degree

Additional Requirements

  • Must complete trainings, background screens, drug testing, and vaccinations as required
  • Must live and work within the territory and be within reasonable distance to a major airport
  • Valid driver’s license in good standing
  • Travel up to 80% of the time; may require after-hours work as needed
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