Snr Key Account Manager, North Region: Rare Diseases

Location:
This exciting brand new role will cover the North Region of the UK - the main centre is in Leeds.
Please note this role requires the successful candidate to live on the territory and have the right to work in the UK. Visa or relocation support are not available for this role.
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About the role:
This is an opportunity to join Novartis in a brand new specialist secondary care sales role which will be responsible for launching and promoting a new Novartis product in the Rare Diseases area. You will be driven by maximising the impact on patients whilst also achieving sales targets.
Your responsibilities:
• Develop account plans for the product, customers and develop new business opportunities.
• Develop and apply an understanding of customer organizations and networks and of diverse influences that affect customer decisions
• Develop business/clinical networks supporting clinical advocacy and key opinion leader plans, including medical experts from customer or academic communities.
• Ensure that Novartis products and supporting services are broadly understood and available to more patients and customers by understanding the patient pathway.
• Deploy and uses Marketing and Sales promotional materials and programs; coordinate direct promotion programs and facilitates pull-through activities.
• Present highly technical data to customer audiences.
• Develop deep specialist product and disease state knowledge in the specific therapeutic area and leverage this to build professional customer relationships and support sound clinical discussions.
• Integrate customer-facing activities in cross-functional teams (e.g. Medical Affairs, Market Access) to achieve sales targets.

Essential requirements:
• Degree or equivalent, ideally in Science
• Specialist secondary care sales experience
• Rare Disease, haematology or oncology experience
• High level of self-motivation and a strong dedication to succeed.
• Able to demonstrate a strategic approach to account management
• In depth understanding of the UK healthcare system.
• Strong communication and selling skills
• Engaging customer centric approach
• Full UK driving licence
• ABPI qualification or desire to do this quickly
Desirable requirements:
• Launch experience
• Brings an existing network of contacts and relationships from the territory
Why Novartis?
Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
You’ll receive:
Competitive salary, Sales incentive bonus, Pension scheme, Share purchase scheme, Health insurance, 25 days annual leave, Flexible working arrangements, subsidized dining facilities, Employee recognition scheme, learning and development opportunities.
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