Job Description Summary Lead a high-performing sales team and drive sustainable business growth. We are looking for an experienced sales leader to manage a regional or local sales team and deliver agreed sales, market share, productivity, and broader performance targets. In this role, you will translate strategy into effective business plans, strengthen customer relationships, and build team capability through coaching and development. Job Description Major accountabilities: Deliver individual and team sales, productivity, market share, and performance targets. Create and execute business plans, including strategic and tactical brand plans aligned with company strategy and standards. Maintain existing customer relationships while identifying and developing new business opportunities. Allocate resources effectively and manage area sales and expense budgets. Act as the communication bridge between senior management and Sales Representatives Lead, hire, train, coach, and develop a high-performing field sales team. Build strong relationships with key account decision-makers, key opinion leaders, patient associations, and cross-functional partners. Maintain strong product and disease-area knowledge and coach the team accordingly. Monitor market dynamics, competitor activity, pricing intelligence, and key account developments. Requirements Minimum 5 years experience delivering strong performance in the pharmaceutical or healthcare sector. Proven first-line people management experience Strong leadership, coaching, and talent development capabilities. A strategic, enterprise-wide mindset with the ability to interpret data and KPIs and translate insights into action. Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity and change. Strong communication, collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and relationship management skills. A track record of achieving field performance objectives. Experience engaging stakeholders through omnichannel approaches. Skills Desired Change Management, Coaching, Collaboration, Commercial Excellence, Complexity Management, Leadership, Mentorship, Professional Ethics Improving the lives of people living with disease takes more than innovative science. It takes a focus on the needs of people and a community committed to meeting them. It takes a team of people like you. Working together. Learning together. Thriving together. Discover how you can join us in changing people’s lives. Novartis is aware of employment scams which make false use of our company name or leader’s names or recruiter’s names to defraud job seekers. Novartis does not make job offers without interview and never asks candidates for money. If you have encountered a job posting or been approached with a job offer that you suspect may be fraudulent, we strongly recommend you do not respond, send money or personal information. Novartis is not responsible for any claims, losses, damages, or expenses resulting from scams. In the context of China Cross-Border Data Transfer (CBDT) policy, if you need to apply for a position in China, please go to the local Recruiting System TaleNov .

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