Bringing life-changing medicines to millions of people, Novartis sits at the intersection of cutting-edge medical science and innovative digital technology. As a global company, the resources and opportunities for growth and development are plentiful including global and local cross functional careers, a diverse learning suite of thousands of programs and an in-house marketplace for rotations and project work. With strong medicines pipeline our current transformation will not just deliver growth for our business but continue to allow us to bring innovative medicines to patients quickly.

5000. That’s the number of metastatic breast cancer patients whose lives we aim to improve.

Novartis Oncology currently have an opportunity for a National Sales Manager to join the breast cancer team. This is a rare opportunity for a leader who is motivated by delivering exceptional impact for patients all while inspiring and supporting their team to be the best they can be.

You will join a team energized to bring life-improving solutions to Australian patients and HCP’s; the Breast Cancer team is on the forefront of transforming how patients access our medicines, made up of big-picture visionaries with a passion for innovation. The National Sales Manager reports to the Therapeutic Area Head solid tumours and will lead a team of 5 Product Specialist.

This position is designed to operate within an Agile framework, which will require responsiveness and the ability to perform in a dynamic environment. A self-starter with an open mindset, transparent way of working and the ability to inspect and adapt what and how we do our work is essential.

Your Responsibilities:

• Responsible for driving the sales operations plan and for achieving agreed sales and broader performance targets for Breast specialty area.
• Brings specialist knowledge in the required therapeutic area.
• Creates and executes business plans to drive this achievement, and is responsible for brands’ strategic and tactical planning in line with company strategy and standards.
• Manages and optimizes effective allocation of resources to deliver required business results. Manages area sales and expense budgets.
• Serves as a communication bridge from Senior Management to Sales Specialists.
• Lead a high-performing team of Product Specialists; hires, trains and develops them as necessary; provides coaching and feedback to the team.
• Influence key account strategy in tandem with appropriate cross functional partners
• Master product knowledge and disease area knowledge; and coach the team on the same. Gathers and is updated on required information regarding the market, key competitors’ market data, pricing intelligence, key accounts etc.

Diversity & Inclusion / EEO
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Proven success in sales in Healthcare / Pharma / related business
• Previous experience with oncology is highly desired
• Knowledge and experience in an Agile way of thinking and working is preferable
• Able to understand changing dynamics of Pharmaceutical industry
• Market Knowledge and Network is desirable

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Why Novartis?

766 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2021, and while we’re proud of this, we know there is so much more we could do to help improve and extend people’s lives.

We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working.

We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what's possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying!
Imagine what you could do here at Novartis!

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