[Hiring] Associate Territory Account Specialist @Novartis

Role Description

This is a field-based and remote opportunity supporting key accounts in an assigned geography. As a Territory Account Specialist (TAS), you’ll lead with purpose – crafting personalized experiences that reflect the unique needs of each account and Health Care Provider (HCP).

• Navigate and resolve challenges within accounts to ensure customer needs are met with effective, tailored solutions.
• Build a strategic territory plan by aligning shared priorities and applying insights and tactics that drive product demand and support better patient outcomes.
• Partner proactively with territory teammates, field teams, and home-office colleagues to address customer needs and deliver access support.
• Apply deep knowledge of the market, competitive landscape, and cross-functional dynamics to anticipate opportunities and respond to challenges with agility.
• Use territory data and market trends to uncover local insights, support pull-through efforts, and lead impactful customer engagements – virtually or in person.
• Facilitate planning sessions with key stakeholders to solve complex challenges and collaborate across functions to meet customer needs with urgency.
• Deliver real-time access support and work closely with Patient Specialty Services (PSS) to ensure seamless customer experience.
• Harness digital tools and omni-channel strategies to personalize outreach and engage customers across both virtual and face-to-face settings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required from 4-year college or university.
• Experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, or similarly structured industries with large, geographically dispersed sales teams within the last 5 years.
• Welcoming candidates from other complex sales environments such as medical devices, diagnostics, life sciences services, insurance, consumer health, or B2B sectors.
• Proven track-record of consistent high-performance, and well-versed in navigating and successfully selling to large accounts and key customers.
• Self-starter with analytic abilities to seek out, prioritize, and apply relevant information to solve problems.
• Candidate must reside within territory, or within a reasonable daily commuting distance of 50 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’s license.

Requirements

• Experience across therapeutic groups, disease states, account management strategy, and new product launches.
• Broad understanding in patient services, market access, buy and bill, specialty pharmacy, reimbursement and/or medical calling on HCPs.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including health, life and disability benefits.
• 401(k) with company contribution and match.
• Generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves.

Salary Range

• Associate Territory Account Specialist: $77,000 and $143,000 per year.
• Territory Account Specialist: $93,800 and $174,200 per year.
• Senior Territory Account Specialist: $119,700 and $222,300 per year.
• Executive Territory Account Specialist: $132,300 and $245,700 per year.