The Role
Manage and grow designated key accounts by developing account strategies, stakeholder relationships, and tactical plans to meet sales and budget targets. Lead contract negotiations, run customer programs, report adverse events promptly, gather competitive intelligence, and coach sales teams to deliver commercial excellence while ensuring compliance with Novartis policies.
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Job Description Summary
-Responsible for key account management at a local level, managing specific account(s)/relationships.-Manage the business relationship and activities with key accounts in order to foster and extend the relationship.
-Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders within accounts, developing deep understanding of customer challenges with respect to patients and identifying solutions that enhance patient care.
Job Description
Major Accountabilities:
- Responsible for promotion and development in the designated accounts to reach commercial goals
- Develop customer development strategy, dedicated KAM action plans for assigned accounts, aligns on account objectives and executes.
- Lead the preparation of strategies and individual tactical plans and to give strategic input in terms of analysis, future potential and key programs required for the accounts
- Prepare and negotiate contracts, and guide initiatives that the company launches to target particular account
- Analyze market situation including competitive intelligence activities on key accounts and key competitors
- Organize customer events and other programs independently or with marketing/medical department, in line with agreed business tactical plans
- Contribute to the mapping of stakeholders, including segmentation and profiling.
Responsible for driving the sales operations plan and for achieving agreed sales and broader performance targets for own part of the organization. - Develop an effective sales team through training and coaching or management of key commercial programs
- Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt
- Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable)
- Novartis P3 Interaction principles and related systems are familiar to ensure compliance and implement Novartis values and behaviors.
Key Performance Indicators:
- Sales revenue and revenue growth in designated accounts
- Operating budget for designated key accounts (Budget, Cost, Sales, etc.)
Requirements:
Education:
- Medical Education
Work Experience:
- Handling quality metrics & issues
- Sales experience preferably in multinational companies
- Key account management experience / medical representative
- Clinical Trial Design, Data Review & Reporting.
- Innovative & Analytical Technologies.
Skills:
- Accountability
- Commercial Excellence
- Competitive Intelligence
- Compliance
- Customer Engagement
- Professional Ethics
- Market Development
- Problem Solving Techniques
- Revenue Growth
- Selling Skills
- Team Collaboration
- Value Propositions
Languages:
- English
Skills Desired
Analytical Skill (Inactive), Change Management, Coaching, Collaboration, Commercial Excellence, Communication, Complexity Management, Compliance (Inactive), Healthcare Industry, Leadership, Management (Inactive), Mentorship, Problem Solving, Professional Ethics, TeamworkSkills Required
- Medical education
- Key account management or medical representative experience
- Sales experience
- Sales experience in multinational companies
- Handling quality metrics and issues
- Clinical trial design, data review and reporting
- Familiarity with adverse event / pharmacovigilance reporting (timely reporting)
- Knowledge of commercial strategy, contract negotiation, and competitive intelligence
- English language proficiency
Novartis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Novartis and has not been reviewed or approved by Novartis.
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Healthcare Strength — Pay and benefits are described as a strong overall package, supported by medical, dental, and vision insurance alongside FSAs/HSAs and disability and life coverage. Mental-health support is reinforced through an employee assistance program with psychological support and a network of mental health first aiders.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a standout element, with an automatic company contribution plus dollar-for-dollar matching in the 401(k). Additional retirement funding is described through an age-based defined contribution program and access to an employee share purchase plan discount.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-related benefits are framed as robust, including a global minimum of paid parental leave for new parents following birth or adoption. Added supports include domestic partner coverage, dependent-care resources, and benefits such as adoption assistance and child/elder care options.
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What We Do
Novartis is an innovative medicines company. Every day, working to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives so that patients, healthcare professionals and societies are empowered in the face of serious disease. Our medicines reach more than 250 million people worldwide.









