Description:
Vertex is seeking experienced and talented commercial leaders to join our US Pain Business to support our journey to bring forth new options for the treatment of pain. The Regional Field Leader, Associate Director will be responsible for the oversight of one of the eighteen geographic regions across three area teams for the US Pain Business Unit, which is preparing for potential commercialization of an investigational novel selective inhibitor of NaV1.8 in acute pain. We are looking for candidates with a strong track record of delivering exceptional results, establishing a strong team culture that aligns with Vertex values, and developing deep strategic account relationships. Regional Leaders will lead a team of 8-10 pain territory account managers and report into one of our three Area Field Leaders, Senior Directors.
Key Responsibilities
- Leads the build of their Regional Pain Territory Account Management team, including recruiting, hiring and retaining a high performing team that drives results while living the Vertex values
- Establishes clear business plans, metrics, and goals for your region and motivates team to deliver results
- Supports business goals while never losing site of patients by leveraging data analytics and field insights and providing strategic guidance to the Pain Territory Account Managers
- Guides the timely and appropriate management of strategic account plans, supporting the field team in the establishment and pull through of formulary, pathway, and protocol placement within selected institutions
- Understands multiple interdependencies within institutional accounts and builds informed, long-term account relationships
- Works closely with internal cross-functional stakeholders, including the US Pain Marketing Team, to shape approaches that drive performance
- Creates a positive and collaborative team culture, coaching the pain territory account managers to develop goals to positively impact outcomes for patients
- Partners compliantly with other field team members and headquarters colleagues to proactively analyze and address customer needs, market dynamics, and trends that support brand and portfolio objectives
- Ensures the achievement of assigned forecast by optimizing team performance through coaching, support, development, and driving a winning culture.
- Role models ethics and integrity in the work that you do to support our culture of compliance and earn trust with external stakeholders