Team Lead - SFE

Sandoz India; India; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandoz India is seeking a Team Lead to guide a talented team delivering analytics-driven Field Force Effectiveness projects across Global, Regional and Country assignments.

You will lead project delivery, manage stakeholder relationships, mentor associates, and ensure timely, high-quality outputs with rigorous process governance.

The role requires 7+ years in commercial execution or pharma consulting, cross‑cultural experience, and a strong focus on insights that boost productivity.

Qualifications

• Experience (7+ years) in commercial execution/ design/ management consulting or pharmaceutical company.
• Understanding of Pharmaceutical business including its regulatory environment.
• Experience in leading project teams.
• Proven track record of delivery analytics, SFE and insights for field excellence and/or data enabled solutions.
• Ability to engage senior stakeholders and influence strategic decision-making.
• Strong analytical thinking with problem solving approach.
• Should have worked in an international company with exposure to working in cross-cultural environment.
• Should be customer service oriented and consultative solution delivery.
• Strong and proactive business results-focus, and proven ability to provide insights that increase productivity.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver consulting projects on commercial strategy, field force sizing, and resource deployment.
• Manage team development and performance per policies.
• Ensure high-quality deliverables with structured PM approach.
• Promote knowledge sharing and best practices within the team.
• Maintain regular stakeholder updates with KPI and staffing changes.
• Support knowledge repos and onboarding of new associates.
• Governance compliance with regional and country leadership.
• Adhere to operating procedures.

Skills

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Analytics

Project management

Cross-cultural experience

Client engagement

Job description

Job Description:

Position Purpose

The team facilitates effective sales execution and Field Force resource allocation decision making by supporting Business Units / Commercial Excellence teams across the globe, through delivery of proven analytics driven projects and assignments.

The purpose of the Team Lead role is to lead team of people & project delivery, stakeholder relationship management, support and drive local resource decision-making, track customer feedback, and resolve issues, all in partnership with local support functions. Additionally, the Team Lead will provide role-model leadership and management support to the broader team responsible to produce all Sandoz Field Force Effectiveness projects (Global, Regional & Country) as needed.

Your Key Responsbilities

Your key responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Leading and delivering consulting projects for customers, ensuring adherence to timelines and quality objectives in the following areas:
  • Commercial strategy design
  • Field Force sizing and structure (sales force, access, medical teams)
  • Optimal resource deployment, leveraging analytical tools & algorithms.
  • Segmentation, Targeting and Call Plan design.
  • Ad-hoc projects based on local business challenges identified through assessments and / or benchmarking.
• Leading team of people and managing their developmental aspirations and performance in line with organizational policies and guidelines.
• Ensuring delivery of efficient and high-quality deliverables through structured project management approach with appropriate documentation and communication throughout the delivery of services.
• Promotes synergy and best practice sharing among team members.
• Ensuring exemplary communication with all stakeholders including internal associates, and clients through regular updates with focus on accomplishments, KPIs, best practices, staffing changes and key events
• Support in creating and maintaining process flows and quality checklists that will enable excellent quality deliverables within the function.
• Support in developing and maintaining knowledge repositories that captures qualitative and quantitative reports of field excellence related trends across Sandoz operating markets, etc.
• Lead on-boarding of new associates within the organization.
• Conduct and contribute to various knowledge sharing sessions that enables growth and improves quality deliverables across the function.
• Support operational governance with organizational regional and country leadership.
• Comply to all Sandoz operating procedures as per legal / IT / HR requirements.

Essential Requirements

What you will bring to the role:

• Experience (7+ years) in commercial execution/ design/ management consulting or pharmaceutical company
• Should have an understanding of Pharmaceutical business including its regulatory environment
• Experience in leading project teams
• Proven track record of delivery analytics, SFE and insights for field excellence and/or data enabled solutions
• Ability to engage senior stakeholders and influence strategic decision-making
• Strong analytical thinking with problem solving approach
• Should have worked in an international company with exposure to working in cross-cultural environment
• Should be customer service oriented and consultative solution delivery
• Strong and proactive business results-focus, and proven ability to provide insights that increase productivity

Requirements: