Director, Field Strategy & Operations (Phoenix)

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd; Phoenix (AZ); Remote; USD 183,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical company seeks a Director of Field Strategy and Operations to orchestrate field strategy and ensure alignment with brand objectives. This role involves leadership across regions, focusing on execution excellence and data-driven decision support. Ideal candidates will have extensive pharmaceutical experience and strong analytical skills.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical coverage

401(k) match

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible time off

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of pharmaceutical experience.
• Prior experience in field leadership roles required.
• Established expertise in business analytics and operations.

Responsibilities

• Align field activities with marketing strategy and execution efficiency.
• Oversee Omnichannel efforts and KPI tracking.
• Mentor team members on analytics interpretation.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Strategic Thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA or advanced degree

Tools

CRM tools

Job description

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Apply locations Remote-Sales time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id R9305

About Otsuka

We defy limitation, so that others can too. In going above and beyond—under any circumstances—for patients, families, providers, and for each other. It’s this deep-rooted dedication that drives us to uncover answers to complex, underserved medical needs, so that patients can push past the limitations of their disease and achieve more than they thought was possible each and every day.

Position Overview:
The Director of Field Strategy and Operations serves as the orchestrator of field strategy, ensuring that prioritization, stakeholder engagement, and execution are effectively aligned with brand strategy and enterprise objectives. This role provides leadership across multiple regions, enabling a holistic, enterprise-wide approach to field strategy and operational excellence.

This role also partners closely with the Business Analysis team to ensure field teams have access to standardized dashboards and data-driven insights, supporting execution excellence and performance tracking. The Director will be the point of contacts for ad hoc analytics requests, ensuring field teams have the right data to make informed decisions, but will not be creating these reports themselves or with their team and will work with Business Analysis to ensure accurate measurement and proper data is used.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Prioritization & Field Execution: Align field activities with marketing strategy, launch planning, and market access pull-through, ensuring execution efficiency.

• Execution Excellence & Field Performance Tracking: Oversee Omnichannel efforts, account planning, and KPI tracking, ensuring insights from Field Analytics support execution.

• Strategic prioritization & orchestrating field execution: Analyzes current and future state of the business based on insights and trends, and leads efforts to align field activities with high-priority initiatives such as marketing strategy, launch planning, and market access pull-through.

• Field Communication & Data-Driven Decision Support: Act as the primary field communicator, ensuring clarity on CRM tools, performance insights, and operational priorities.

• Resource Allocation & Budget Optimization: Optimize the distribution of budgets, speaker programs, and promotional resources, leveraging data-driven insights to maximize ROI.

• Team Development & Analytics Training: Mentor team members on business reviews, reporting systems, and analytics interpretation, working with Business Analysis to enhance field intelligence capabilities.

• Compliance Management: Must comply with all state and federal laws, regulations and guidelines including PhRMA Code on Interactions with Healthcare Professionals as well as complying with all OAPI standards and policies relating to all job activities.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.

• Minimum of 10 years of pharmaceutical experience, with a strong understanding of sales force operations and execution.

• Prior experience in field leadership roles such as first- or second-line leadership, regional operational and customer strategy roles or other field-based support roles required.

• Established expertise in business analytics, business operations, sales support, and resource management within a commercial pharmaceutical organization.

• Ability to focus on priorities and resolve operational issues effectively.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally and drive execution efficiency.

Competencies
Accountability for Results - Stay focused on key strategic objectives, be accountable for high standards of performance, and take an active role in leading change.
Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving - Make decisions considering the long-term impact to customers, patients, employees, and the business.
Patient & Customer Centricity - Maintain an ongoing focus on the needs of our customers and/or key stakeholders.
Impactful Communication - Communicate with logic, clarity, and respect. Influence at all levels to achieve the best results for Otsuka.
Respectful Collaboration - Seek and value others’ perspectives and strive for diverse partnerships to enhance work toward common goals.
Empowered Development - Play an active role in professional development as a business imperative.

Minimum $183,335.00 - Maximum $274,160.00, plus incentive opportunity: The range shown represents a typical pay range or starting salary for candidates hired to perform the work. Other elements may be used to determine actual salary such as the candidate’s job experience, specific skills, and comparison to internal incumbents currently in role. This information is provided to applicants in accordance with states and local laws.

Company benefits : Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, company provided basic life, accidental death & dismemberment, short-term and long-term disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, student loan assistance, a generous 401(k) match, f lexible time off , paid holidays, and paid leave programs as well as other company provided benefits.

Come discover more about Otsuka and our benefit offerings; https://www.otsuka-us.com/careers-join-otsuka .

Disclaimer:

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by the people assigned to this position. It is not intended to include every job duty and responsibility specific to the position. Otsuka reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.

Otsuka is an equal opportunity employer . All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will be given consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, national origin, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic .

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation, if you are unable or limited in your ability to apply to this job opening as a result of your disability . You can request reasonable accommodations by contacting Accommodation Request .

Statement Regarding Job Recruiting Fraud Scams

At Otsuka we take security and protection of your personal information very seriously. Please be aware individuals may approach you and falsely present themselves as our employees or representatives. They may use this false pretense to try to gain access to your personal information or acquire money from you by offering fictitious employment opportunities purportedly on our behalf.

Please understand, Otsuka will never ask for financial information of any kind or for payment of money during the job application process. We do not require any financial, credit card or bank account information and/or any payment of any kind to be considered for employment. We will also not offer you money to buy equipment, software, or for any other purpose during the job application process. If you are being asked to pay or offered money for equipment fees or some other application processing fee, even if claimed you will be reimbursed, this is not Otsuka. These claims are fraudulent and you are strongly advised to exercise caution when you receive such an offer of employment.

Otsuka will also never ask you to download a third-party application in order to communicate about a legitimate job opportunity. Scammers may also send offers or claims from a fake email address or from Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, etc, and not from an official Otsuka email address. Please take extra caution while examining such an email address, as the scammers may misspell an official Otsuka email address and use a slightly modified version duplicating letters.

To ensure that you are communicating about a legitimate job opportunity at Otsuka, please only deal directly with Otsuka through its official Otsuka Career website https://vhr-otsuka.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External .

Otsuka will not be held liable or responsible for any claims, losses, damages or expenses resulting from job recruiting scams. If you suspect a position is fraudulent, please contact Otsuka’s call center at: 800-363-5670. If you believe you are the victim of fraud resulting from a job recruiting scam, please contact the FBI through the Internet Crime Complaint Center at: https://www.ic3.gov , or your local authorities.

Otsuka America Pharmaceutical Inc., Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc., and Otsuka Precision Health, Inc. (“Otsuka”) does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs/resumes submitted by search firms to any Otsuka employee directly or through Otsuka’s application portal without a valid written search agreement in place for the position will be considered Otsuka’s sole property. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired by Otsuka as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.

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