Manager, Cardiovascular Priority Accounts – East Texas-Central

U014 (FCRS = US014) Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

United States

Remote

USD 146,000 - 270,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health, life and disability benefits

401(k) with company match

Generous time off package

Equity awards eligibility

Job summary

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation is seeking a Manager, Cardiovascular Priority Accounts to drive account-level strategies across Priority Accounts and affiliated health systems in the United States. The role emphasizes institution-centric program execution, senior stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional collaboration to enable formulary adoption and product access.

The position requires extensive cardiovascular product knowledge, field leadership experience, and a readiness to travel

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree required from 4-year college or university.
5+ years’ experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, or similarly structured industries with large, geographically dispersed teams.
2+ years’ experience in specialty buy-and-bill.
Experience managing complex accounts, including major academic centers and hospitals.
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; valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

Accountable for building institutional advocacy around formulary adoption of cardiovascular brands; develop and implement strategic business plans for Priority Accounts.
Build relationships with administrative, clinical, operational, and financial partners to optimize pathways and workflow enablement.
Identify and enable injection locations; coordinate with cross-functional teams to integrate workflow and EMR.
Understand inpatient vs. outpatient reimbursement; assess market economics and access models.
Keep account administrators informed about Novartis price offerings and available programs.
Collaborate to create tailored institutional business plans reflecting local market forces.
Demonstrate expertise in disease state, marketplace, competitors, and cross-functional activities.
Provide product and disease state presentations to physicians and staff; lead teams to implement and update plans to reach goals.
Support cross-functional teams in identifying opportunities and diagnosing issues within Priority Accounts.

Skills

Accountability

Commercial Excellence

Competitive Intelligence

Compliance Governance

Customer Engagement

Key Account Management

Market Development

Process Understanding

Professional Ethics

Revenue Growth

Sales Techniques

Team Collaboration

Value Propositions

Job description

Band Level 4 Job Description Summary #LI-Remote

This is a field-based and remote opportunity supporting key accounts in an assigned geography. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role. Please only apply if this location is accessible to you. Company will not sponsor visas for this position. The Manager, Cardiovascular Priority Accounts drives product pull-through in targeted Priority Accounts and Affiliated Healthcare Systems within the cardiovascular brand portfolio. This role involves developing and implementing strategic business plans, collaborating with various departments to execute institution-centric programs, and building key business relationships with senior partners. The Manager, Cardiovascular Priority Accounts will engage with decision makers to enable account buying and HCP ordering of Novartis products, while generating insights into new business opportunities. Expertise in Institutional Selling, the US healthcare landscape, and health system structures are essential.

Key Responsibilities

Accountable for building institutional advocacy around formulary adoption of cardiovascular brands to drive appropriate utilization of approved products, while enabling demand by developing, coordinating, and implementing a strategic business plan for identified top Priority Accounts and Affiliated Healthcare Systems.
Build relationships with administrative decision makers, clinical, operational, and financial partners to optimize pathways, transitions of care, treatment protocols, and other workflow enablement and conduct periodic needs assessments with key customers to tailor and communicate insights and activities, engaging with partners to implement new strategies and tactics.
Identifies and enables injection locations suitable to account archetype and pathway, working with administrative stakeholders and cross-functional teams to integrate workflow and EMR.
Possesses basic knowledge of inpatient vs. outpatient billable reimbursement to ensure the strategic account plan is appropriate and understands market and customer economics and access models, including payment programs and industry trends.
Maintains general awareness of Novartis price offerings and ensures account administrators are informed about available offerings.
Collaborate with local partners to create and maintain targeted institutional-specific business plans reflecting an understanding of local market forces influencing product sales.
Demonstrates expertise in disease state, marketplace, competitors, industry, and cross-functional activities to anticipate and address business opportunities and challenges.
Provides product and disease state presentations to physicians and their staff, building key business relationships within accounts while leading cross-functional teams to create, implement, and update business plans to achieve product goals.
Supports cross-functional team members in identifying key business opportunities and diagnosing critical business and implementation issues within assigned Priority Accounts and Affiliated Healthcare Systems.

Essential Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required from 4-year college or university.
5+ years’ experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, or similarly structured industries with large, geographically dispersed teams, and has 2+ years’ experience in specialty buy-and-bill.
We also welcome candidates from other complex environments such as medical devices, diagnostics, life sciences services, insurance, consumer health, or B2B sectors, especially where strong field leadership and customer engagement are central to success.
2+ years’ experience managing complex accounts, including major academic centers and hospitals, with extensive account management expertise.
Must possess an extensive understanding of the cardiovascular community and demonstrate a strong track record of expertise in therapeutic area and product knowledge.
Extensive business experience, with proven capability to collaborate and work across different functions in a matrix environment to develop strategic account plans that align with customer and organization objectives.
Exhibited extensive customer and cross-functional expertise, combined with an understanding of the healthcare ecosystem, strong business acumen, and proficiency in technology and digital engagement.
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.

Desirable Requirements

Experience calling on assigned cardiovascular accounts.
Two different types of cross-functional roles/experience (Marketing, Medical, Market Access and Reimbursement and/or Sales Leadership).

Driving is an Essential Function of this Role

Meaning it is fundamental to the purpose of this job and cannot be eliminated. Because driving is an essential function of the role, you must have a fully valid and unrestricted driver’s license to be qualified for this role. The company provides reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified individuals with medical restrictions if an accommodation can be provided without eliminating the essential function of driving.

COVID-19 Vaccine Policy (customer-facing roles only)

While Novartis does not require vaccination for COVID-19 or proof of a recent negative test result for COVID-19 at this time, employees working in customer-facing roles must adhere to and comply with customers’ (such as hospitals, physician offices, etc.) credentialing guidelines, which may require vaccination. As required by applicable law, Novartis will consider requests for reasonable accommodation for those unable to be vaccinated. This requirement is subject to applicable state and local laws and may not be applicable to employees working in certain jurisdictions.

Field Roles with a Dedicated Training Period

The individual hired for this role will be required to successfully complete certain initial training, including home study, eight (8) or fewer hours per day and forty (40) or fewer hours per week.

Compensation Summary

Salary for this position is expected to range between $145,600 and $270,400 per year. The final salary offered is determined based on factors like, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience, and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically. Novartis may change the published salary range based on company and market factors.

Benefits

Health, life and disability benefits
401(k) with company contribution and match
Variety of other benefits
Generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves

Benefits (Extended)

Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and, depending on the level of the role, eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards.

EEO Statement

The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers.

We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

We strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.

Accessibility and reasonable accommodations

The Novartis Group of Companies are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities.

Skills Desired