Senior Product Specialist

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Summary As a Product Specialist at Novartis, you'll build strong relationships with healthcare professionals and deliver solutions that make a real difference for patients. By personalizing your approach, using data, and working closely with your team, you'll help us achieve our mission-making every interaction and outcome matter. About the Role #LI-Remote

​Location -Chennai

Key Responsibilities

Drive sales of priority oncology molecules across premium pharma accounts and hospital networks

Build strong relationships with key decision-makers and KOLs to support product adoption

Manage state government business including tenders, empanelment, and institutional access

Ensure product availability in hospitals and support stock liquidation and repurchase cycles

Generate demand through targeted engagement with doctors and medical service teams

Handle both trade and government channels to maximize reach and impact

Collaborate with hospitals for medical service empanelment and account activation

Use data insights to plan territory actions and optimize sales performance

Role Requirements :

Minimum 5 years of sales experience in healthcare, pharma, or related industries

Strong knowledge of the assigned territory and customer landscape

Bachelor's degree in science or pharmacy (B.Sc or B.Pharma)

Excellent communication and relationship-building skills

Proven ability to collaborate across teams and deliver customer value

Experience in oncology is highly desirable

Desirable Requirements

Experience in oncology sales or working with oncology-focused healthcare professionals

Familiarity with Novartis' therapeutic portfolio and patient-centric engagement strategies

Why Novartis :

Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people's lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here : https : / / www.novartis.com / about / strategy / people-and-culture

You'll receive : You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook. https : / / www.novartis.com / careers / benefits-rewards

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion :

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Accessibility and accommodation

Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to diversityandincl.india@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message

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Why Novartis : Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients' lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https : / / www.novartis.com / about / strategy / people-and-culture

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Benefits and Rewards : Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we'll help you thrive personally and professionally : https : / / www.novartis.com / careers / benefits-rewards

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