Responsibilities
- Key Integrator : Act as main point of contact and representative of the Field Excellence team in India
- Talent Development : Hire, train, develop, and manage talent to meet organizational needs
- Global Collaboration : Act as the primary point of contact for Field Excellence leadership in the US and the offshore team in India, either through our Contract teams or direct AIN FTEs
- Operational Excellence and Delivery : Oversee end-to-end delivery of core field analytics, operations, incentive compensation, and field systems and platforms ensuring quality, scalability, and operational efficiency, while promoting best practices in field effectiveness approaches and methodologies
- Lead / co-lead special initiatives and projects (e.g. sales force go-to-market, size & structure, sub-national analytics, launch readiness)
- Oversee execution and pull-through of field force capabilities customer targeting, field reporting, field alerts / suggestions, omnichannel / digital, field transformation, etc.
- Oversee IC Program delivery excellence (analytics design and health checks, administration and operations, field and data inquiry management, performance tracking and reporting, platform operations)
- Offshore Vendor Management : Manage offshore teams including CWs, maintaining quality of service and timely deliverables
- Innovation Leadership : Foster a culture of innovation, ensuring the India team remains at the forefront of emerging technologies and trends in field force effectiveness and enablement
- Continuous Improvement : Lead identifying and prioritizing areas of opportunity across the organization. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement organizational improvements.
- Automation : lead the piloting, planning, and implementation of automation across the Field Excellence capabilities
- Business Impact & Collaborator Management : Ensure capability solutions drive tangible business outcomes and collaborate with global key collaborators to refine requirements, measure impact, and report progress
What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.
Basic Qualifications
Master s degree & 18+ years of experience in sales analytics, sales operations, and / or field effectiveness ORBachelor s degree & 20+ years of experience in sales analytics, sales operations, and / or field effectiveness AND8+ years of leadership experience directly managing people, teams, projects, programs, and directing the allocation of resourcesPreferred Qualifications
Relevant sales force effectiveness, sales operations, incentive compensation, and field platforms and systems (i.e. CRM, sales operations enablement, reporting) experience in the bio / pharmaceutical industryAnalytical Skills : The ability to analyze data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions is crucial. This includes proficiency in statistical analysis and familiarity with tools like Excel, SQL, and data visualization software.Technical Proficiency : Knowledge of relevant software and technologies, such as sales planning and operations platforms (targeting, alignment and roster management, incentive compensation), sales CRM, and other field-specific tools, is important.Critical Thinking : Strong analytical skills to diagnose business issues and incorporate into development or adjustment of strategies, plans and tactics to achieve business objectivesProject Management : Ability to lead cross-functional teams to identify, prioritize, and implement improvements to field analytics and operations processesCollaboration : Ability to work effectively with stakeholders to ensure alignment and support for initiativesCommunication : Effective communication is key, both in writing and verbally. This includes the ability to present data and findings clearly to stakeholders and team members.Minimum 5 years experience in leading and delivering sales force Go-To-Market and Size and Structure strategy projectExperience in successfully deploying AI / ML based Next Best Action recommendation engine to optimize field execution and customer experienceLeadership experience in building and developing high performance teams, delivering results, and shaping the futureAbility to foster and encourage an environment of openness and transparency in seeking diverse opinions and empower risk-taking in idea generation, idea incubation and / or experimentationAbility to think strategically about issues impacting an entire portfolio of therapeutics across geographies and stages of developmentExperience managing multiple senior stakeholders, prioritizing across a multitude of responsibilities and allocating resources to drive maximum impactPartners with business leaders to deliver high-quality predictions that guide strategic decision makingOral, written and presentation skills to explain complex concepts and controversial findings clearly to a variety of audiences, including senior managementComfortable challenging the status quo and bringing forward innovative solutionsAbility to identify areas for process and systems innovation and implement change that will enhance the overall effectiveness of the teamComfortable working through and leading large-scale global change managementUnderstanding of technology platforms and ability to partner with IS / IT and business leadersSkills Required
Strategic Thinking, technical vision , Software Development, System Architecture