Sales Planning & Field Effectiveness Assoc Director

Vertex Pharmaceuticals•Boston, MA

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

As the Sales Planning and Incentive Compensation, Associate Director you will be responsible for the administration, execution, and delivery of our Sales Planning & Incentive Compensation (IC) services. This includes the Power BI field reporting platform management, sales team alignments, customer targeting, and incentive compensation deliverables. You will be a strong collaborator with the business unit teams to proactively recommend sales planning and IC strategy to ensure alignment with brand objectives, as well work with internal team members, vendors, and provide individual work contribution in the delivery of these services to meet business expectations and on-time, quality deliverables. This is a hands-on role and will require both tactical experience and expertise in pharmaceutical sales planning, field reporting, IC, and data management to ensure the “end-to-end” planning and delivery of all sales planning and IC services.

Requirements

Proficient in pharmaceutical sales planning and incentive compensation design and delivery
High expertise in pharmaceutical sales data sources and data suppliers across retail, institution, and specialty pharmacy prescription and customer data sets
Expertise in brand/sales leadership collaboration and consultation for plan design and engagement, field communications and support, and operational delivery of sales planning and incentive compensation components
Familiar with Sales Planning and Incentive Compensation tools and vendors to optimize delivery accuracy and efficiency.
Ability to lead and partner well with internal operational delivery stakeholders including IT, Data Management, Data Suppliers, Compliance, Legal, and Vendor support companies to align and agree to deliverables, quality levels, and ongoing inquiry/operational support service levels
Excellent communication, presentation, and external stakeholder engagement abilities
Bachelor's and 8 years of experience in pharmaceutical data/sales operations; including roles such as data management, sales operations, analytics, incentive compensation or sales planning roles.
5+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in roles which include Sales Planning and Incentive Compensation design and delivery.
Strong understanding of the life sciences industry
Proven leadership skills, strong communication and vendor management

Responsibilities

Develop and manage field alignment, workload calculation, and territory mapping as needed for new brand launches, field size/roles, and data source optimization.
Align on Targeting and Call Planning structure for field force prioritization based on business unit strategy, data insights/modeling, sales leadership reviews, and ongoing refinements based on field or brand insights, strategic objectives, and field size and role evolution.
Develop and maintain KPIs in Power BI reporting tool for field sales and leadership
Work with Data Management, IT, and other internal stakeholder to ensure proper loading of customer data, targeting refreshes, alignment management, and supplier data delivery receipt.
Optimize and recommend data sources to be used in Sales Planning activities across all field role types including IDN, Institution, and HCP field teams, leveraging data sources such as Retail, Institution, Specialty Pharmacy, and other available data tools and suppliers.
Recommend IC Design for business units based on brand and field leadership business objectives for annual IC Plans, as well as opportunities for Contests & Awards to ensure all incentive plans are motivational, compliant, and equitable.
Plan and deliver IC Calendar to ensure all stakeholders are aligned and accountable in the quarterly processes in delivery of IC Goals, Data Delivery/Processing, Scorecards, Field leadership reviews, and Payout file deliverables.
Development of IC SOPs and KPIs to ensure accuracy, on-time delivery, and compliance adherence to all IC components.
Lead Business Unit and field education of IC Plans, data sources and business rules, and scorecards/payout delivery, to ensure high understanding of the IC plans/contests/awards, minimal discrepancies and inquiries, and optimal accuracy.