Southeast Region: GA, AL, MS, LA, SC, Charlotte and panhandle of FL

ViiV Healthcare is a global specialty HIV company, the only one that is 100% focused on researching and delivering new medicines for people living with, and at risk of, HIV. ViiV Healthcare is highly mission-driven in our unrelenting commitment to being a trusted partner for all people living with and affected by HIV. Our aim is to think, act, and connect differently through a focus on education for the prevention and treatment for HIV.  We go to extraordinary lengths to deliver the sorts of breakthroughs, both in prevention, treatments, care solutions and communities, that really count. We go beyond the boundaries of medicine by taking a holistic approach to HIV through developing and supporting sustainable community programs and improving access to care.  We are fully committed to push through every challenge until HIV/AIDS is eradicated. ViiV Healthcare has played a significant part in delivering breakthroughs that have turned HIV into a manageable health condition. We offer the largest portfolio of HIV medicines available anywhere, and we continue our work to cater for the widest possible range of needs in response to the HIV epidemic.

We are aware of how much is at stake for those at-risk or affected by HIV and we show up every day 100% committed to the patients. Our work culture is fast-paced, diverse, inclusive, competitive, and caring. But ViiV Healthcare isn’t just somewhere to work – it’s a place to belong, an invitation to bring your very best, and a team full of impact-driven team members who are hungry to make a difference.

While we have been improving lives of HIV patients for 30 years, this is an especially exciting time to be at ViiV Healthcare, as we evaluate novel approaches to treatment and prevention that could further reduce the impact of HIV on individuals and communities.

Being part of ViiV Healthcare is something special. The focus of the organization couldn’t be clearer – in everything we do, we fight to limit the impact of HIV on the 36.9 million people living with the virus, and to understand how best to prevent and treat the disease.

ViiV is seeking an experienced, strategic First Line Leader in Specialty Sales for the position of Regional Sales Director (RSD), HIV Prevention LAI, Southeast (GA, AL, MS, LA, SC, Charlotte and panhandle of FL) on our Injectable PrEP Sales Team. The ability to act as an agent of change and see the bigger picture of ViiV’s portfolio-wide strategy will be essential to delivering success in this role. Additionally, the ability to navigate within a complex external environment and to demonstrate strong leadership to effect optimal business solutions will be critical. It is expected that the successful candidate will have demonstrated experience in developing strategic business plans with specific, measurable, action-oriented objectives in accordance with national and regional goals.

Successful outcomes will include recruiting, hiring and leading a high impact team of Territory Account Managers (TAMs) who sell to HCPs and are aligned to ViiV’s mission of leaving no person with HIV behind. This will be achieved through driving a culture of employee engagement and accountability against business objectives and enabling the team to work within an integrated account management framework in the setup and delivery of a buy and bill treatment model.

Key Relationships to Drive Success (Internal & External)

• Marketing

• Senior Sales Leaders and current sales team

• Field Strategy and Operations

• Market Access

• Medical Science Liaison (MSL)

• Field Reimbursement Managers (FRM)

• Community Medical Liaisons/Contract Nurses

• HCPs - private practice, community clinics, and integrated systems

• Physician Support Staff

• Broader HIV community (Aids Service Orgs)

• Local business, regulatory and legal stakeholders

• Specialty Pharmacies

• Alternate Sites of Administration

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following:

Managing the Business and Driving Performance

• Align and execute on business strategy – marketing, market access pull-through, launches, multi-channel customer engagement, and employee development, to deliver exceptional results.

• Prioritize and customize Regional investments/resources (People and Promotion) in a manner which maximizes top and bottom-line growth of the local market based upon identified opportunities as a result of evolving business environment. 

• Understand and Integrate Regional healthcare ecosystem trends into business plans (payer – public and private, local economics, health-system & providers – including value and quality, and competition) to maximize success.

• Deliver and adapt execution plans to achieve performance goals and objectives utilizing; KPIs, scaling of successes, business problem solving, etc.

• Develop and foster external relationships with key influential customers and thought leaders.

Managing a Performance and Engagement Culture

• Recruit, hire and develop a high performing team of TAMs. Build team capability for current and future needs, including attracting, identifying and developing a diverse talent pool.

• Create a coaching culture and demonstrate situational leadership to maximize performance and development of each individual and deliver exceptional results for the team.

• Set the tone and culture of the team, role model ViiV Expectations and manage change by leading through transitions with inspiration and high engagement.

• Implement corrective action as appropriate to meet business needs and improve performance.

Compliance Accountabilities and Values Based Culture

• Identify and manage risks, while allocating resources and executing on priorities.

• Understand Regional (State level) regulatory environment and required changes for execution to stay compliant.

• Escalate issues and risks and inform centrally when needed; create a ’speak up’ culture.

• Implement Compliance and ViiV Risk Framework as applicable at Regional level.

• Communicate SOPs and ensure ViiV policies are followed, e.g. recognition, reward, discipline, people policies, mandatory training.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• BA/BS degree.

• 9+ years pharmaceutical sales experience including 6 plus years’ of specialty management experience leading teams

• Experience recruiting, developing and leading specialty teams to work cross functionally within an integrated account team model that includes multiple field-based team members.

• Experience leading specialty teams to launch and deliver products.

• Experience in developing strategic business plans with specific, measurable, action-oriented objectives.

• Travel domestically as necessary, which may will include overnight required. Travel, majority of time will be spent with team in market.

• Valid Driver's License.

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Specialty management experience leading top performing teams.

• Excellent track record developing account managers and managing underperformance.

• Strong planning and organization skills, analytical ability, business acumen, decision making ability, and problem-solving skills.

• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority in a matrixed environment.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Advanced degree in Business, Marketing, or Life Sciences.

• Experience leading teams to successfully sell and deliver products in buy and bill. reimbursement environments and working with Specialty Pharmacies.

• Experience working with HCPs to procure, manage, and administer cold chain treatment products.

• Knowledge of the HIV market.

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Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program ViiV offers US employees. All ViiV employees receive the same benefits options and plans as GSK employee.

Why Us?

At ViiV Healthcare, we will not rest until we leave no person living with HIV behind. Until the 40 million people living with HIV is down to zero, we will continue searching for new ways to limit the impact of HIV. 

We are the only pharmaceutical company solely focused on combating, preventing, and ultimately eradicating HIV and AIDS. At ViiV Healthcare, we do things differently. Born out of a partnership between GSK and Pfizer in 2009, with Shionogi joining in 2012, we are determined to help end the HIV epidemic. We are guided by our mission to leave no person living with HIV behind and it is this mission that unites our employees located across the globe. We combine expertise in research, manufacturing, policy and more to push the boundaries of what people think is possible in HIV treatment and care. As a result of our connection with GSK, we are able to draw on their proud history and resources. This means that you would receive all the employee benefits offered by GSK.

Living our mission of leaving no person living with HIV behind means keeping inclusion and diversity at the heart of everything we do - from our breakthrough innovation, to our diverse portfolio of medicines as well as the work we do to partner with HIV communities.

Having a truly inclusive culture where we’re all able to be ourselves and feel like we belong will make us an even stronger team, better able to perform as a business and deliver on our mission to leave no person living with HIV behind.

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ViiV is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

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