Rare Blood Therapy Manager - Lakes

About the Department

The Rare Disease organization leads all US Commercial efforts for Novo Nordisk’s Rare Disease portfolio. The Rare Disease portfolio includes medical treatments, customer solutions, and devices across multiple Therapy Areas including Rare Bleeding Disorders, Rare Endocrine Disorders, Rare Renal Disorders, and Hemoglobinopathies (Sickle Cell Disease & Beta Thalassemia), as well as new products in the pipeline.

The Rare Disease organization is responsible for leading the enterprise approach to achieving our patient care goals and financial objectives, devising and delivering transformative patient and customer experiences, addressing unmet needs across the communities we serve, and setting the industry standard for extraordinary execution. The team members collaborate and partner cross functionally with multiple functions and groups throughout the US organization, Clinical Development, Research & Early Development, other affiliates, and the Global HQ teams.

We are looking for highly motivated individuals who are strategic and bold thinkers, passionate and dedicated to driving change in Rare Disease, patient focused, strong collaborators, and inclusive leaders, as we embark on shaping our exciting future and improving the lives of more patients than ever before.

Represents Novo Nordisk, Inc. (NNI) to targeted accounts and thought‑leaders in an assigned territory with the goal of maximizing sales and establishing NNI as a leader in the hemophilia marketplace. The Rare Blood Therapy Manager (RBTM) must assume responsibility for achieving sales objectives by implementing approved marketing and local sales strategies aimed at effectively selling and promoting NNIs hemophilia products to key physicians, nurses, home care companies, social workers, pharmacies, hemophilia/hematology organizations, and other appropriate paramedical customers who make or are involved in purchasing and prescribing decisions.

Requires the development of strategically targeted, account‑specific business plans that reflect an in‑depth understanding of local, regional and national market forces that impact product sales.

Externally, the RBTM primarily maintains relationships with physicians, nurses, home care companies, pharmacies, and other paramedical customers. Reports to the Regional Director - Rare Blood and interacts internally with other representatives, medical liaisons, STARS Account Managers and other NNI departments.

• Drives sales, seeks wins, and drives outcomes to exceed goals; influences behavior change with healthcare professionals (HCPs)
• Communicates effectively with internal and external stakeholders in both in‑person and virtual situations or environments
• Develops meaningful business‑relevant relationships with key external stakeholders
• Demonstrate the mindsets of emotional intelligence, account centricity and business ownership to gain trusted advisor status with customers and drive outcomes
• Ability to engage with customers through effective two‑way dialogue and active listening techniques to gather information and uncover customer needs
• Recognizes and creates opportunities productively and respectfully challenge and influence the approach to patient management in rare blood disorders and adds value by sharing new information and unique insights
• Coordinates and collaborates with other field and home office colleagues to leverage provider relationships to drive results across total geography
• Identifies key customer insights to remain ahead of local healthcare market trends and developments; applies a strategic mindset
• Applies business acumen and analytical skills to continually advance the business and drive exceptional results; creates, adapts and executes business plans based on territory needs
• Leverages understanding of complexities within the local healthcare ecosystem to maximize performance
• Leads initiatives to consistently drive results based on understanding of HCP influence across total geography
• Works with an entrepreneurial mindset and a sense of urgency to achieve outcomes and exceed goals
• Balances time across multiple priorities; thinks broadly to…