Regional Business Director - Southern California - Military veterans preferred

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Description

The Regional Business Director (RBD) is responsible for providing inspirational leadership and strategic direction to Radius Sales Representatives; as a first line manager, the RBD will help their teams to identify customer needs, drive high impact sales interactions, and ensure that Radius meets/exceeds its sales objectives in an ethical and compliant manner. RBDs will achieve these critical objectives via interactive coaching of their representatives to build their sales, leadership, and business analytic impact skills. Additionally, they will work collaboratively with Marketing, Market Access, Operations, and Medical Affairs in order to achieve Radius business goals.

Preferred location for this role is San Diego/Los Angeles/surrounding areas.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Ensure all sales team members meet/exceed product and brand strategy training targets -- including product attribute/claims understanding, awareness of competitive products, as well as related disease and patient management strategies. Shares learnings, information, and best practices with appropriate internal stakeholders.
• Create strategic direction, provide leadership in cross-functional alignment and drive business impact. Provide ongoing feedback and coaching throughout the year to direct reports to enhance their scientific and disease state expertise as well as to improve the impact of their customer interactions. Supplement daily coaching with highly effective mid-year and annual feedback discussions for direct reports.
• Lead team in strategic analyses of their local customers; uncovering key opportunities for growth, and adapting call activities to fit local dynamics. Uses analytic framework to identify issues and opportunities and helps team to consistently incorporate new perspectives and ideas. Effectively and efficiently manages resource allocation, including trade-off decisions, across customers and representatives. Works with Business Unit Heads to make trade-offs within a larger geography.
• Conducts periodic field visits for key customers with each representative to assess performance and support development through coaching and modeling. Provides timely written and verbal individualized coaching, feedback and inspiration. Supports representative growth in current role and future roles.
• Routinely monitors all pertinent regional data sets and changes region business plan/tactics appropriately. Develops a plan to maximize the regional performance impact and the utilization of resources (e.g., sales calls, samples, promotional speaker programs, etc.) to support appropriate usage of Radius products.
• Maintain current understanding of key local market/practice structures, business models, and key influencers. Work with appropriate customers at accounts to understand practice structure, business model, key influencers, network structure, customer needs and identifies business opportunities
• Recruit and select team members and oversees their training and development. Establish a high-performance team built on a culture of trust and collaboration, ethical and compliant behaviors, and a dedicated focus on science-driven customer interactions.
• Work collaboratively with other functional areas to identify and respond to local opportunities and customer needs. Does so by serving as a resource within one's region and by leveraging the expertise of others (e.g., Managed Markets ADs, Medical Affairs, Sales Operations, etc.). For select HCP/Accounts, leads/coordinates with customer team to develop customer strategy – outlining strategy for interactions/relationship and potential offerings for the customer.
• Work with Business Unit Heads to develop a local business plan that ensures achievement of all KPI goals and delivery on all sales objectives. Capitalize on formulary approvals and other opportunities through effective implementation of the strategic plan.

Experience and Qualifications:

• College degree required
• Must live in and be able to travel all parts of the region
• Minimum of 3 years pharmaceutical or healthcare sales management experience (prior therapeutic area or biologics experience highly desirable)
• Prior experience in other commercial functions preferred (e.g. Marketing, Managed Markets).
• Demonstrated success in translating vision and strategy into tactical plans to drive business; ability to develop and execute localized business plans
• Must have strong sense of self-motivation/initiative, excellent decision-making judgment, strong teaming/collaboration skills (across functions) and the ability to learn and adapt to environment in order to overcome obstacles.
• Must be resilient and adaptable – ability to recover from setback and problems and learn from mistakes
• Effective communication, presentation, and decision-making skills (particularly in resource allocation)
• Exceptional ability to clearly communicate and articulate strategy and tactics in a way that motivates and energizes customer team
• Experience working with Specialty Pharmacies, Distribution Hubs, and Managed Care providers to ensure customers’ and patients’ needs are addressed is a plus
• Experience interacting with KOLs or high influence customers in large group practices, hospitals or managed care organizations
• Thorough understanding of customer segments and area market dynamics within all therapeutic areas.
• Strong business analytic skills and ability to effectively analyze metrics to assess progress against objectives
• Manages all aspects of required administration work and delivers in a timely fashion.

Work Environment:

The work is performed in a remote office environment with occasional required in-person office work and meetings and frequent work in an in-person customer setting. Air, vehicle, and overnight travel is frequently required for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to use hands to type, handle paperwork and sort, file or manipulate documents. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and talk. The employee is required to utilize audio visual programs for frequent meetings and discussions with fellow employees, vendors, outside agencies and/or customers. The employee may lift and/or move up to 10 pounds occasionally.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement:

Radius Health, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or protected veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, Radius Health, Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

At Radius Health, Inc. we have a commitment to our culture and to our employees’ well-being and work-life balance. We support this mission by offering a compensation package with medical, dental and vision benefits. We also provide parental leave, a 401K match and a generous time off plan including two company shutdowns; the week of July 4^th and the last week in December. We are proud to provide a competitive salary range for the Regional Business Director role, which is $180,000 – $215,000.

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