Pediatric Sales Director

1 day ago


Chicago IL United States Syneos Health Full time

Updated: November 8, 2024
Location: Chicago, IL, United States
Job ID: 6660-OTHLOC-CPKvYfwM

You provide the vision, set the pace and inspire success.

There’s one thing you do that’s exceptional: lead. You formulate a plan and focus your team to solve the unsolvable, beat the unbeatable and come out on top. Your capacity to creatively strategize, motivate sales professionals, and elicit achievement makes you the right fit for a Sales Director role with Syneos Health.

Reporting to the National Business Director, the Sales Director (SD) is responsible for the successful promotion of Children’s Zyrtec and Tylenol and Aveeno Baby product lines within the Nation. Managing through a team of 4 District Managers and 5 Account Managers, the SD will oversee the activities and performance of the team. Responsible for meeting or exceeding partnership goals. This role can be based anywhere in the United States, preferably near a major airport.

Essential Functions: 

  • Manage regional staff of managers and interface with representatives
  • Including selection, evaluation, and retention of employees
  • Provide coaching and training of District Managers to build a capable and effective team through continuous feedback
  • Creates a climate of trust so team members can act decisively by clarifying roles/responsibilities and establishing boundaries of decision-making.
  • Inspires ownership, accountability, initiative, and engagement within the entire team by regularly communicating the vision, business objectives, performance outcomes, and future action steps.
  • Demonstrates relentless drive to achieve business goals for the Nation and can understand and evaluate the potential impact of external events on the approved strategies
  • Approve and assist in the implementation of each district plans within the Nation
  • Demonstrates strong strategic thinking and communications skills by collaborating with customers and key stakeholders
  • Has the ability to identify issues and opportunities before others and uses robust analytical rigor to frame situations and incorporate new perspectives and ideas
  • Remain fully versed in promotional compliance regulations including legal and regulatory and ensure team is equally trained
  • Provide oversight to ensure the team is promoting product consistent with policies and that only approved promotional materials and messages are used in the field
  • Review employee performance, objectively assess performance and address skill development for direct reports to achieve performance management objectives
  • Provide feedback to the marketing department and Sales Leadership team on effectiveness of sales/educational materials
  • Provide thoughts on various training initiatives or gaps in skill sets with the team to enable the Training Manager to make adjustments to training plans
  • Establish a plan to provide regular communications to team and to receive their feedback
  • Interface with other functional leaders and teams in marketing, sales leadership, medical, human resources, and operations to achieve business goals
  • Sales Director is responsible for the national budget and expense management
  • Frequent travel required within Nation and to the corporate offices.

Requirements:

  • B.S. degree required; M.S. or MBA preferred
  • 10+ years’ experience within pharmaceutical sales with 4+ years’ experience leading sales professionals
  • Preferred: 2+ years second line leadership experience
  • Preferred: Experience and working knowledge of the pediatric space
  • Able to identify strategies with greatest business impact, formulate appropriate business plans within the approved strategy, and enroll their teams to execute the plan.
  • Previous successful work experience in team selling environments, inclusive of successful management of teams
  • Ability to negotiate and influence cross-functionally.
  • Excellent command of the English language required, both written and spoken.
  • Current driver’s license and clean driving record;
  • Must live within territory or within territory boundaries.

At Syneos Health, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles.

Why Syneos Health? Our employees voted Syneos Health as the overall winner in MedReps’ Best Places To Work In Medical Sales Awards. Join a game-changing global company that is reinventing the way therapies are developed and commercialized. Here, you’re empowered to exceed your sales goals with the autonomy you need to over deliver. We’re dedicated to creating better, smarter, faster ways to get biopharmaceutical therapies to patients. Syneos Health has launched more sales teams in the last 5 years across all major Therapeutic Areas than the top 25 pharma companies combined. By joining Syneos Health, you’ll be connected to our multitude of career paths and pipeline of employment opportunities.

WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE | How will you accelerate bringing Market Access solutions to clients?

Syneos Health is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities. To learn more about how we are shortening the distance from lab to life, visit syneoshealth.com.

Syneos Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, marital status, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status and will not be discriminated against. If you are an individual with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to complete any part of our application process, including the use of this website, please contact us at: Email: (email protected) One of our staff members will work with you to provide alternate means to submit your application.

#J-18808-Ljbffr
  • Sales Director

    4 weeks ago


    Chicago, IL, United States Rimini Street Full time

    About Rimini Street, Inc.Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a Russell 2000® company, is a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support, products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software, and a Salesforce® and AWS partner. In 2005, Rimini Street reinvented enterprise software support to deliver a...


  • Chicago, IL, United States Kimmel Associates Full time

    About the Company: A leading heavy equipment and machinery dealer serving the residential and commercial construction, heavy construction, road building, aggregate, and mining industries. They are ready to serve any southern state with many locations throughout the southeast. About the Position : The Director of Sales Operations will partner with business...

  • Director, Sales

    1 day ago


    Chicago, IL, United States ZAG Zyklotron AG Full time

    This remote opportunity is open to candidates residing anywhere in the United States or Canada.  We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Director of Sales to elevate VelocityEHS’ Mid-Market and Enterprise Sales teams and Managers. The ideal candidate will leverage their strategic agility, operational savvy, and motivational leadership to build pipeline...

  • Director of Sales

    4 hours ago


    Chicago, IL, United States Highland US Full time

    About Inovus For 25 years, as part of the Highland Group organization, Inovus has been helping clients better serve their customers and team members by delivering custom designed and configured business management solutions, by driving digital innovation and introducing low-code/no code Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms. We are excited to add a...


  • Chicago, IL, United States AeroPay Full time

    The Enterprise Sales Director is responsible for leading and executing strategic initiatives to drive new business acquisition and expand our enterprise client base. This role is exclusively focused on acquiring new clients and securing high-value contracts for the company. The Enterprise Sales Director will be responsible for designing strategic roadmaps to...


  • Chicago, IL, United States Strategic Coach, Inc. Full time

    Tying in with our growth objectives, our company is currently expanding our leadership team and hiring a National Sales Director for our Chicago office. As a National Sales Director, you will lead, coach, manage, and motivate our inside sales team responsible for generating new business. At Strategic Coach, we strive to free up highly successful...


  • Chicago, IL, United States Verge Management Group Full time

    Our client is a market leader in the booming area of Operational Technology (OT), Internet of Things (IoT), and Industrial Control System (ICS) cyber security and is looking globally for a Regional Director of Sales to continue its success! You will be doing your part to protect human lives as well as millions in revenue by being the focal point for the...

  • Director of Sales

    4 hours ago


    Chicago, IL, United States Cangrade Full time

    Hospitality / Hotel/Resort / Sales & Marketing 4d ago Leads the Sales Department to deliver brilliant guest service each day, each night and every time in-between by championing our 6 Xs Hotter Service Philosophy. Creates a welcoming, playful and thoughtful service environment by managing assignments, training, coaching and developing an unparalleled...


  • Lincolnshire, IL, United States Director of Operations Full time

    Our client is looking for a Director of Operations based in Lincolnshire, Illinois. Position Summary The position is accountable for leading the Operations teams of the company, to include customer service, warehouse operations, cleanroom packaging team, purchasing and IT /facility infrastructure.This position is responsible for ensuring compliance to the...


  • Chicago, IL, United States Broadsign Full time

    Sales Director (Retail Media)Are you looking to join a Global Tech leader?Then we have an exciting opportunity for you in North America!About UsBroadsign is a growing software company with a mission to make buying, selling, and delivering out-of-home media easier than ever. Our software is operated by some of the most successful out-of-home businesses and...


  • Chicago, IL, United States Maneva Full time

    NOTICE: This is a remote role when not traveling in the field. About Maneva AI Maneva, a startup founded by an ex-Google Deepmind researcher, is an AI service provider revolutionizing manufacturing operations with cutting-edge AI solutions for autonomous factory operation and optimization. Our solution generates AI-powered actions and insights using...

  • Director of Sales

    1 day ago


    , IL, United States Marmon Holdings, Inc. Full time

    RLS LLC Come join a team where People make the difference!As a part of Marmon Holdings, Inc., a highly decentralized organization, we rely heavily on people with the aptitude, attitude, and entrepreneurial spirit to drive our success, and we're committed to attracting and retaining top talent. Director of Sales Location: Remote (U.S. Only)Reports to: VP of...

  • Sales Director

    5 hours ago


    Chicago, IL, United States Truven Health Analytics Full time

    Truven Health Analytics delivers the answers that clients need to improve healthcare quality and access while reducing costs. We provide market-leading performance improvement built on data integrity and empirical truth. For more than 30 years, our insights and solutions have been providing hospitals and clinicians, employers and health plans, state and...


  • Chicago, IL, United States Guardant Health Full time

    Regional Sales Director, Screening Sales (Chicagoland) Full-time Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on helping conquer cancer globally through use of its proprietary tests, vast data sets and advanced analytics. The Guardant Health oncology platform leverages capabilities to drive commercial adoption, improve patient clinical...

  • Director, Sales

    7 hours ago


    Chicago, IL, United States OpenGov Full time

    OpenGov is home to an exceptional team - passionate about our mission to power more effective and accountable government. By bringing the OpenGov Cloud to our nation's state and local government, we're transforming communities so they can thrive! Imagine yourself being able to help small business owners open their doors faster, ensuring our tax dollars are...


  • Chicago, IL, United States Fox Dealer Full time

    Location: You must reside in the Chicago area; however, this is a fully REMOTE role. HQ is in Pasadena, CA. Regional Director, Sales & Dealer Development We are currently seeking a Regional Director to direct the development of Fox Dealer Interactive strategies and product/service offerings within a regional geography. This position will also direct the...


  • Chicago, IL, United States Aqua Security Software Ltd. Full time

    Description Aqua is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Director, Regional Sales - Central US to join our growing team. The successful candidate, through their leadership, will play a key role in expanding Aqua’s market share and revenue through the growth of our customers within the assigned territory. The Director, Regional Sales - Central (US)...

  • Director of Sales

    1 day ago


    Chicago, IL, United States Amper Technologies Full time

    About us: Amper is consumerizing industrial technology to run the factories of the future, weaving hardware and software into the leading manufacturing tech stack. Our mission is to build the next generation of factories and unlock the full potential of manufacturers. We are a Chicago-based industrial technology startup with deployments across thousands of...

  • Director of Sales

    5 hours ago


    Deerfield, IL, United States The Crescent Hotels Group Full time

    Description The Chicago Marriott Suites Deerfield is seeking an experienced and energetic individual to fill the position of Director of Sales to lead a very high performing team which dominates all segments and markets. The ideal candidate will develop, implement, and monitor the hotel's communication objectives, advertising, and public relations. We are...


  • Denver, CO, United States Sales Geek Full time

    Are you an experienced sales leader, and located in the State of Colorado?Stuck at a career cross roads?Being a Geek might be the answer for youSales Geek is one of the UKs best, and fastest growing; Sales Training, Consultancy, and providers of Part-time/Fractional Sales Directors. We are now in the USA, with the South West run by Brian EwingThis role is to...