Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals

Area Sales Director

Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
Posted 10/19/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $250,000 - $280,000 per yearWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in strategic planning, sales management, and talent development within the healthcare industry, particularly in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Proven ability to analyze market trends, manage budgets, and foster key customer relationships to achieve sales objectives.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Sales ManagementStrategic PlanningTalent DevelopmentMarket AnalysisHealthcare Expertise

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Manage business results, sales activities, and cross-functional initiatives across a regional geography
  • Direct District Managers and Sales Professionals
  • Make day-to-day business-function decisions, including deploying resources, allocating costs, and directing business activities
  • Analyze regional information, market intelligence, environmental factors, and political landscape to identify key issues and take strategic action
  • Develop employees and support Human Resources Planning programs, management development, and training
  • Achieve regional sales objectives for prescriptions/revenue and expenses
  • Develop and execute a Business Plan aligned with regional strategy
  • Direct sales strategy execution and marketing plan implementation
  • Maintain a profitable sales-to-expense ratio
  • Manage the sales budget and ensure return on investment
  • Recruit, monitor, coach, and develop managers and sales specialists
  • Maximize managed care opportunities and leverage pull-through strategies to achieve revenue
  • Maintain turnover at or below regional averages
  • Develop and maintain key customer relationships and mutually beneficial business solutions
  • Plan and conduct sales meetings covering product knowledge, applications, sales skills, and business skills
  • Evaluate managers' performance and recommend salary increases through regular field visits and reports
  • Maintain a high level of product and market knowledge
  • Assist with programs promoting product sales and the Keenova image
  • Foster equal employment opportunity and a diverse workforce

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's Degree is required
  • Minimum 10 years related industry experience preferred, with the most recent 3–5 years in senior-level sales management capacity (district or regional level)
  • Strong record of professional advancement and sales accomplishments
  • Experience in professional product/brand management
  • Experience within complex selling environments required (e.g., expensive therapies, reimbursement)
  • Demonstrated success in recruiting, developing, and retaining talent required
  • Comprehensive understanding of industry trends, market segments, and regional market trends
  • Knowledge and application of strategic planning and implementation
  • Experience managing the financial dynamics of a commercial organization
  • Expertise in healthcare, emphasizing pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, or medical devices
  • High-energy, charismatic, strategically oriented, highly ethical business executive with strong executive presence and presentation skills
  • Strong coaching, leadership development, team-building, influencing, delegation, and motivation skills
  • Accomplished track record growing complex organizations
  • Experience interacting with strategic partners, executive leaders, board members, customers, and industry consultants
  • Ability to prioritize and align an organization against goals and objectives
  • Demonstrated ability to make decisions, balance risk, lead, coach, develop, train, and retain staff
  • Ability to develop and utilize cross-functional relationships
  • Advanced presentation skills and business acumen
  • Ability to work effectively with minimal direction
  • Problem-solving, decision-making, and technical learning abilities
  • Advanced written and oral communication skills
  • Strong administrative skills and sophistication managing business in a complex environment

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive pay and benefits
  • Bonus eligibility in accordance with the applicable program

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Hard Skills
Sales Strategy ExecutionBudget ManagementBusiness PlanningMarket Intelligence AnalysisProduct KnowledgeFinancial Dynamics ManagementComplex Selling EnvironmentsRecruitment and Talent RetentionSales Performance EvaluationReturn on Investment Analysis
Soft Skills
Leadership DevelopmentCoachingTeam-BuildingInfluencingPresentation Skills
Certifications & Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree
Industry Keywords
PharmaceuticalsBiotechnologyMedical DevicesSales ActivitiesCross-Functional InitiativesManaged Care OpportunitiesSales-to-Expense RatioDiverse WorkforceExecutive PresenceProfessional Product Management