Director, Oncology Priority Accounts – Minneapolis, MN

Location: Northern

# Director, Oncology Priority Accounts – Minneapolis, MNNovartis
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Posted Sep 24, 2026##

Job Description Summary    This is a field-based and remote opportunity supporting key accounts in an assigned geography.
Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role. Please only apply if this location is accessible to you.
Company will not sponsor visas for this position.
As the Director, Oncology Priority Accounts at Novartis, your role is customer-facing, leading major accounts and improving market access for our product portfolio by implementing brand strategies with key national and regional customers to achieve targets and gain market share. Your duties include managing relationships with senior partners at target accounts, comprehending their needs, and fostering mutually advantageous solutions through crafting and carrying out business plans for those accounts.
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Key Responsibilities:

• Understand the needs of the customer at all levels from departments to C-suite, while utilizing insights to proactively anticipate, leveraging and navigating the trends that are impacting the business and has ability to clearly articulate business insights and priorities to deliver appropriate outcomes.  
• Craft strategic approaches to further Novartis goals, catering to the account's interests and needs, and fostering key customer relationships that enhance Novartis' interaction with the account.  
• Leads strategy and execution prior to and during launch, by coordinating collaboration among headquarters, account, and regional leadership teams.  
• Pinpoint chances to collaborate and interact with account executives at the C-suite and D-suite levels, acting as the main oncology contact for Novartis account partners to facilitate exchanges with executives and headquarters.  
• Foster teamwork across different departments to enhance involvement from various functional areas and establish connections with stakeholders in different roles to proactively solve problems and remove obstacles.  
• Owns account performance with care and accountability, bringing a performance-driven mindset to achieving meaningful results.  
• Facilitate efficient communication between Novartis and key accounts, along with internal team coordination, Customer Engagement executives, and other sectors within Novartis. This entails predicting and actively relaying strategic changes that align with the company’s objectives and vision, thereby inspiring teams to adjust positively and assuredly.  
• Tasked with several high-priority accounts, at least one will be notably complex, highly visible, and have a major influence on Novartis Oncology.
Essential Requirements    
• Bachelor’s degree required from 4-year college or university.  
• 10+ years’ experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, or similarly structured industries with large, geographically dispersed teams; inclusive of at least 2 different types of cross-functional roles and / or experiences. We also welcome candidates from other complex environments such as medical devices, diagnostics, life sciences services, insurance, consumer health, or B2B sectors, especially where strong field leadership and customer engagement are central to success.

• 2+ years in project management and translation of strategy into execution.  
• 2+ years leading complex projects requiring cross-functional and national alignment.  
• Track record of exceptional performance and execution that drives results, embodies strong influencing skills, and the ability to exercise tact and diplomacy in stressful situations.  
• Candidate must reside within territory, or within a reasonable daily commuting distance of 100 miles from the territory…