Senior Area General Manager (Sr. AGM), Asundexian - Gulf Coast

At Bayer, we're seeking a Senior Area General Manager (Sr. AGM) to lead our Asundexian - Gulf Coast team. As a pioneer in the pharmaceutical industry, we're committed to pushing the boundaries of science and technology to deliver groundbreaking solutions. Our Sr. AGM will play a pivotal role in building the team, driving the success of Asundexian, and ensuring it reaches healthcare practitioners and patients who will benefit from its transformative impact.

The Sr. AGM will be responsible for delivering top-line targets while effectively leading and managing a dynamic cross-functional customer-facing team within their business unit. They will manage a cost base consisting of personnel and flexible spending and make necessary trade-offs to maximize impact. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of the specific needs of healthcare practitioners and healthcare systems within the stroke prevention space, driving customer and patient-centric outcomes while ensuring performance goals are met.

Key Responsibilities:

• Accountable for achieving revenue goals for the area
• Execute comprehensive strategies and initiatives to drive revenue growth and market share in the region
• Work within the financial framework provided by the organization
• Identify unique roles, structures, and alignment
• Resource the team appropriately based on geographic/market needs

• Develop and lead a high-performing team in the business unit
• Collaborate extensively with cross-functional roles such as Marketing, Market Access, and Medical
• Set the vision, provide inspirational and strategic leadership, and direction by translating business strategy into operational goals and outcomes
• Communicate in a simple, clear, and concise manner so that all team members understand what success means for the squad

• Identify, retain, and attract high-performing talent for the organization
• Build and lead high-performing sales teams, with proven coaching and talent development skills
• Develop a One Team approach with a mindset of shared accountability, driving a culture of ownership, strong performance, and collaboration

• Gain and apply a deep understanding of relevant markets, business models, strategic priorities, future direction, and financial drivers
• Understand and engage in key local and national healthcare issues/strategies, customer issues/trends, care pathways, and quality trends and best practices

• Define the local area strategy and priorities in collaboration with the cross-functional and HQ team
• Manage a portfolio of brands across different therapeutic areas and dynamically allocate resources to maximize impact
• Set, execute, and measure market-based objectives for the business unit

• Direct local squad P&L by closely monitoring monthly financial reports, optimize budget utilization through strategic allocation for various marketing and customer engagement initiatives and programs
• Deploy and organize human resources to maximize return on investment and drive sales growth

• Develop long-term relationships with influential customers to address current and future business opportunities and advance brand(s) adoption
• Understand customer business needs and effectively and compliantly communicate the value proposition through proposals and presentations

• Maintain timely communications with all direct reports and matrix partners, management, and internal and external stakeholders

• Lead a health system-focused sales organization engaging IDNs, ACOs, and large health systems in CKD, heart failure, stroke prevention, and anti-coagulation management
• Collaborate and influence your squad
• Enable and influence the team to develop multi-level and senior relationships within assigned accounts and health systems
• Collaborate and lead the Regional Account Directors (RAD)
• Understand the local strategy, their focus, and account objectives, engage in pull-through
• Partner and collaborate with National Account Directors (NAD)

• Build strategic partnerships with C-suite and D-suite leaders - including CMOs, CCOs, CFOs, Pharmacy leaders, Quality to shape enterprise adoption and formulary access
• Enable and influence patient access and reimbursement strategies for the entire portfolio

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree is required
• Strong mindset towards insatiable ownership, curiosity, and accountability of their local business
• Must possess a broad understanding of the total business with a focus on financial acumen
• Ability to understand and leverage large data sets
• Significant experience working in Stroke, Anti-Coagulation, and Cardiovascular therapeutic areas
• Able to create local vision and strategy for the greatest business impact
• Demonstrated success in formulating and implementing business plans in a highly matrixed, cross-functional environment
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and ability to work through complexity
• Able to consistently identify root cause issues, deep dive, and create/execute/evaluate plans
• Solid selling and negotiation skills
• Experience managing budgets, negotiating resources, and maximizing the return on investment
• Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally with marketing, market access, medical, and patient access to ensure commercial execution
• Exceptional leadership skills with proven ability to influence teams to drive performance
• Experience in leading multi-disciplinary teams, strongly preferred
• Demonstrated strength in identifying talent, coaching mentoring teams/peers; helping others to meet or exceed their goals, targets, and other responsibilities
• Thorough understanding of health systems, customer segments, regional market dynamics, and KOL development within the therapeutic area(s)
• Willing and able to travel routinely on a weekly basis
• Experience leading sales or account teams in hospital or health systems sales
• 8+ years’ experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech sector preferred with roles of increasing responsibility in sales, account management, hospital sales, market access, brand management, commercial operations, medical, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Direct leadership experience with secondary stroke prevention therapies (e.g., antiplatelets, anticoagulants)