Novartis Posted October 6, 2026

Area Manager

Mapletree Business City (MBC), Singapore FULL_TIME
Sales Manager
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About this opportunity

Lead a high-performing sales team and drive sustainable business growth.We are looking for an experienced sales leader to manage a regional or local sales team and deliver agreed sales, market share, productivity, and broader performance targets. In this role, you will translate strategy into effective business plans, strengthen customer relationships, and build team capability through coaching and development.

Major accountabilities:  Deliver individual and team sales, productivity, market share, and performance targets.Create and execute business plans, including strategic and tactical brand plans aligned with company strategy and standards.Maintain existing customer relationships while identifying and developing new business opportunities.Allocate resources effectively and manage area sales and expense budgets.Act as the communication bridge between senior management and Sales Representatives Lead, hire, train, coach, and develop a high-performing field sales team.Build strong relationships with key account decision-makers, key opinion leaders, patient associations, and cross-functional partners.Maintain strong product and disease-area knowledge and coach the team accordingly.Monitor market dynamics, competitor activity, pricing intelligence, and key account developments.RequirementsMinimum 5 years experience delivering strong performance in the pharmaceutical or healthcare sector.Proven first-line people management experience Strong leadership, coaching, and talent development capabilities.A strategic, enterprise-wide mindset with the ability to interpret data and KPIs and translate insights into action.Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity and change.Strong communication, collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and relationship management skills.A track record of achieving field performance objectives.Experience engaging stakeholders through omnichannel approaches.

Job details

Seniority
Manager
Function
Sales
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Mapletree Business City (MBC), Singapore
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Sales role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 1150 comparable Manager Sales roles across 117 biopharma companies.

1150Comparable roles tracked
1051Currently active
117Companies hiring similar roles
64Countries represented

Salary context

266 of 1150 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Pharmaceutical Sales Associate - Salt Lake City, UT · IQVIA $55/yr – $63,000/yr
Peer group range $31,528 – $240,000 (median $159,000)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 1150 comparable roles

United States507
India204
Germany55
China30
United Kingdom26
Poland24

+ 58 more countries

Seniority mix

1150 of 1150 peers have a known seniority level

Manager1004
Associate130
Associate Director16

Therapeutic area mix

257 of 1150 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology58
Rare Disease38
Cardiovascular / CVRM38
Dermatology & Aesthetics33
Neuroscience32
Vaccines & Infectious Disease22
Immunology19
Gastroenterology7
Respiratory6
Ophthalmology4

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How we calculate "similar"

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Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

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