Job Description

Lead a high-performing team. Shape market impact. Improve patient access.

Are you a strong people leader with a passion for commercial excellence, customer engagement, and strategic execution? We are looking for a Sales Manager, Vaccines to lead a field-based sales team and drive business growth across our vaccines portfolio.

In this role, you will play a critical part in translating strategy into action—building capability, sharpening execution, and ensuring our teams deliver meaningful impact across the healthcare landscape. If you thrive in a fast-paced, matrix environment and enjoy developing people while delivering results, this could be the opportunity for you.

What you’ll do?

As Sales Manager, Vaccines, you will:

• Lead and inspire a field sales team to deliver high performance, accountability, and a positive team culture
• Build a culture of psychological safety, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Develop and execute data-driven territory plans to maximize field effectiveness and business outcomes
• Partner on territory design and resource allocation to ensure the right focus on the right customers
• Drive omnichannel cycle planning to strengthen customer engagement across channels
• Lead segmentation, targeting, and persona development to ensure tailored and effective field execution
• Coach the team on sales call excellence, competitive selling, account management, and emotional selling
• Build field capabilities through training, field coaching, and onboarding
• Implement and optimize sales tools, CRM systems, dashboards, and digital enablement platforms
• Monitor performance through KPIs, analytics, and insights, and turn data into action
• Manage SIP target setting, tracking, and payout responsibility in collaboration with key stakeholders
• Work closely with Marketing, Medical Affairs, Digital, and Data teams to ensure aligned messaging and execution
• Act as the Voice of Sales and Voice of Customer to Head Office
• Capture and share market intelligence, customer feedback, and competitive insights to inform strategy

What we’re looking for?

Education:

• Master’s/ Bachelor’s degree in health science required

Experience:

• 5+ years’ experience in sales or sales management, ideally within vaccines or other related pharmaceutical environment
• Experience in Sales Operations or Sales Excellence is highly desirable

Skills and strengths:

• Strong knowledge of the Hungarian vaccines field
• Proven ability to coach and develop teams in:
  • Sales call model
  • Competitive selling
  • Account management
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to use data to improve territory and team performance
• Excellent communication, coaching, and interpersonal skills
• Confident influencing skills in a matrix organization
• Strong customer orientation and a genuine focus on delivering value
• Results-driven with a track record of achieving or exceeding targets
• High emotional intelligence and the ability to motivate and energize others
• Proficiency with Veeva or similar CRM tools, digital sales platforms, dashboards, and data analysis tools
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel and PowerPoint

Why join us?

This is an opportunity to make a real difference in a role that combines leadership, strategy, and customer impact You’ll help shape how our vaccines portfolio is brought to market, while developing people and driving performance in a meaningful and visible way.

Ready to lead?

If you are motivated by building strong teams, unlocking commercial potential, and creating customer value, we’d love to hear from you.

Required Skills:

Adaptability, Analytical Problem Solving, Decision Making, Healthcare Sales, Lead Generation, Market Analysis, People Leadership, Pharmaceutical Sales, Product Knowledge, Resource Allocation, Sales Administration, Sales Forecasting, Sales Management, Sales Performance Coaching, Sales Presentations, Sales Reporting, Strategic Thinking

Preferred Skills:

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

Domestic/International

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

50%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

Yes

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

05/31/2026

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