Job Description

General Summary:

The role of the Commercial Business Operations Senior Manager is responsible for the incentives compensation management process, commercial data stewarding, and partnering with the Commercial Excellence Lead in ensuring the execution of the commercial excellence activities within International Commercial.

This role will be an internal subject matter expert of commercial field metrics, data analysis, CRM operations and incentives compensation processes.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Incentives compensation:

• Responsible for all IC Communications, including plan documents, presentations, goal setting and payout communications, and regular reports for field force and leadership.
• Lead the execution of our plans with a very high degree of accuracy including the correct and timely calculation of payouts, effective documentation, and governance of our plans.
• Conduct ad hoc analyses to support incentive compensation plans.

Data Stewarding:

• Develop and execute the organization's commercial data stewardship strategy to ensure data quality, accessibility, and governance per business objectives.
• Establish and enforce policies and procedures to maintain effective data stewardship.
• Implement and enforce Intl HEME data stewardship standards to maintain data accuracy and completeness

Field Effectiveness:

• Support the diagnosis, identification and improvement of the effectiveness of Commercial Field Teams
• Provides analytical expertise to support SFE activities
• Measures & improves commercial field teams' motivation & engagement through the execution of the incentive compensation plan

Knowledge and Skills:

Minimum Requirements:

• Strong knowledge of commercial operations incentives management processes
• Strong knowledge in the management of multi-country incentive compensation plans
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills
• Direct hands-on experience with pharmaceutical data sourcing, integration, analysis, and reporting
• Ability and desire to understand the product needs of the future and influence all stakeholders to prioritize them
• Good working knowledge and understanding of Web & Mobile CRM platforms (Veeva) and underlying data

Preferred Qualifications:

• Attention to detail and committed follow-through in communications to stakeholders
• Pro-actively identifies issues and solves them
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving environment; focus on multi-tasking and self-prioritized workload
• Strong focus on process delivery and execution
• Scientific aptitude and working knowledge of speciality or rare disease therapies area (preferable)

Travel

• Position is based in London Paddington and travel of 20-30% may be required for country visits and training sessions.

Flex Designation:

Flex Eligibility Status:

Company Information

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.

Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager, or contact Talent Acquisition at ApplicationAssistance@vrtx.com