Associate Director, US Field Force Deployment and Sales Force Effectiveness
astrazeneca · US - Boston - MA · United States · On-site
Pay: USD 147,908 – 221,862 a year
Posted Sep 28, 2026
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Associate Director, US Field Force Deployment and Sales Force Effectiveness
Location: Boston Seaport, MA
Introduction to role:
Are you ready to shape how a US field organization deploys, engages, and delivers for patients with rare diseases? This Boston-based role puts you at the center of commercial execution—turning segmentation, targeting, and territory design into smarter customer engagement and measurable business impact. You will help ensure that every field interaction is purposeful, every territory is optimized, and every decision is grounded in data and patient need.
You will lead the US deployment strategy across multiple business units, partnering closely with senior commercial and sales leaders. How would you design a deployment framework that gets the right teams to the right customers at the right time? Bring your expertise, curiosity, and urgency to a purposeful environment that blends biotech agility with the scale and rigor of a global organization.
Accountabilities
Deployment Strategy Leadership: Set and evolve the US Deployment Strategy and Framework, spanning customer segmentation, targeting, field force sizing and structure, and territory design to enable precision engagement and accelerate growth.
Cross-Functional Partnership: Proactively partner with business and sales leadership to translate strategy into field action plans, build alignment, and deliver outcomes across diverse brands and markets.
Framework Ownership: Serve as the subject matter expert and champion of the Deployment Framework, educating partners and embedding standard processes across teams.
Quarterly Alignment Orchestration: Direct the quarterly alignment process for assigned business units, ensuring operational readiness and seamless execution against strategic objectives.
Data and Systems Integrity: Maintain alignment between upstream and downstream systems to ensure accurate rosters, clean alignments, and reliable data for field execution and analytics.
Territory Optimization and Scorecards: Collaborate with sales leaders to evaluate and recommend territory changes; develop and socialize alignment scorecards that track quality, efficiency, and impact.
Realignment Program Management: Plan and implement major and minor field realignments end to end—scenario modeling, decision support, change management, and on-time deployment.
Roster Governance: Oversee roster management for assigned business units, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance for all field personnel changes.
Regulatory Compliance: Partner with Government Relations to meet state registration requirements for field personnel, ensuring accurate reporting and avoiding monetary penalties.
Essential Skills/Experience
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
8+ years of related health care industry experience (ie: pharmaceuticals, strategy consulting, etc.)
Advanced knowledge of Field Force Deployment and Sales Force Effectiveness processes including practical…