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National Sales Director - Project Lead

IQVIA Open · verified Sep 18, 2026
Newark Full-time Director Sales Leadership

At a glance

Leadership Sales Leadership role at IQVIA. Newark · full-time · $150,000–$170,000 base.

SalaryStated by IQVIA
$150,000 – $170,000
Base salary for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting.
RoleSales Leadership
SeniorityDirector
LocationNewark
EmploymentFull-time
Base pay$150,000–$170,000
PostedSep 17, 2026 · 5d ago
Role brief

Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

  • Serve as the client's primary contact for commercial project execution
  • Build and maintain plans covering milestones, workflows, business rules, and objectives
  • Track KPIs, scorecards, priorities, progress, and national sales results for internal leaders
  • Coordinate IQVIA and client teams to deliver operational milestones and contractual commitments
  • Lead hiring, coaching, performance management, training, motivation, and personnel actions for sales representatives

What you bring

  • A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is required
  • At least two years managing pharmaceutical or medical-device field or regional sales teams
  • Four or more years of pharmaceutical or medical sales experience
  • Strong planning, organization, problem-solving, decision-making, technical, and business communication skills

Who this fits

You'll suit a sales leader who has managed field teams and can connect client coordination with operational delivery. The role includes personnel decisions, expense oversight, coaching, and national performance reporting. Expect travel for about half of the role and collaboration with client regional sales management.

From the employer

We are excited to announce that in partnership with our client, we are looking for a Project Lead to join our team of over 10,000 global field representatives in several regions making over 20 million product details annually for our pharmaceutical and biotech clients.

Project Lead

The National Sales Director (Project Lead) will be responsible for the operations and oversight of a team of Associate Sales Representatives. The national sales team will be educating and promoting on approved client messages to targeted accounts. The project Lead will also be responsible for delivering on all contractual obligations, as well as personnel and operational requirements. The Project Lead will work across the IQVIA organization and collaborate both internally and with the client to ensure effective execution of integrated solutions.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Client’s main point of contact regarding the commercial project work
  • Work closely with the client partner to create, manage, and maintain project plans and timelines including key milestones, business rules, workflows, and ensure alignment with IQVIA and client objectives.
  • Drive, analyze, and report on performance/progress (KPI’s/scorecard/priorities/key deliverables).
  • Manage the cross-functional collaboration across the internal IQVIA team and the client team to ensure all operational project deliverables/milestones are achieved.
  • Drive team performance through team building, coaching, training, motivating and management.
  • Responsible for conducting personnel/ HR related actions associated with IQVIA (interviews, employment offers), performance management (performance reviews, development or disciplinary plans, termination), and personnel issues.
  • Provide administrative oversight and approval of expense reports, monitors compliance with expense policies.
  • Coordinate meetings and associated components as needed.

Project Leader Requirements Experience

4-year bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university required

Minimum 2 years of pharmaceutical/medical device Field Sales Management/Regional Sales Management experience successfully overseeing a team of field sales teams required

4-5+ years of pharmaceutical or medical sales experience required

Preferred Experience

Proven track record in leading a sales team

Must be able to work in team environment, alongside the Client Regional Sales Management team

Strong leadership, planning and organization, problem solving and decision-making skills, as well as technical skills

Coach and council the team to reinforce product knowledge, core message and role model best practices

Strong business acumen and ability to clearly and concisely report detailed national sales results and data to internal Sales Management,

Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire a team towards exceeding objectives

Aligning performance with success

50% travel

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

IQVIA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable law. https://jobs.iqvia.com/eoe

IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.

The potential base pay range for this role is 150,000-170,000 annually. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge, skills, education, and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part-time). Dependent on the position offered, incentive plans, bonuses, and/or other forms of compensation may be offered, in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.

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