Pharmaceutical National Sales Manager

Evolve has partnered with an innovative pharmaceutical organisation at an exciting stage of growth to appoint a National Sales Manager. This is a unique opportunity to lead the successful launch of an innovative rare disease therapy, inspire a high-performing team, and drive commercial success while making a meaningful difference to patients’ lives.

This is a full-time, permanent opportunity with national responsibility across the UK.

What’s on offer?
Excellent Salary & Benefits - A competitive starting salary depending on experience, plus exceptional bonus, car allowance, breakdown cover, healthcare, insurances, pension, and more!
Collaborative Culture - Thrive in a supportive, people-focused environment.
Make a Real Impact - Contribute to life-changing medicines that directly improve patient lives.

Ideal Requirements for the National Sales Manager
Proven commercial leadership experience in Specialty Care - A strong track record of success leading pharmaceutical or biotech sales teams, with the ability to deliver sustainable growth in complex healthcare environments.
Inspiring people leader with a passion for developing talent - Demonstrated experience building, coaching, and empowering high-performing field teams, with a focus on capability development, engagement, and achieving shared goals.
Strategic thinker with strong business acumen - Ability to interpret market insights, customer data, competitive intelligence, and analytics to shape effective commercial strategies and drive impactful business decisions.
Exceptional collaborator and stakeholder influencer - Skilled at building strong partnerships across Medical Affairs, Marketing, Market Access, and Patient Engagement teams to deliver aligned, patient-focused solutions.
Experience driving successful launches and growth of innovative therapies - Proven ability to lead commercial initiatives for specialty medicines, ideally within complex treatment pathways and evolving payer and provider landscapes.

Role Responsibilities for the National Sales Manager
Lead and inspire a high-performing national sales team - Build, coach, and develop a team of Key Account Managers and Therapeutic Specialists, creating a culture of excellence, accountability, collaboration, and continuous growth.
Drive national commercial strategy and business performance - Own the delivery of national sales objectives, translating strategic goals into impactful field execution plans that maximise growth and improve patient outcomes.
Champion field excellence and customer engagement - Elevate commercial execution through coaching, capability development, and innovative approaches to account management, customer engagement, segmentation, and omnichannel excellence.
Shape strategic partnerships across the healthcare landscape - Develop trusted relationships with key healthcare professionals, treatment centres, and stakeholders, using customer insights to overcome barriers and support improved patient access.
Influence business success through cross-functional collaboration - Partner with Marketing, Medical Affairs, Market Access, PACE, and Commercial Excellence teams to drive strategic initiatives, provide market insights, and support successful business planning and launches.

Recruitment Process
2 stage interview process

Meet an amazing team and get your chance to join a company where your work truly makes a difference, your ideas are valued, and your career can grow with purpose.

Excited to learn more? Click apply or reach out to the Pharmaceutical recruitment team for full details!

Get to know your recruiter, Katie, on our website: https://www.evolveselection.com/the-team/team/katie-fisher

Application Process
Evolve Selection acts as a recruitment partner on behalf of our clients. All applications are reviewed by our specialist consultants and assessed against the specific requirements of the role. Suitable candidates will be contacted for an initial discussion before being introduced to the hiring client.

We appreciate every application; however, due to application volumes, we may not be able to respond to all candidates individually. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please consider your application unsuccessful for this particular role, however we may contact you regarding future opportunities that match your experience in line with our privacy policy.

Evolve is a leading recruitment and outsourcing organisation, operating within the Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Medical Device and Life Science sectors.

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion are critical to our success as a company, We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.