Customer Performance Lead
UK
Posted 6 weeks ago
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Job Description
Customer Performance Lead
As Customer Performance Lead, you will be the person who connects customer engagement activity to measurable commercial outcomes. You will design the frameworks, KPIs and insights that help our UK commercial teams engage smarter, sell better and deliver more for patients.
- Sales performance measurement: Setting and managing the frontline field sales performance measurement frameworks that keep our teams aligned with customer engagement goals, and implementing the systems that evaluate sales efforts across lead conversion rates, customer acquisition costs and sales volume.
- Commercial excellence: Designing and managing incentive programmes that drive optimal sales performance and customer engagement in line with Global and Regional guardrails, establishing and clearly communicating commercial excellence performance criteria to foster accountability and motivation across sales teams, and shaping engagement plans across all channels so sales teams and channel leads have clear customer targets aligned to the customer engagement strategy.
- Performance monitoring and analysis: Developing and implementing the KPIs that measure the success of our customer engagement initiatives and align them with UK business objectives, while continuously monitoring engagement metrics – customer feedback, behaviour patterns and interaction history – to assess the effectiveness of our strategies.
- Channel and data insights: Tracking performance across commercial, digital and medical channels, partnering with Customer Engagement Leads to embed customer profiling, tagging and segmentation in our internal systems, and using advanced analytics to surface trends, opportunities and clear recommendations for action.
- Testing and optimisation: Designing and running A/B tests and other experimentation methodologies to evaluate the impact of engagement and sales tactics, and translating the results into sharper strategies and confident recommendations for UK leadership.
- Technology and collaboration: Partnering with the Data & AI Strategy Lead to inform future data capabilities, leveraging CRM tools and analytics platforms such as Tableau and Power BI, and working hand-in-hand with Marketing, Sales, Medical Affairs, Finance and Regional Managers to align performance frameworks with wider business priorities.
- Coaching and culture: Championing a culture of data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement by coaching colleagues on performance measurement best practices, sharing insights across teams and embedding accountability for results.
We are looking for an analytical and commercially curious professional who can translate complex data into strategies that energise sales teams and deepen customer relationships.
To succeed in this role, you will bring:
- A minimum of 5 years' experience in commercial excellence, ideally within pharmaceuticals, healthcare or another regulated, customer-led industry
- A Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Data Analytics or a related field
- Proven experience setting and managing performance measurement systems across customer engagement, sales and multi-channel initiatives, with strong analytical skills and the ability to convert insights into action
- Hands-on experience with CRM systems, analytics tools and data visualisation software such as Tableau or Power BI; familiarity with performance measurement methodologies across digital, commercial and medical channels is a plus
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the confidence to engage senior stakeholders and influence cross-functional teams including Sales, Marketing, Medical Affairs, Finance and Communications
Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. When you join us, you're not just starting a job – you're becoming part of a story that spans generations.
There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.
We’re not your typical healthcare company. In a modern world of quick fixes, we focus on solutions to defeat serious chronic disease and create long-term health.We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science, make healthcare more accessible, and work to treat, prevent, and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Founded in Denmark in 1923, today we employ more than 69,000 people in 80 offices around the world – all united by our bold purpose to drive change to defeat serious chronic diseases. Want to learn more? Visit www.novonordisk.com.This page isn’t intended for discussions about products. As such, postings or comments that contain product discussions may be removed. This page is for discussions about Novo Nordisk and its subsidiaries and the initiatives and projects we are involved in. While we welcome everyone to make comments, we reserve the right to block and remove those that are off-topic, abusive or intended to spam. Any questions specific to products should be made to your healthcare professional. If you wish to file an adverse drug reaction please contact Novo Nordisk’s office in the country you live in: https://www.novonordisk.com/contact-us/find-local-information.htmlFor other customer complaints, please contact us here: https://www.novonordisk.com/contact-us.htmlPlease keep in mind that Novo Nordisk A/S and its subsidiaries work within a highly regulated industry. Therefore, comments that pertain to legal matters or regulatory issues may be removed. Comments contained on this site come from members of the public, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Novo Nordisk A/S. Novo Nordisk A/S does not endorse or approve any content added by other LinkedIn users.Learn more about our privacy disclaimer and community guidelines here: https://www.novonordisk.com/data-privacy-and-user-rights/social-media-privacy-disclaimer.html
