Senior Team Leader Float

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Indirectly supervise a group of up to 15 agents with responsibility of handling all aspects of patient case management including intake, general inquiries, product / program questions, site specific communication preference management, coverage and access as well services such as free trial offer enrollment, co-pay enrollment, adherence enrollment, etc. 
• As a float supervisor your support will be needed multi brand and multifunctions for the active roles within PSC.
• Support the day-to-day operations, escalations, and performance of highly customer-focused contact center which serves customers across channels such as Web, SMS, chatbot, email, e-fax, etc.
•  Knowledge of patient facing adherence and/or education programs specifically for compliance adherence, agent coaching/performance enhancement and assurance of optimal patient experience.
• Maintain knowledge of programs and customer workstreams for optimal program performance.
• Monitor performance, attendance, and quality at the team level to drive service excellence and KPI and SLA achievement.
• Manages escalations from Case Managers and provide guidance required to handle customer interactions
• Work with various matrix partners in both the PSC and externally to ensure communication, collaboration and coordination is occurring across teams and that everyone has the information that is needed to do their jobs effectively.
• Collaborates with other Supervisors to provide agent or program specific feedback
• Responsible for identifying and reporting adverse events via the established Novartis systems as per applicable processes

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred (e. RPh, Nursing or other relevant specialty

Experience:

• Required Experience:
  • Minimum 1+ years of Patient Services, Healthcare, or Contact Center experience
  • Three (1+) years of proven end-to-end case management experience with specialty products, including patient facing interactions.
  • Three (1+) years of experience working with Complex Specialty products in a pharmaceutical/healthcare setting required (such as Biologics, Medical Devices, Oncology, Transplant, Infusion, Rare Disease, etc.)
  • Previous leadership, team building, and performance management or Novartis team leadership experience. 
  • Strong critical thinking skills and the ability to multi-task
  • Expertise working with data entry system(s), case management systems, computer software, and telephone/fax technology
  • Excellent phone and verbal communication skills – ability to follow oral and written directions
  • Ability to effectively collaborate with various matrixed Novartis teams
  • Forward thinker who can adapt and grow with the evolving Novartis Patient Support landscape

• Desired Experience:
  • Prior experience leading a team in call center environment
• Other Work Requirements:
  • When working from home, a quiet dedicated space where the employee can work without interruption
  • Ability to work the scheduled work hours, which generally will be an 8-hour schedule with two paid rest breaks and an unpaid lunch break.  Schedule times are subject to change. 
  • Internal aplications must prove track record of meeting internal KPI, such as Quality, Service Level and case productivity
  • For Patient Support Center (PSC) roles with a dedicated training period: The individual hired for this role will be required to successfully complete initial training, including passing simulations and become certified to do the role.