Specialty Representative, Migraine

AbbVie

Specialty Representative developing and executing brand strategy for AbbVie in neurosciences. Building strong customer relationships and delivering sales performance within assigned territory.

Posted 7/24/2026full-timeRemote • Alabama • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $78,500 - $141,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in executing brand strategies and achieving sales performance within the pharmaceutical industry, leveraging strong business acumen and in-depth product knowledge to build customer relationships and drive results.

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Sales PerformancePharmaceutical Industry ExperienceCustomer Relationship ManagementStrategic ThinkingLeadership

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Hard Skills

Sales Strategy DevelopmentMarket Intelligence AnalysisCall PlanningFinancial Target AchievementKPI Management

Soft Skills

AdaptabilityCollaborationInfluencing SkillsProblem SolvingCoaching

Tools & Technologies

Business ToolsCRM Software

Industry Keywords

PharmaceuticalHealth SciencesTherapeutic KnowledgeAccount-Based SellingManaged Health Care

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Execute brand strategy and tactics in field
Deliver sales performance, brand KPIs, financial targets, marketing objectives, etc. to meet or exceed on those objectives.
Create pre-call plan objectives and execute post-call evaluation to continuously improve sales performance.
Effectively handle objections, misunderstandings, concerns and consistently gain logical and reasonable calls to action to close on every sales call.
Proactively and continuously aspire to serve customer needs, customer expectations and challenges to build trusted customer relationships and to achieve win-win agreements between AbbVie and customers.
Develop and execute a call plan that achieves set call metrics and optimizes coverage and frequency to key customers to maximize access and sales opportunities.
Continuously build understanding on customer needs and expectations, territory market landscape, competitors, market segments/dynamics, accounts, disease, product, clinical and sales expertise and share this market intelligence information with in-field team, brand team and sales manager to achieve alignment, to anticipate environmental changes and challenges and to optimize brand strategy and its execution.
Differentiate AbbVie’s value proposition with health providers assigned and identify, develop, and maintain disease state experts and speakers/advocates to maximize brand performance.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in health, sciences, pharmacy or business-related field preferred or relevant and equivalent industry experience required
Relevant and equivalent industry experience required in lieu of a bachelor’s degree is at least five (5) years of experience with three (3) or more years of experience within the pharmaceutical/health/science industry preferred and a high school diploma/GED required
Proactively identifies customer style / behavior and quickly adapts to all aspects of selling approach.
Understands and leverages findings to develop sales strategies.
Operates effectively in a matrix environment.
Offers innovative ideas and solutions to maximize business opportunities to address challenges.
Provides impact with ideas for the larger organization and anticipates and responds to changes.
Demonstrates in-depth scientific, therapeutic, product, and competitive knowledge and is recognized as an expert resource by all relevant stakeholders.
Strong business acumen and proficient use of business tools; possesses strategic and critical thinking capabilities.
Influences others and is viewed as a credible and respected role model and resource among peers.
Builds collaborative partnership with district colleagues and matrix team, etc.
Leads by example; Consistently displays positive behaviors and peer coaching through changing and challenging environments.
Documented success in leadership and support role of increased responsibility at the district, region and/or organizational levels.
Preferred: Proven track record of success in sales performance within respective therapeutic areas.
Commercial pharmaceutical industry experiences such as physician/account-based selling, training, managed health care or marketing preferred.
English language proficiency verbally and in writing (for all non-English speaking countries).

Benefits

Comp & perks

paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
medical/dental/vision insurance
401(k) to eligible employees
eligible to participate in short-term incentive programs