Specialty Representative, Migraine

AbbVie

Specialty Representative for AbbVie managing migraine therapy sales in Des Moines. Building strong customer relationships and executing brand strategies within the neuroscience therapeutic area.

Posted 7/28/2026full-timeRemote • Iowa • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $78,500 - $192,500 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in executing brand strategies and achieving sales performance within the pharmaceutical and health industries. Possesses strong customer relationship management skills and the ability to analyze market dynamics to optimize sales opportunities.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Sales PerformanceCustomer Relationship ManagementMarket IntelligenceStrategic ThinkingPresentation Skills

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Hard Skills

Sales Strategy ExecutionCall PlanningKPI AchievementMarket AnalysisObjection Handling

Soft Skills

Leadership SuccessAdaptabilityCustomer Needs SolvingCritical ThinkingCommunication

Tools & Technologies

Business Tools

Industry Keywords

Pharmaceutical IndustryHealth SciencesCustomer ExpectationsMarket SegmentsTerritory Management

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Execute brand strategy and tactics in field, sales performance, effectively manage assigned territory and targeted accounts, build strong customer relationships and customer needs solving capability
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
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

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
Proven track record of leadership success and solid presentation skills
Strong business acumen and proficient use of business tools; possesses strategic and critical thinking capabilities
Proactively identifies customer style / behavior and adapts quickly all aspects of selling approach
Operates effectively in a matrix environment

Benefits

Comp & perks

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