Role Summary
The Neuroscience Account Manager (Psychiatry) drives product promotion and sales execution in the Hudson River Valley territory, aiming to exceed targets by delivering value to customers through differentiated therapies and services. The role reports to the Neuroscience District Sales Manager and collaborates with district leadership on day-to-day sales strategy and product promotion activities. Travel may be required to support territory coverage and company meetings.
Responsibilities
- Execute and promote products in alignment to sales strategy in the assigned territory.
- Frequent collaboration with the District Sales Manager to respond to day-to-day sales and strategy direction related to product promotion activities.
- Analyze local market, develop, execute, and monitor performance and results to maximize the appropriate use of the product in defined territory.
- Maintain a high and current level of product, disease, competitive and market reimbursement knowledge.
- Determine, implement, and monitor optimal resource (i.e., budgets, time, etc.) allocation within assigned territory.
- Effectively and persuasively communicate using advanced selling and negotiation skills, relevant information to identified target audiences.
- Identify, build, and leverage advocacy channels.
- Secure product access and reimbursement within institutional systems as needed.
- Manage travel and promotional budget.
- Fulfill all monitoring and reporting requirements including expenses and call reporting using approved systems and processes.
- Maintain full compliance with all laws, regulations, and policies.
- Continued employment requires meeting and complying with reasonable industry-standard credentialing requirements of healthcare providers, customer facilities, and state/local governments.
- Additional, ad-hoc projects, as needed.
Qualifications
- Required: BS or BA with GPA greater than 3.0.
- Preferred: Minimum 3 years of pharmaceutical sales experience.
- Note: Candidates not meeting the work experience requirements may be considered for the โAssociateโ role.
- Preferred: Atypical anti-psychotic experience and/or orphan drug experience.
- Preferred: Specialty experience in psychiatry, bipolar, depression, CNS or pain management will be considered.
- Preferred: Reimbursement experience.
- Preferred: Existing relationships (or those within 24 months) with psychiatrists and/or Community Mental Health Centers in the assigned territory.
- Required: Valid driverโs license and a clean driving history.
- Preferred: Strong relationships and knowledge of the territory.
Skills
- Highly clinical, patient-centric and tactical with excellent communication skills (interpersonal, verbal, written).
- Ability to navigate complex markets and organizations.
- Outstanding work ethic and organizational skills.
- Dynamic, high-impact individual with effective selling and presentation skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities independently and make sound decisions.
- Ability to read situations quickly and adjust for roadblocks.
- Customer-focused, self-motivated, and computer proficient.
Education
- BS or BA with GPA greater than 3.0.
Additional Requirements
- Ability to travel (may include overnights).
- Out-of-territory travel to HQs, training, and sales meetings may be required.
- Work hours may include meetings scheduled outside of normal working hours.
- Must reside within territory geography.