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Neuroscience District Sales Manager (Psychiatry) - Gulf Coast District

Vanda Pharmaceuticals
On-site
Birmingham, AL
Sales
  • Qualifications
    • Required: 10+ years in the pharmaceutical industry
    • Preferred: 4 years of Sales Management experience
    • Required: Demonstrated ability to recruit, retain and develop high performing team of specialty sales representatives
    • Required: Documented high performance of sales and leadership track record
    • Required: Driver’s license and clean driving history
    • Required: Ability to secure and maintain credentialing requirements of healthcare providers, customer facilities, and state/local governments
    • Required: Ability to build and sustain positive relationships
    • Required: Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal skills
    • Required: Demonstrate strong analytical and business acumen
    • Required: Must reside near a major airport within the district
    • Required: Ability to travel up to 75%
    • Preferred: Specialty experience in CNS, psychiatry, schizophrenia, bipolar or depression; other specialty experience will be considered
    • Preferred: Associate DSM consideration for candidates with fewer than 3 years of leadership experience
    • Preferred: Experience in small company and start-up work environments
  • Education
    • Bachelor's Degree
    • Advanced degree preferred
  • Skills
    • Goal and results driven - proven track record of above average results
    • Excellent people management/supervisory skills; ability to develop and coach specialty sales representatives, and to lead and mentor the team
    • Highly clinical, patient-centric and tactical with excellent communication skills (interpersonal, verbal, written)
    • Outstanding work ethic; self-motivated and able to work independently and make sound decisions
    • Dynamic; high-impact individual with effective selling and presentation skills
    • Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
    • Ability to read situations quickly and adjust for roadblocks
    • Demonstrated technical aptitude; working proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
    • Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and an acceptable driving record, and be able to operate a motor vehicle as required for local, regional, and occasional overnight travel
    • May occasionally require lifting and/or moving items up to 15 pounds