AbbVie

Account Executive I/II, Parkinson's Disease - Seattle, WA

AbbVie$90K — $120K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in health sciences, pharmacy, or business preferred, or equivalent experience required.
  • 3+ years in Health Science Field or Sales, with at least 2 years in pharmaceutical sales; 8+ years for non-degree candidates.
  • Demonstrated networking and partnership skills across functional areas.
  • Strong organizational, project management, and leadership abilities.
  • Track record of managing stakeholders in complex environments.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver on-label technical presentations to healthcare professionals, highlighting product benefits and risks.
  • Build and maintain relationships across accounts to benefit patients and healthcare providers.
  • Serve as primary contact for targeted accounts in your geography, ensuring compliant communication of customer needs.
  • Develop and implement strategic plans for accounts, monitoring sales progress and reporting to stakeholders.
  • Participate in local neurology events to enhance relationships and product education.
  • Create tailored business strategies and account plans based on geographical dynamics and customer needs.
  • Stay updated on trends regarding Parkinson's Disease and relevant market developments.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Paid time off including vacation, holidays, and sick leave.
  • 401(k) retirement plan contributions.
  • Participation in long-term incentive programs.
Full Job Description
Candidates will be hired at a level commensurate with their experience; this role will be filled at either grade 18 or grade 19. This is a field-based position, and candidates should reside within a commutable distance of the posted city. The Parkinson's Disease (PD) Account Executive (AE) is responsible for maximizing business opportunities with approved on-market products (drug device combination) for the Parkinson's Franchise. The PD AE will develop and maintain strategic business relationships with accounts through interactions with approved Movement Disorder Specialists, Neurologists, Advance Practice Providers, Health Care Professionals, nurses, executive level personnel, department managers, and various other support staff. Business relationships will focus on increasing education on product benefits/risks and awareness of current therapeutic gaps, consistent with approved labels, developing new business and expand current business, maximizing resource utilization, and increasing sales aimed at achieving sales plan for the assigned Parkinson's product portfolio. The PD AE will also focus on building and maintaining successful and compliant working relationships with Parkinson's Advocacy, Support groups, and other groups that support Parkinson's patients. Key Job Responsibilities: • Delivers effective on-label technical and scientific presentations/sales calls utilizing approved data and resources to appropriately highlight the benefits and risks of the product and create awareness of product solution addressing gap in therapeutic area - resulting in sales quota achievement. • Leverages opportunities to understand and address customer needs. Builds and maintains relationships across accounts that result in opportunities to benefit patients and HCPs. Consistently partners with AbbVie in-field and in-house teams to identify, design and/or adapt appropriate approaches and tactics. • Serve as lead US Commercial contact with targeted accounts in assigned geography. Appropriately and compliantly addresses needs of customer and patients through expert knowledge of AbbVie's environment of care approach. • Creates, implements and communicates strategic and tactical plans for targeted accounts. Monitor and report sales progress. Provide routine communications to all internal and external (as applicable) stakeholders. • Attend and actively participate in local neurology society meetings, conferences, patient programs, support groups, advocacy events, etc., some of which occur in the evenings or weekends. Represent AbbVie and assigned products at such venues to build or enhance relationships and education on product, increasing awareness. Channel key information, developments or findings to internal partners/stakeholders. All attendance and communications in these forums are within OEC and Legal guidance with all product discussions on-label. • Based on individual accounts, customers and geographical dynamics, create and development business strategy, territory account plans, align appropriate resources to support tactic execution and adjust as needed. • Remain current on all clinical, market, and payer developments, trends, and issues specific to Parkinson's Disease. • Complete all AbbVie required training and maintain adherence to all company policies and OEC/Legal procedures. • An essential requirement of your position is to meet health care industry representative (HCIR) credentialing requirements for entry into facilities and organizations that are in your assigned territory. These HCIR credentialing requirements may include, but not limited to, background checks, drug screens, and proof of immunization/vaccination for various diseases. • Represent AbbVie as a partner of choice in the Parkinson's and Neuroscience space with HCP and Patient Organizations • Driving a personal auto or company car or truck, or a powered piece of material handling equipment Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in health, sciences, pharmacy or business-related field preferred or relevant and equivalent industry experience required. • 3+ Years of Health Science Field or Sales experience with a minimum of 2 years in pharmaceutical sales. In lieu of degree 8+ Years of Health Science Sales experience with minimum of 4 years in pharmaceutical sales. • Demonstrated ability to network and partner effectively across functional areas. • Excellent organizational/project management and demonstrated leadership skills. • Proven record of managing multiple stakeholders in complex environments. • Valid driver's license: Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening test and meet safe driving requirements. Driving a personal auto or company car or truck, or a powered piece of material handling equipment • An essential requirement of your position is to satisfy all applicable health care industry representative (HCIR) credentialing requirements to gain and maintain entry into facilities and organizations that are in your assigned territory. You must also be in good standing and/or eligible to obtain these credentials. • These HCIR credentialing requirements may include, but are not limited to, background checks, drug screens, proof of immunization/vaccination for various diseases, fingerprinting and specific licenses required by individual state or cities. Please remember that you are solely responsible for ensuring that you satisfy all HCIR credentialing requirements & for any associated liability for failing to do so. AbbVie has resources available to you to help answer questions you may have. Preferred Qualifications • 3+ years Pharmaceutical Sales experience • Consistent top performer, history of successful sales performance in a challenging market space or product portfolio • Strong business acumen: individual accountability and ownership of territory with ability to multitask in a proactive manner, solving problems and influence without authority • Proven advanced sales skills, ability to communicate novel or complex products and process while keeping it simple and overcoming customer concerns, advancing sales and gaining new business • Excellent communication and presentation skills, ability to build credibility and trust in a collaborative manner with both internal and external stakeholders • History of navigating the matrix environment within accounts and complex customers such as IDNs, Academic Institutions, Hospitals, Large Groups practices, etc. • Demonstrate a high level of patient centricity and is comfortable with compliant direct patient interaction in different forums Additional Information Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of thisposting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location,and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees. • This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs. Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission,incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion unless anduntil paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

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50,000 employees
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$288.5 billion
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Net Income
$4.6 billion
Founded
2013
5 Year Trend
+17%
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