Neuroscience Sales Specialist, Schizophrenia (Cleveland West, OH)– Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

Job Description

Neuroscience Sales Specialist - Schizophrenia (with a focus on Invega Sustenna Portfolio and Caplyta)

We are searching for the best talent for Neuroscience Sales Specialist, Schizophrenia to support clients in Cleveland West & Columbus North, OH Territory.

Area of coverage: Territory includes major metropolitan areas such as Cleveland, Columbus North, and surrounding communities across Central, North Central, and Northeast Ohio. The territory including but not limited to Dublin, Westerville, Powell, New Albany, Avon, Strongsville, Medina and Sandusky Ohio.

About Neuroscience

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Our Neuroscience team tackles the world’s toughest brain health challenges including multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, myasthenia gravis, epilepsy, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and autism. This patient-focused team helps address some of the most complex diseases of our time. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Job Responsibilities

• Following compliance guidelines, drives sales performance to ensure sales forecasts are met or exceeded within assigned territory by calling on HCP offices and Mental Health Community Centers both in-person and virtually.
• Effectively uses assigned budgets to achieve territory objectives.
• Customizes discussions and client interactions based on customer’s needs in a compliant and ethical manner
• Maintains current understanding of local market, practice structures, evolving customers, and key influencers. Routinely shares such information with relevant internal Intra-Cellular stakeholders.
• Provides input into resource allocation decisions across customers/region.
• Identifies and selects programs/resources available and appropriate for each customer, practice, and/or system.
• Works with Regional Business Manager and key stakeholders to develop a local business plan that ensures achievement of all business objectives.
• Capitalizes on formulary approvals and other business opportunities through effective implementation of the strategic plan.
• Collaborates with other Neuroscience Sales Specialists on common objectives and sharing of best practices.
• Accountable for providing timely and accurate administrative management of work hours, sales call data, customer objectives, communication responses, synchronization, sample and expense reporting.
• Effectively inform and build a business plan based on depth and breadth of customer business needs, resources and products.
• Complete all company and job-related training as assigned within the required timelines.

Job Requirements

• A minimum of two (2) years of relevant work experience in healthcare sales/account management, or business to business sales, or recently transitioned from Active-Duty Military
• 3+ years of sales experience in specialty pharmaceuticals preferred
• Launch, antipsychotic, and/or bi-polar sales experience highly preferred.
• Must have Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university as well as a valid driver’s license and safe driving record.
• Must have strong desire and passion for improving the lives of patients and their caregivers. Ideal candidate emulates patient-centricity.
• Must act with high integrity and always in accordance with the Company’s Compliance policies and procedures.
• Must have strong sense of self-motivation, initiative, and entrepreneurial thirst, excellent decision-making judgment, strong teaming/collaboration and cross-functional skills
• A proven track record of success in learning and adapting to an evolving environment such as Covid-19 in order to overcome obstacles and challenges
• Must have ability to be agile and adapt to the changing telemedicine/virtual environment.
• Ability to analyze data/metrics to assess progress against objectives as well as diagnose performance issues and identify new opportunities.
• Experience establishing new customer relationships and communicating technical information to a diverse customer audience.
• Work hours may include meetings scheduled outside of normal working hours.
• Territories may require some overnight travel depending on geography.
• Some domestic travel to corporate headquarters, training and sales meetings will also be required on a periodic basis.
• Must be able to perform all essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation.