AbbVie

Specialty Representative, Gastroenterology

AbbVie
Posted 10/19/2026full-timeRemote • Alabama • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $78,500 - $192,500 per yearWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in executing brand strategies and managing customer relationships within the pharmaceutical industry, with a strong focus on achieving sales performance and financial targets. Proficient in developing innovative solutions and collaborating effectively in matrix environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Pharmaceutical Industry ExperienceSales Performance AchievementCustomer Relationship ManagementStrategic ThinkingPresentation Skills

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Execute brand strategy and tactics in the field
  • Manage assigned territory and targeted accounts
  • Build customer relationships and identify and solve customer needs
  • Deliver sales performance, brand KPIs, financial targets, and marketing objectives
  • Create pre-call plans using SMART objectives and conduct post-call evaluations
  • Handle objections, concerns, and misunderstandings and gain calls to action to close sales calls
  • Serve customer needs and build trusted customer relationships
  • Develop and execute call plans to achieve call metrics and optimize customer coverage and frequency
  • Build knowledge of customer needs, territory market landscape, competitors, market segments, accounts, disease, products, clinical topics, and sales expertise
  • Share market intelligence with in-field, brand, and sales management teams
  • Differentiate AbbVie’s value proposition with healthcare providers
  • Identify, develop, and maintain disease-state experts and speakers/advocates
  • Collaborate with in-field team members, sales management, marketing, training, customer excellence, and brand-plan stakeholders
  • Travel approximately 25% of the time
  • Work with specialty physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and other external stakeholders

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree in health, sciences, pharmacy, or business-related field preferred, or relevant equivalent industry experience required
  • In lieu of a bachelor’s degree: at least five years of experience, including three or more years within the pharmaceutical/health/science industry preferred, and a high school diploma/GED required
  • Proven track record of success in selling
  • Solid presentation skills
  • Ability to adapt selling approach to customer style and behavior
  • Ability to develop innovative ideas and solutions
  • Ability to influence others and serve as a credible peer resource
  • Collaborative partnership skills in district and matrix teams
  • Documented success in leadership and support roles of increased responsibility
  • Understanding and use of findings to develop sales strategies
  • Commercial pharmaceutical industry experience preferred, including physician/account-based selling, training, managed health care, or marketing
  • English language proficiency verbally and in writing
  • Must satisfy applicable HCIR credentialing requirements and be in good standing or eligible to obtain credentials
  • Demonstrates in-depth scientific, therapeutic, product, and competitive knowledge
  • Strong business acumen and proficient use of business tools
  • Strategic and critical thinking capabilities
  • Ability to operate effectively in a matrix environment
  • Valid driver’s license
  • Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening test
  • Must meet safe driving requirements

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Short-term incentive programs
  • Company car or truck may be used for driving
  • Resources to help answer HCIR credentialing questions

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Hard Skills
Sales Strategy DevelopmentMarket Intelligence SharingCall PlanningDisease-State ExpertiseFinancial Target Achievement
Soft Skills
Collaborative Partnership SkillsAdaptabilityInfluencing SkillsProblem-SolvingLeadership
Tools & Technologies
Business ToolsCRM Software
Certifications & Qualifications
HCIR Credentialing
Industry Keywords
Healthcare ProvidersPharmaceutical SalesAccount-Based SellingManaged HealthcareClinical Knowledge