Neuroscience Sales Specialist- Houston, TX

Neuroscience Sales Specialist

Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc. is a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company headquartered in New York City. Founded in 2002 on Nobel-prize winning research, we launched our first commercial product in CNS in 2020 and received approval for an expanded indication in 2021. We have a strong pipeline with projects in preclinical development stage through Phase III. We celebrate science, welcome curiosity, expect collaboration and demand integrity and respect in all we do, create and deliver.

The Neuroscience Sales Specialist has overall responsibility for meeting or exceeding sales expectations within their assigned geographies in an ethical and compliant manner. The sales specialist is responsible for understanding and identifying customer needs, aligning marketing resources and supporting pull-through activities. They are also accountable for embodying and communicating Intra-Cellular's corporate vision of improving the lives of patients suffering from neuropsychiatric disorders.

TheNeuroscience Sales Specialist will develop superior product and disease state knowledge that allows them to compliantly engage in in-depth clinical dialogue with healthcare professionals. Additionally, they will have responsibility for the creation of local strategic and tactical plans, differential resource allocation, and accountability for effective application of budget and expense management within their assigned territory.

We are looking for sales professionals who have a passion for patients, tenacity for results, ability to adapt and evolve, entrepreneurial thirst for working in an energizing and winning culture.

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.
• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Job Requirements

• 2+ years of previous sales experience in pharmaceuticals, biologics, or medical device sales required; 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

Intra-Cellular Therapies is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

Neuroscience Sales Specialist Base Salary range $100K - $150K

ABOUT US

We have a 40-year track record of delivering solutions for Pharma and Biotech companies large and small.

Our wide-ranging capabilities include clinical and medical outsourced teams; clinical and medical capability development; companion diagnostic and precision medicine solutions; medical communications; expert engagement; remote and field solutions for patients, payers, and physicians; and strategic and access consulting. Therapeutically, we cross many areas but have been a leader in oncology and rare diseases.

Our one-of-a-kind Insights database offers clients a detailed view into patient-provider interactions and provider treatment rationale not found through any other provider.

Every offering, every touchpoint, every solution is designed to ensure our pharmaceutical client's patients gain access to and benefit from the best medicines for the right reasons.

OUR CULTURE

Our company values align to our partnership vision and define our culture. These EPIIC values are reinforced in our people, our processes, and the solutions we provide for our clients: Excellence, Passion, Innovation, Integrity, and Collaboration.

We believe that delivering on true partnership for our clients begins and ends with our own team, which is why we relentlessly recruit and maintain teams devoted to living our EPIIC values. The result? An inclusive, collaborative, and respectful culture we are proud of. We hold one another accountable to maintaining a safe workspace where we challenge one another to bring our best selves to work each day.

You will never feel unsure about how our EPIIC values look when lived out. We make conscious efforts to model and reward behaviors that remind our colleagues, clients, vendors, and partners what we stand for.

We foster a sense of belonging by ensuring contributions are heard and respected. We want every member of the team to feel like they have a voice and they can use it. Constantly challenged and always supported, each member of our team is empowered to create innovative, meaningful outcomes for our clients.

Opportunities with Amplity offer competitive compensation and dependent on the opportunity could include a comprehensive benefits package and 401K benefits.

To learn more about us, visit our website at amplity.com or our social media pages, linkedin.com/company/amplity-health and twitter.com/amplityhealth.

CELEBRATING DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES

We passionately champion a culture of belonging, with transparent company practices that drive diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our commitment to inclusion is core to who we are. We welcome people with diverse backgrounds and perspective who ignite curiosity and challenge the status quo. As a provider of services across 6 continents, our team is as diverse as the clients we serve and the countries we work in.

We seek to create an inclusive, fair, and respectful environment that celebrates the individual differences and unique perspectives each person brings; where everyone feels a sense of belonging and can be their true, authentic, and best self.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome everyone to our team. We promise to maintain a safe working environment where team members can thrive. The IDEA - Amplity's Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Alliance - makes sure of it. The IDEA helps our organization embrace diverse business practices, creates a sense of community through colleague resource groups, reminds our leaders to sponsor and embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion, and encourages cultural competence and awareness through company-wide resources for learning.

Our commitment to diversity spans our people, our processes, and our suppliers.

OUR DIVERSITY POLICY

We encourage and support equal employment opportunities for all associates and applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or veteran status. Employment decisions are evaluated on the basis of an individual's skills, knowledge, abilities, job performance and other qualifications. In addition, Amplity Health maintains policies and procedures designed to comply with applicable federal, state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which Amplity Health has facilities.