Executive Neuroscience Sales Specialist - Richmond, VA

The role

The Neuroscience Sales Specialist achieves sales goals by building customer relationships and delivering product education. This role involves promoting products to healthcare professionals and managing territory business plans.

What you will do

• Promote Acadia products to HCPs in person and virtually
• Develop and execute a territory business plan
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with HCPs and stakeholders
• Address customer questions, concerns, and objections
• Tailor sales aids and clinical resources to customer needs
• Partner with internal colleagues to deliver coordinated solutions
• Provide guidance on product pricing, reimbursement, and distribution
• Track and report sales activities, expenses, and customer interactions
• Represent Acadia at conferences, exhibits, and trainings
• Mentor and train new sales specialists

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 3 years of sales experience with at least 1 year in pharmaceutical and/or other related healthcare sales
• Advanced selling skills, leadership abilities, and business acumen
• Proven success in influencing diverse HCP audiences
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills
• Ability to work independently and adapt to change
• Must reside within the territory or within 30 miles of its border
• Valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record
• Ability to meet travel requirements including significant driving and overnight stays
• Must comply with vaccination requirements for HCP office access, long-term care facilities, and medical conferences
• Eligibility to drive a company vehicle
• Ability to travel independently by air

Nice to have

• Emphasis in life sciences
• Emphasis in neuroscience
• 8 years of healthcare sales with at least 2 years in complex or account-based selling (Sr. Specialist level)
• 12 years of healthcare sales with at least 3 years in complex or account-based selling (Executive level)

Benefits

• Competitive base, bonus, new hire and ongoing equity packages
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Employer-paid life, disability, business travel and EAP coverage
• 401(k) Plan with a fully vested company match 1:1 up to 5%
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a 2-year purchase price lock-in
• 15+ vacation days
• 13 -15 paid holidays, including office closure between December 24th and January 1st
• 10 days of paid sick time
• Paid parental leave benefit
• Tuition assistance

Before you apply

• Must reside within the territory or within 30 miles of its border
• Must comply with vaccination requirements for HCP office access, long-term care facilities, and medical conferences

About the company

Acadia is committed to turning scientific promise into meaningful innovation for underserved neurological and rare disease communities. Their commercial portfolio includes the first and only FDA-approved treatments for Parkinson’s disease psychosis and Rett syndrome.