Therapeutic Specialist, Virology

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About the role

  • Therapeutic Specialist driving AbbVie’s Virology sales across Montreal, North Shore, South Shore, and Abitibi. Building healthcare-provider relationships and executing territory and brand strategies.

Responsibilities

  • Join AbbVie Canada's commercial sales team in the Virology division as a Therapeutic Specialist
  • Develop robust business plans to execute brand strategy and tactics in the field
  • Deliver sales performance, brand KPIs, financial targets, and marketing objectives
  • Build strong customer relationships and support customer needs to maximize short- and long-term sales performance
  • Create pre-call plans and execute post-call evaluations to improve sales performance
  • Handle objections, misunderstandings, and concerns to close sales calls
  • Support key stakeholders’ needs, expectations, and challenges to build trusted relationships
  • Execute call plans, achieve set metrics, and optimize coverage of key customers
  • Build knowledge of customer needs, territory landscape, competitors, market segments, accounts, diseases, products, and clinical expertise
  • Share market intelligence with the district manager and team members to align strategy and anticipate environmental change
  • Differentiate AbbVie’s value proposition with healthcare providers
  • Identify, develop, and maintain disease-state experts and speakers/advocates
  • Develop and maximize integrated account plans with in-field team members

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Science or equivalent
  • Minimum of two years in a Specialty Sales role within the pharmaceutical industry in Quebec
  • Physician/account-based selling, training, managed health care or marketing experience preferred
  • Proven track record in sales and solid presentation skills
  • Strong ability to proactively identifies customer style / behavior and to adapts quickly all aspects of selling approach
  • Recognized expert with in-depth scientific, therapeutic, product and competitive knowledge
  • Strong business acumen and proficient use of business tools; possesses strategic and critical thinking capabilities
  • Operates effectively in a matrix environment
  • Offers innovative ideas and solutions to maximize business opportunities for the larger organization and anticipates and responds to changes or challenges
  • Viewed as a credible and respected role model and resource among peers
  • Builds collaborative partnership with district colleagues and team, etc.
  • Documented success in leadership and support roles of increased responsibility
  • Understands and leverages findings to develop/enhance sales strategies
  • Advanced communication skills in both French and English (oral and written)
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Copilot, etc.)
  • Must be at ease with technology and various tools/systems for day-to-day tasks
  • Ability to work evenings/weekends from time to time, including overnight travel
  • Valid driver’s license and passport
  • Ability to think strategically and develop a high-quality territory plan
  • Sound business judgment and executive leadership mindset
  • Ability to predict contingent outcomes from customer and competitive perspectives
  • In-depth analytical skills
  • Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with in-field team members

Benefits

  • Innovative work culture
  • Professional development
  • Paid time off: vacation, holidays, personal days, and volunteer days
  • Employee stock purchase
  • Wellness spending account
  • Flexible health insurance
  • Retirement savings programs
  • Bonus plan

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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