Neuroscience Sales Specialist - Bay Area East

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Job Description

Join Takeda as a Neuroscience Sales Specialist where you will work to enhance Neuroscience product promotion efforts within your assigned territory. In this role, you will communicate clinical and scientific knowledge about our Neuroscience product(s) to appropriate HCPs in the psychiatric space, as well as some in primary care, and will work to achieve sales goals as defined by organization.

About the role:

• Be the primary representative to communicate clinical and scientific knowledge about our Central Nervous System (CNS) product(s) to Psychiatrists
• Cultivate and nurture disease state/product advocates (Key Opinion Leaders (KOL) speakers) from within the Psychiatric community to include teaching institutions
• Enhance CNS product promotion efforts within your assigned territory
• This role will report to the Neuroscience District Business Manager

How you will contribute:

• Engage customers in a way that reflects understanding of their environment and provides insight relevant to their market and practice
• Build sales and product marketing strategies with to achieve sales goals
• Develop and grow working relationships with Psychiatrists, medical institutions, medical and academic societies
• Cultivate and support KOL CNS speakers to be used locally and nationally
• Create compliant partnerships with Clinical Science Liaisons to engage psychiatric community
• Be a direct liaison to the CNS Marketing and Sales leadership teams; by providing market intelligence/insights to influence sales and promotional strategy/resources
• Comply and follow our Compliance Guidelines, Code of Conduct, and Promotional Practices.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree
• 3 years pharmaceutical industry experience
• Must be 18 years of age or older with valid driver's license and an acceptable driving record
• Ability to travel 70% of the time, including overnight and occasionally on weekends
• Must have authorization and ability to drive a company leased vehicle or rental

Preferred:

• Previous Specialty or CNS experience
• Institutional/account selling experience
• Scientific background

Knowledge and Skills:

• Industry Knowledge – understands the pharmaceutical industry and the prescription drug distribution process at a regional level
• Product Knowledge – complete understanding of the medical/therapeutic usage of the products.
• Sales Techniques – Displays a broad understanding of the strategic goals of the pharmaceutical sales marketplace; understand …