Neuroscience Sales Representative (Chicago North, IL) (Pharmaceutical Sales)

Location: Chicago North, Illinois, United States; territory work includes in-person and virtual visits, overnight travel depending on geography, and periodic domestic travel for headquarters, training, and sales meetings.

Salary: $79,000–$127,650 annual base pay

Company

Johnson & Johnson, through Innovative Medicine and Intra-Cellular Therapies, develops healthcare and neuroscience treatments including CAPLYTA.

What you will do

• Drive sales performance and meet or exceed forecasts within the assigned Chicago North territory.
• Educate healthcare professionals on clinical evidence, approved indications, and product efficacy and safety.
• Build customer relationships with primary care healthcare providers and selected targets through in-person and virtual engagement.
• Create local strategic and tactical business plans, allocate resources, and manage territory budgets and expenses.
• Monitor local markets, customer needs, formulary opportunities, and performance metrics while sharing insights with internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with district leadership and other neuroscience sales specialists to execute business objectives and share best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• At least 1 year of documented success in B2B sales.
• Valid driver’s license and safe driving record.
• Strong communication, presentation, listening, analytical, decision-making, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently, adapt to changing virtual and telemedicine environments, and manage customer and sales data.
• Ability to work occasional meetings outside normal hours and travel within the territory and domestically.

Nice to have

• Pharmaceutical, biologics, or medical device sales experience.
• Antipsychotic or bipolar sales experience.
• Clinical experience, neuroscience knowledge, and pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Interest in learning emerging technologies such as AI.

Culture & Benefits

• Patient-centered work focused on improving the lives of patients and caregivers.
• Inclusive work environment guided by company compliance policies and values.
• Training and job-related learning are provided as part of the role.
• Work includes both in-person and virtual customer engagement.

Hiring process

• Application and CV review.
• Short recorded video interview followed by a recruiter phone conversation.
• One or two interviews with the hiring manager and team, followed by country-specific checks before starting.