Neuroscience Sales Specialist (Schizophrenia)

Location: Palm Springs, Riverside, San Bernardino, Coachella Valley, Palm Desert, California, United States. Must live in the assigned geography or be willing to relocate there; travel, including overnight or weekend travel, may reach 30%.

Salary: $79,000–$127,650 annual base pay for Sales Specialist roles. Higher ranges are listed for Senior Sales Specialist and Executive Sales Specialist levels.

Company

Johnson & Johnson develops healthcare solutions and innovative medicines across complex diseases, including neurological and psychiatric conditions.

What you will do

• Drive demand for schizophrenia medications through clinical selling, product differentiation, approved clinical studies, and marketing materials.
• Identify business opportunities across healthcare settings and develop customer-specific pre-call and post-call selling approaches.
• Create territory coverage and business plans that maximize selling time, stakeholder access, and territory-level performance.
• Use business analytics to respond to competition and increase sales opportunities.
• Coordinate with sales leadership, neuroscience sales teams, market access, sales operations, and training.
• Meet call-plan, resource-use, compliance, training, and other operational requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Valid driver’s license issued by one of the 50 United States.
• At least two years of relevant experience in healthcare sales, account management, business-to-business sales, or recent transition from active-duty military service.
• Problem-solving ability and willingness to travel up to 30% of the time, including possible overnight or weekend travel.
• Must live in the assigned geography or be willing to relocate to it.
• Ability to follow current company compliance guidelines and policies.

Nice to have

• Successful specialty sales experience and knowledge of the relevant therapeutic area.
• Experience influencing key stakeholders in complex and competitive selling environments.
• Commitment to learning emerging technologies such as AI through exploration and practical application.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive work environment focused on employee dignity, diversity, and equal opportunity.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, business accident, and group legal insurance.
• Pension and 401(k) savings plans, plus eligibility for a long-term incentive program.
• Vacation, sick time, holidays, parental leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, and other paid time-off benefits.

Hiring process

• Application and CV review followed by a recorded video interview and recruiter call.
• One or two interviews with the hiring manager and other team members.
• Successful candidates complete country-specific checks before starting.