Neuroscience Sales Specialist (Pharmaceutical Sales)

Location: Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America; supports the Madison and Southwest Wisconsin territory. The role includes in-person and virtual calls, occasional overnight territory travel, and periodic domestic travel to headquarters, training, and sales meetings.

Company

Johnson & Johnson develops healthcare solutions through Innovative Medicine and MedTech, with a focus on improving patient outcomes.

What you will do

• Drive compliant sales performance for the assigned neuroscience territory by engaging healthcare professionals and mental health community centers.
• Build and execute local strategic and tactical business plans with the Regional Business Manager and internal stakeholders.
• Develop strong product and disease-state knowledge to support clinical discussions about neuropsychiatric disorders.
• Analyze customer needs, local markets, formulary approvals, and business opportunities to allocate resources effectively.
• Collaborate with other Neuroscience Sales Specialists and stakeholders while sharing market insights and best practices.
• Maintain accurate sales-call, customer, sample, expense, work-hour, and administrative records.

Requirements

• At least two years of relevant healthcare sales, account-management, business-to-business sales, or recently transitioned active-duty military experience.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Valid driver’s license and a safe driving record.
• Ability to build customer relationships, communicate technical information, analyze performance data, and adapt to changing virtual and telemedicine environments.
• Strong self-motivation, initiative, judgment, collaboration, integrity, and commitment to compliance.
• Ability to work in the Madison, Wisconsin territory and travel domestically as required, including occasional overnight travel.

Nice to have

• Three or more years of specialty pharmaceutical sales experience.
• Launch, antipsychotic, or bipolar sales experience.
• Experience with clinical environments, neuroscience, pharmaceutical marketing, competitive landscape analysis, or strategic sales planning.
• Demonstrated willingness to learn emerging technologies such as AI.

Culture & Benefits

• Patient-centered work focused on improving the lives of people with neuropsychiatric disorders.
• Inclusive work environment grounded in respect, diversity, dignity, and equal opportunity.
• Training and development aligned with company and role requirements.
• Reasonable workplace accommodations are available for qualified candidates.

Hiring process

• Application and CV review followed by a short recorded video interview and recruiter phone conversation.
• One or two interview rounds with the hiring manager and potentially other team members.
• Successful candidates complete country-specific pre-employment checks before starting.