Multi-Specialty Area Sales Manager - North Texas

Lundbeck; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Health benefits (Medical, Dental, VIs）

401k match

Job summary

Lundbeck is seeking an Area Sales Manager to lead a high-performing team in the North Texas area, covering a multi-specialty psychiatry portfolio. You will shape strategic plans, coach Account Managers, and build key relationships with providers and payers to drive growth.

You will guide market access messaging and collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize execution, travel up to 70%, and ensure compliance while achieving ambitious sales goals.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum of 3+ years sales management experience in Pharmaceutical, Biopharmaceuticals, Biologics or related field.
• Internal candidates: 1 year commercial experience or 2 years consistent Lundbeck sales.
• Documented track record of sales success and financial management.
• Demonstrated leadership with ability to train and provide feedback to account managers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Valid driver’s license in good standing.
• Must live within 100 miles of territory boundaries.
• Must meet credentialing requirements for healthcare providers.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and manage a diverse, high-performing Account Manager team.
• Set and execute area strategic direction and tactical sales plans to meet goals.
• Identify local market systems of care, patient flow, reimbursement, and offer innovative solutions.
• Build strategic relationships with KOLs, advocacy groups, and committees.
• Monitor execution of marketing plans and coach performance through regular feedback.
• Align sales with cross-functional teams to ensure coordinated, high-quality output.
• Analyze sales reports and adapt plans to deliver results.
• Travel up to 70% domestically to meet customers and attend conferences.

Skills

Leadership

Sales management

Strategic planning

Communication

Coaching

Territory management

KOL engagement

Education

BA/BS degree

Job description

Territory: North Texas - Multi-Specialty

Target city for the area is Dallas - will consider candidates who live within 100 miles of territory boundaries with access to a major airport. Territory boundaries include: Dallas, Fort Worth, Waco, Tyler, Oklahoma City, Tulsa.

SUMMARY:

Are you a results-driven biopharmaceutical sales leader looking to be part of an organization that values being curious, adaptable and accountable? Lundbeck is a global biopharmaceutical company focusing exclusively on brain health. With more than 70 years of experience in neuroscience, we are committed to improving the lives of people with neurological and psychiatric diseases. Lundbeck employees are inspired and driven by our purpose to advance brain health and transform lives. Join us on our journey of growth!

As an Area Sales Manager (ASM) you will be responsible for leading, developing, and managing a diverse, high performing sales team to achieve sales goals for promotedproducts within our psychiatry portfolio. Set and lead the development of area strategic direction and tactical sales plans using robust analytical skills to identify strengths and opportunities, while minimizing weaknesses and threats to execute those plans and meet or exceed sales goals.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Leading People

• Achieves business objectives and sales results by observing Account Manager interactions with target customers, extended treatment team members, ancillary staff and providing them with individual coaching, feedback and inspiration. Helps Account Manager continue to develop for success in current role and for future growth.
• Establishes a result driven highly collaborative team culture by demonstrating personal accountability, teamwork, and collaboration.
• Leads by example and works collaboratively across functional areas by serving as a resource and by leveraging the expertise of others.
• Recruits, develops, and retains diverse, high performing Account Managers to Lundbeck.

Knowing the Business

• Guides the identification of local market systems of care, patient flow, reimbursement, and provides innovation solutions.
• Identifies strategic relationships that are valuable to the area's business (e.g. KOLs, advocacy, P&T committee, etc.)
• Actively seeks to discover and meet the needs of internal and external customers by building relationships and delivering innovative solutions.
• Ensures that Account Managers can accurately craft Managed Markets selling messages to effectively position Lundbeck's products within the context of the provider's setting and payer mix.

Managing Execution

• Sets and maintains competent product knowledge and selling skills standards within the team. Directs and monitors the execution of approved marketing plans and promotion campaigns. Evaluate and identify improvement and development opportunities of account managers through performance management process to include clear, timely, and actionable feedback on a regular basis.
• Facilitates local market execution by aligning the sales force and other cross-functional areas (to include alliance partners), persuading, convincing, or motivating a targeted audience through collaboration and direct or indirect influence.
• Analyzes sales reports and develops plan of action.
• Maintains timely communication with account managers, management and in-house personnel. Manages multiple priorities and resources related to individual and group efforts. Takes responsibility for redirecting efforts as needed to deliver high productivity and quality of work from self and others.
• Assures adherence to all standards, policies, procedures and guidelines as set forth by the organization.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE and SKILLS:

• Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Sciences degree from an accreditedcollege or university
• External Candidates: Minimum of 3+ years sales management experience in Pharmaceutical, Biopharmaceutical's, Biologics or related experience.
• Internal Candidates must have a minimum of 1 year of Commercial experience in areas such as: Sales Management, Training, Market Access, Sales Operations, or Marketing or a minimum of 2 years consistent sales success within Lundbeck.
• Documented track record of sales success and financial management.
• Demonstrated leadership with the ability to develop, train and provide feedback to a group of account managers.
• Must possess superior communication skills, both written and oral.
• Driving is an essential duty of this job; must have a valid driver's license in good standing.
• Meeting and complying with reasonable industry-standard credentialing requirements of healthcare providers / customer facilities is required for continued employment with Lundbeck.
• Must live within100 miles of territory boundaries.

PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

• Previous CNS sales management experience.
• Previous sales management experience and/or experience in other areas of the business; i.e., marketing, sales training, managed care account manager, sales operations, account management is a plus.
• Previous sales management experience in hospital, IDN and/or other institutional settings.
• Documented successful sales management performance including national sales awards.
• Previous experience in Injectable/Infusion and/or Buy and Bill products.
• Previous experience working with alliance partners (i.e. co-promotions).
• Previous experience partnering with Advocacy groups.
• Previous experience building and developing effective teams.
• Experience in product launch or expansion within sales.

TRAVEL:

• Willingness/Ability to travel up to 70% domestically to (a) regularly meet/interact with customer base and internal personnel within assigned territory; and (b) attend internal/external conferences and meetings spanning locations within the United States. Travel must be able to be completed in a timely manner.

The range displayed is a national range, and if selected for this role, may vary based on various factors such as the candidate's geographical location, qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role. Salary Pay Range: $180,000 - $200,000 and eligibility for a sales incentive target of $52,500, and eligibility to participate in the company's long-term incentive plan.Benefits for this position include flexible paid time off (PTO), health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision, company match 401k and company car. Additional benefits information can be found on our career site. Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.

Why Lundbeck

Lundbeck offers a robust and comprehensive benefits package to help employees live well and protect their health, family, and everyday life. Information regarding our benefit offering can be found on the U.S. career site.

Lundbeck is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to disabled veterans and other individuals with disabilities during our employment application process. If, because of a disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please visit the U.S. career site.

Lundbeck is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by law, rule, or regulation. Lundbeck participates in E-Verify.