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Make an impact where it matters most. Join UCB as a Neurology Specialty Sales Representative and become a trusted partner to physicians, clinics, and healthcare decision-makers—helping improve access, affordability, and support for people living with epilepsy and neurological rare diseases. In this high-visibility, field-based role in the Pittsburgh, PA market, you’ll shape outcomes across the care continuum by building strategic relationships with integrated health systems, payers, pharmacies, and patient advocacy organizations. This territory includes the geography of Erie, Altoona, Dubois, Pittsburgh, Morgantown, WV, and Bridgeport, WV.
Candidates need to reside within the territory.
About the role
The Neurology Specialty Sales Representative executes marketing and sales strategy by mastering brand messaging, targeting, and digital tools to deliver persuasive, high-impact customer experiences tailored to distinct customer segments, while upholding the highest ethical standards. The role is accountable for delivering territory- and brand-level goals and key performance indicators through data-driven prioritization and smart resource allocation, ensuring marketing initiatives are implemented efficiently to achieve sales objectives and advance UCB’s patient value commitment.
What You’ll do
- Deliver territory performance by achieving/exceeding sales objectives while operating with the highest ethics, integrity, and promotional/operational compliance.
- Develop, execute, and refine a territory business plan aligned to strategy and KPIs (quarterly and weekly) by using data to prioritize accounts, set reach/frequency, and overcome barriers.
- Build deep disease-state and product expertise, including patient journeys, standards of care, treatment drivers, and—where applicable—the infusion process.
- Engage and support stakeholders across the care continuum (treating/referring HCPs, integrated health systems, hospitals/affiliations, pharmacies, sites of care, labs, payers, and patient advocacy organizations), including key thought leaders, by using UCB-approved resources and participating in relevant conventions/meetings and community disease-awareness efforts (as appropriate).
- Partner with payers and UCB payer/market access colleagues to keep providers current on coverage to help maximize patient access and affordability.
- Deploy resources to scale impact—marketing programs, omnichannel/digital engagement, speaker programs, and educational events (e.g., Lunch and Learns)—on time, within budget, and in compliance with UCB standards.
- Collaborate as part of the “One UCB” team by continuously improving through learning and feedback, and by completing required training/administration; overnight travel outside the territory may be required.
Who you’ll work with
- Internal (UCB): Marketing; payer access/market access; and cross-functional field colleagues (as part of the “One UCB” team) to align messaging, share insights, and coordinate stakeholder strategy.
- Healthcare providers: Treating and referring physicians, pharmacists, and other HCPs.
- Health systems & sites of care: Integrated health systems, hospitals/affiliations, and intermediate & long-term care facilities.
- Access stakeholders: Maintain strong relationships within the payer landscape to ensure providers are informed on coverage; collaborate with the payer access team to ensure all relevant stakeholders are working with the most-up-to-date information to maximize access and affordability for patients using UCB products.
- Community partners: Patient advocacy organizations, plus pharmacies and labs as part of the broader care continuum.
Interested? For this position you’ll need the following education, experience and skills:
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree.
- Minimum of 5 years of field-based experience in specialty healthcare and/or Neurology calling on customers at a variety of call points (e.g. academic centers, community-based hospitals and private practice offices), understanding of account-based selling, inclusive to Neurology or specialty market segment.
- Ability to travel overnight up to 60% within the territory to meet routinely with all targeted customers.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Promoting products specific to CNS/neuroscience including epilepsy.
- 1 or more years of rare/orphan drug experience (to include epilepsy) or buy and bill; oncology, hematology and/or Specialty Pharmacy knowledge.
- Proven, documented track record of delivering consistent sales results.
- Demonstrated ability to maximize impact of multichannel/digital tools aligned to strategy and tactics within scope of the territory needs.
- Experience in biologic therapy administration within healthcare network and/or community setting to designated site.
This position's reasonably anticipated salary range is $120,000 to $158,000 annually. The actual salary offered will consider internal equity and may also vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, among other factors.
Are you ready to ‘go beyond’ to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!
About us
UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are over 9,000 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.
Why work with us?
At UCB, we don’t just complete tasks, we create value. We aren’t afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected, and has equal opportunities to do their best work. We ‘go beyond’ to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that’s on our patients, our employees, or our planet. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential.
At UCB, we’ve embraced a hybrid-first approach to work, bringing teams together in local hubs to foster collaborative curiosity. Unless explicitly stated in the description or precluded by the nature of the position, roles are hybrid with 40% of your time spent in the office.
UCB is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions will be made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. UCB invites you to voluntarily self-identify during the application process. Provision of self-identification information is entirely voluntary and a decision to provide or not provide such information will not have any effect on your application for employment, your employment with UCB, or otherwise subject you to any adverse treatment. Any information you provide will be considered confidential and will be kept separate from your application and/or personnel file and will only be used in accordance with applicable laws, orders, and regulations.
Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on US-Reasonable_Accommodation@ucb.com for application to US based roles. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.
Make your mark for patients
Make an impact where it matters most. Join UCB as a Neurology Specialty Sales Representative and become a trusted partner to physicians, clinics, and healthcare decision-makers—helping improve access, affordability, and support for people living with epilepsy and neurological rare diseases. In this high-visibility, field-based role in the Pittsburgh, PA market, you’ll shape outcomes across the care continuum by building strategic relationships with integrated health systems, payers, pharmacies, and patient advocacy organizations. This territory includes the geography of Erie, Altoona, Dubois, Pittsburgh, Morgantown, WV, and Bridgeport, WV.
Candidates need to reside within the territory.
About the role
The Neurology Specialty Sales Representative executes marketing and sales strategy by mastering brand messaging, targeting, and digital tools to deliver persuasive, high-impact customer experiences tailored to distinct customer segments, while upholding the highest ethical standards. The role is accountable for delivering territory- and brand-level goals and key performance indicators through data-driven prioritization and smart resource allocation, ensuring marketing initiatives are implemented efficiently to achieve sales objectives and advance UCB’s patient value commitment.
What You’ll do
- Deliver territory performance by achieving/exceeding sales objectives while operating with the highest ethics, integrity, and promotional/operational compliance.
- Develop, execute, and refine a territory business plan aligned to strategy and KPIs (quarterly and weekly) by using data to prioritize accounts, set reach/frequency, and overcome barriers.
- Build deep disease-state and product expertise, including patient journeys, standards of care, treatment drivers, and—where applicable—the infusion process.
- Engage and support stakeholders across the care continuum (treating/referring HCPs, integrated health systems, hospitals/affiliations, pharmacies, sites of care, labs, payers, and patient advocacy organizations), including key thought leaders, by using UCB-approved resources and participating in relevant conventions/meetings and community disease-awareness efforts (as appropriate).
- Partner with payers and UCB payer/market access colleagues to keep providers current on coverage to help maximize patient access and affordability.
- Deploy resources to scale impact—marketing programs, omnichannel/digital engagement, speaker programs, and educational events (e.g., Lunch and Learns)—on time, within budget, and in compliance with UCB standards.
- Collaborate as part of the “One UCB” team by continuously improving through learning and feedback, and by completing required training/administration; overnight travel outside the territory may be required.
Who you’ll work with
- Internal (UCB): Marketing; payer access/market access; and cross-functional field colleagues (as part of the “One UCB” team) to align messaging, share insights, and coordinate stakeholder strategy.
- Healthcare providers: Treating and referring physicians, pharmacists, and other HCPs.
- Health systems & sites of care: Integrated health systems, hospitals/affiliations, and intermediate & long-term care facilities.
- Access stakeholders: Maintain strong relationships within the payer landscape to ensure providers are informed on coverage; collaborate with the payer access team to ensure all relevant stakeholders are working with the most-up-to-date information to maximize access and affordability for patients using UCB products.
- Community partners: Patient advocacy organizations, plus pharmacies and labs as part of the broader care continuum.
Interested? For this position you’ll need the following education, experience and skills:
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree.
- Minimum of 5 years of field-based experience in specialty healthcare and/or Neurology calling on customers at a variety of call points (e.g. academic centers, community-based hospitals and private practice offices), understanding of account-based selling, inclusive to Neurology or specialty market segment.
- Ability to travel overnight up to 60% within the territory to meet routinely with all targeted customers.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Promoting products specific to CNS/neuroscience including epilepsy.
- 1 or more years of rare/orphan drug experience (to include epilepsy) or buy and bill; oncology, hematology and/or Specialty Pharmacy knowledge.
- Proven, documented track record of delivering consistent sales results.
- Demonstrated ability to maximize impact of multichannel/digital tools aligned to strategy and tactics within scope of the territory needs.
- Experience in biologic therapy administration within healthcare network and/or community setting to designated site.
This position's reasonably anticipated salary range is $120,000 to $158,000 annually. The actual salary offered will consider internal equity and may also vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, among other factors.
Are you ready to ‘go beyond’ to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!
About us
UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are over 9,000 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.
Why work with us?
At UCB, we don’t just complete tasks, we create value. We aren’t afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected, and has equal opportunities to do their best work. We ‘go beyond’ to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that’s on our patients, our employees, or our planet. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential.
At UCB, we’ve embraced a hybrid-first approach to work, bringing teams together in local hubs to foster collaborative curiosity. Unless explicitly stated in the description or precluded by the nature of the position, roles are hybrid with 40% of your time spent in the office.
UCB is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions will be made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. UCB invites you to voluntarily self-identify during the application process. Provision of self-identification information is entirely voluntary and a decision to provide or not provide such information will not have any effect on your application for employment, your employment with UCB, or otherwise subject you to any adverse treatment. Any information you provide will be considered confidential and will be kept separate from your application and/or personnel file and will only be used in accordance with applicable laws, orders, and regulations.
Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on US-Reasonable_Accommodation@ucb.com for application to US based roles. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.
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Verify your degree supports the petition
USCIS requires your degree field to directly relate to the sales specialty. A biology or chemistry degree supports pharma sales; a general business degree may not survive RFE scrutiny for highly technical product lines. Check the O*NET profile for your specific role before applying.
Target industries with consistent LCA filing history
Pharmaceutical, medical device, and enterprise software companies file LCAs for Specialty Sales Representatives at far higher rates than retail or consumer goods. Use Migrate Mate to filter employers by LCA filing history for this exact occupation code before sending applications.
Confirm the role meets specialty occupation standards
Not every sales title qualifies. Roles requiring technical product expertise and a specific degree field clear the specialty occupation bar; general territory sales roles often don't. Ask recruiters whether the position has supported H-1B petitions before and how they document the degree requirement in the LCA.
Negotiate the prevailing wage tier into your offer
Your employer must certify a wage meeting DOL prevailing wage levels before filing. Use the OFLC Wage Search to identify the Level I through Level IV wage for your SOC code and geography so you can spot a low-wage offer that will create filing complications before you accept.
Time your job search around H-1B cap deadlines
Cap-subject H-1B petitions can only start October 1, with registration opening in March. If you're finishing OPT or a STEM extension, count backward from your authorization end date to confirm there's a viable filing window before your current status expires.
Prepare employer documentation before the offer stage
Specialty sales roles frequently draw RFEs because USCIS questions whether the position genuinely requires a degree. Having your job description, product technical specifications, and a draft specialty occupation letter ready before your employer files reduces back-and-forth delays significantly.
H-1B Visa Specialty Sales Representative: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Specialty Sales Representative role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It depends on how the employer defines the position. If the role requires a bachelor's degree in a specific technical field, such as life sciences for pharmaceutical sales or engineering for industrial equipment sales, it can qualify. Roles where any bachelor's degree is sufficient or where the degree is preferred rather than required are more likely to receive an RFE from USCIS challenging specialty occupation status.
Which employers most commonly sponsor H-1B visas for Specialty Sales Representatives?
Pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, and enterprise software firms sponsor H-1B Specialty Sales Representative roles more consistently than other sectors. These industries require product-specific technical knowledge that directly maps to degree requirements, which supports the specialty occupation argument. You can browse verified H-1B sponsoring employers in this field on Migrate Mate, filtered by LCA filing history for this occupation.
Can my employer file an H-1B petition for a commission-based Specialty Sales Representative role?
Yes, but commission-only structures create complications. DOL requires the employer to certify a wage meeting the prevailing wage level, which must be a guaranteed base component, not variable commissions. USCIS also scrutinizes whether the employment relationship is bona fide when compensation is primarily variable. A base salary plus commission structure is significantly cleaner for LCA certification and petition approval.
How does a territory-based role affect my H-1B petition as a Specialty Sales Representative?
If your sales territory spans multiple metropolitan areas, your employer may need to file multiple LCAs covering each worksite location, since prevailing wages differ by geography. USCIS requires a certified LCA for every area where you'll work for more than 60 workdays in a year. Confirm with your employer whether their filing accounts for your full travel territory before the petition is submitted.
What happens to my H-1B status if I change from one specialty sales product line to another within the same company?
A significant change in duties, product category, or required expertise may constitute a material change to the approved petition, which triggers an amended H-1B filing. Moving from pharmaceutical sales to an unrelated product line like financial software, for example, could require a new LCA and amended I-129 if the underlying degree requirement changes. Check with your employer's immigration counsel before accepting an internal transfer.