Biotech & Pharma E-3 Sponsorship Jobs in Texas
Texas is one of the most active states for biotech and pharma E-3 visa sponsorship, anchored by major employers like AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, and Abbott across Houston's Texas Medical Center, the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, and Austin's growing life sciences corridor. Australian professionals in research, regulatory affairs, and clinical development find strong hiring activity across all three metros.
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About AbbVie
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.
Job Description
This role is field-based, and candidates should live within a reasonable distance from the primary city.
The geography includes Houston, Austin, San Antonio, parts of LA and parts of MS. We are open to hiring candidates who live in Houston, Austin, and surrounding areas, preferably near a major airport.
The Local Gastro Account Manager, Site of Care (SOC) role and responsibilities are to assess, plan and execute AbbVie programs to support treatment delivery for our infused therapy offerings within the Gastroenterology business units. The Local Gastro Account Manager, Site of Care (SOC) will be responsible for prospecting and establishing business-to-business relationships with local sites of care (SOC) and for developing and executing account/partner business plans that deliver on agreed upon objectives with oversight of SOC strategy development, execution, and measurement. In addition, this individual will also be responsible for working with their internal partners to develop, execute and measure activities to maximize pull through by coordinated business planning. Account responsibilities can include, but are not limited to, Local Infusion Providers and Specialty Pharmacies focused on Infusion Services.
Responsibilities:
- Maximize site of care (SOC) opportunities in accordance with product labelling, strategic imperatives, and Company policies.
- The local Gastro Account Manager, Site of Care (SOC) will be responsible to execute against defined MBOs.
- Provide overview of therapy and clinical procedures involved with infusion to assigned SOC customers/partners; coordinate with Medical Affairs team as necessary.
- Identifying gaps in existing SOC networks, developing plans to expand SOC options.
- Pulling through national partnership contracts at the local level. Develop business case to support contracts, and execute and manage to ensure optimal results, if applicable.
- Proactive and on-going access-related education including coding and billing and conducting quarterly business reviews with SOC administrative leaders. Understand health care issues/strategies, customer issues/trends and best practices to establish credibility beyond product and therapeutic areas.
- Serve as the lead point of contact with sales, patient services and reimbursement access functions for assigned site of care (SOC) customers/partners.
- Evaluate, develop, monitor, measure partnerships/business plans within the designated customer/partner accounts to align with defined objectives (profit, growth, value).
- Responsible for developing and growing relationships with appropriate individuals within the accounts to meet the business needs of the customer/partner and AbbVie through a collaborative approach while driving results.
- Develop and deliver business presentations/reviews to customers/partners based on mutual needs/benefits.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 4 years pharma/medical industry experience required
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience with market access/site of care customer segments and reimbursement (commercial and government payers, billing/coding) with infused products required
Direct experience with identifying and activating sites of care in various infusion service areas such as:
- National and/or regional infusion service provider sites (ie; SPP’s, Infusion Management Companies)
- Individual buy and bill physician office practices
- Ability to work independently and make decisions but with the knowledge of the situations where supervisory input is essential
- Strong understanding of healthcare regulatory and enforcement environments along with demonstrated integrity on the job
- Fosters innovation in account approaches and practices
- Strong attention to detail combined with a keen ability to recognize issues in the context of higher-level policies and regulations
- Excellent planning and organizational skills to work within date-sensitive deadlines
- Ability to work cross-functionally in a highly dynamic environment with a high sense of urgency
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Travel required: 70-75%
- Driving a personal auto or company car or truck, or a powered piece of material handling equipment
- Valid driver’s license: Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening test and meet safe driving requirements.
Additional Information
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:
- The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
- We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
- This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html
US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:
https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html
Company Description
About AbbVie
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.
Job Description
This role is field-based, and candidates should live within a reasonable distance from the primary city.
The geography includes Houston, Austin, San Antonio, parts of LA and parts of MS. We are open to hiring candidates who live in Houston, Austin, and surrounding areas, preferably near a major airport.
The Local Gastro Account Manager, Site of Care (SOC) role and responsibilities are to assess, plan and execute AbbVie programs to support treatment delivery for our infused therapy offerings within the Gastroenterology business units. The Local Gastro Account Manager, Site of Care (SOC) will be responsible for prospecting and establishing business-to-business relationships with local sites of care (SOC) and for developing and executing account/partner business plans that deliver on agreed upon objectives with oversight of SOC strategy development, execution, and measurement. In addition, this individual will also be responsible for working with their internal partners to develop, execute and measure activities to maximize pull through by coordinated business planning. Account responsibilities can include, but are not limited to, Local Infusion Providers and Specialty Pharmacies focused on Infusion Services.
Responsibilities:
- Maximize site of care (SOC) opportunities in accordance with product labelling, strategic imperatives, and Company policies.
- The local Gastro Account Manager, Site of Care (SOC) will be responsible to execute against defined MBOs.
- Provide overview of therapy and clinical procedures involved with infusion to assigned SOC customers/partners; coordinate with Medical Affairs team as necessary.
- Identifying gaps in existing SOC networks, developing plans to expand SOC options.
- Pulling through national partnership contracts at the local level. Develop business case to support contracts, and execute and manage to ensure optimal results, if applicable.
- Proactive and on-going access-related education including coding and billing and conducting quarterly business reviews with SOC administrative leaders. Understand health care issues/strategies, customer issues/trends and best practices to establish credibility beyond product and therapeutic areas.
- Serve as the lead point of contact with sales, patient services and reimbursement access functions for assigned site of care (SOC) customers/partners.
- Evaluate, develop, monitor, measure partnerships/business plans within the designated customer/partner accounts to align with defined objectives (profit, growth, value).
- Responsible for developing and growing relationships with appropriate individuals within the accounts to meet the business needs of the customer/partner and AbbVie through a collaborative approach while driving results.
- Develop and deliver business presentations/reviews to customers/partners based on mutual needs/benefits.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 4 years pharma/medical industry experience required
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience with market access/site of care customer segments and reimbursement (commercial and government payers, billing/coding) with infused products required
Direct experience with identifying and activating sites of care in various infusion service areas such as:
- National and/or regional infusion service provider sites (ie; SPP’s, Infusion Management Companies)
- Individual buy and bill physician office practices
- Ability to work independently and make decisions but with the knowledge of the situations where supervisory input is essential
- Strong understanding of healthcare regulatory and enforcement environments along with demonstrated integrity on the job
- Fosters innovation in account approaches and practices
- Strong attention to detail combined with a keen ability to recognize issues in the context of higher-level policies and regulations
- Excellent planning and organizational skills to work within date-sensitive deadlines
- Ability to work cross-functionally in a highly dynamic environment with a high sense of urgency
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Travel required: 70-75%
- Driving a personal auto or company car or truck, or a powered piece of material handling equipment
- Valid driver’s license: Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening test and meet safe driving requirements.
Additional Information
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:
- The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
- We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
- This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html
US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:
https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html
E-3 Biotech & Pharma Job Roles in Texas
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Search Biotech & Pharma Jobs in TexasBiotech & Pharma E-3 Sponsorship Jobs in Texas: Frequently Asked Questions
Which biotech and pharma companies sponsor E-3 visas in Texas?
Several large employers in Texas have established E-3 visa sponsorship patterns, including AstraZeneca, Abbott Laboratories, Johnson & Johnson, and Thermo Fisher Scientific, which maintains significant operations in the state. Houston's Texas Medical Center, the largest medical complex in the world, also draws sponsorship activity from research hospitals and biotech firms embedded in that ecosystem. Smaller clinical-stage companies in Austin and Dallas have also filed E-3 applications for specialized scientific roles.
Which cities in Texas have the most biotech and pharma E-3 sponsorship jobs?
Houston leads by a wide margin, driven by the Texas Medical Center and a dense concentration of pharmaceutical and research organizations. Dallas-Fort Worth follows, with pharma and medical device companies headquartered in the suburbs of Irving, Plano, and Fort Worth. Austin has seen consistent growth in life sciences hiring, particularly in biotech startups and contract research organizations, making it an increasingly realistic option for E-3 applicants.
What types of biotech and pharma roles typically qualify for E-3 sponsorship?
Roles that qualify must meet the E-3 specialty occupation standard, meaning they require a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field directly related to the position. In biotech and pharma, this commonly includes research scientists, clinical data managers, regulatory affairs specialists, biostatisticians, quality assurance engineers, and pharmacovigilance analysts. General lab technician roles or positions where any science degree suffices regardless of field are less likely to satisfy the specialty occupation requirement.
How do I find biotech & pharma E-3 sponsorship jobs in Texas?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for this search. You can filter by E-3 visa type, select Texas as your target state, and browse biotech and pharma roles from employers with documented sponsorship activity. Because many employers don't advertise E-3 sponsorship explicitly in job postings, Migrate Mate's filtering helps surface companies that have sponsored Australian professionals in similar roles, saving significant research time compared to unfiltered job searching.
Are there any Texas-specific considerations for E-3 sponsorship in biotech and pharma?
Texas has no state income tax, which affects total compensation comparisons with offers in other states, though salary figures aren't covered here. Practically, the Texas Medical Center in Houston is worth understanding as a distinct ecosystem: many sponsoring employers there are research hospitals or academic medical centers rather than traditional pharma companies, which can affect how quickly Labor Condition Applications are processed and how the specialty occupation is documented for E-3 purposes.
What is the prevailing wage for E-3 biotech & pharma jobs in Texas?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.