Biotech & Pharma Jobs in Texas with E-3 Sponsorship
Texas is one of the most active states for biotech and pharma E-3 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
The territory for this position includes all of Texas, with Houston or Dallas being the preferred location.
The Strategic Account Manager is the primary commercial point of contact for the company with large and community group Oncology practices, academic and integrative delivery systems, and other customer groups that may not be directly involved in patient care. This role will be accountable for the customer experience coordinating appropriate resources and personnel to meet the needs of the customer, including diagnostic and pathology requirements in support of the approved FDA companion diagnostic. This role will provide exceptional in-field team coordination, perform with strategic agility, and display the importance of cross-collaboration with all functions of the company that impact sales.
The Strategic Account Manager will be responsible for demonstrating strong collaboration and coordination with all customer-facing roles. They will be responsible for building the account strategy and coordinating the execution of tactics consistent with corporate objectives and customer needs.
Responsibilities
- Build strategic, long-term business partnerships with key stakeholders within targeted accounts, focusing on value-based solutions to clinical, organizational, and financial needs
- Deliver approved branded sales messages, scheduling and following-up with medical educational programs, and achieving or exceeding sales targets
- Create strategic account plans including stakeholder mapping, SWOT, C-Smart objectives, value solutions, and specific pull-through strategies and tactics
- Take the leadership role for strategic sales and marketing initiatives, collaborating with both internal and external teams for pull-through efforts
- Responsible for servicing and managing accounts, which may include collaborating to ensure product access, triaging reimbursement issues, and maintaining product contracts
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure HCPs and other account-based decision-makers have timely access to critical solutions and necessary support throughout the patient journey
- Establish relationships in pathology and other testing roles to educate on the need and sense of urgency with folate receptor alpha testing and identifying best practices of incorporating FRa testing into account workflows
- Identify and develop clinical advocates, working to leverage their influence and expertise within the institutions
- Partner with residency programs to educate and train emerging KOLs by building advocacy and experience with portfolio products
- May be responsible for participating in patient advocacy, outreach, and identification with local advocacy organizations as appropriate
- Maintain a high level of business acumen, account knowledge, analytical and product knowledge to leverage growth in ovarian cancer and development portfolio
Basic Qualifications
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required
- At least seven years of pharmaceutical and/or medical device sales experience
- Previous Account Management experience
- Strong knowledge of Healthcare Management, landscape, and compliance
- High level of written, verbal and virtual communication skills
- Possess excellent business acumen, business insights, and strategic mindset
- A track record of excellent leadership skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with numerous stakeholders at all levels and in all disciplines
- Experience selling at the c-suite
- Demonstrate confidence, persuasiveness, ability to motivate others, and ability to influence without formal authority
- Willing to travel up to 75% of the time. Business travel, by air or car, is regularly required
- Driving a personal auto or company car or truck, or powered piece of material handling equipment.
- Valid Driver's license: Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening test and meet safe driving requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Background selling a companion diagnostic or oncology testing
- Previous Oncology experience
- EMR knowledge
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
The territory for this position includes all of Texas, with Houston or Dallas being the preferred location.
The Strategic Account Manager is the primary commercial point of contact for the company with large and community group Oncology practices, academic and integrative delivery systems, and other customer groups that may not be directly involved in patient care. This role will be accountable for the customer experience coordinating appropriate resources and personnel to meet the needs of the customer, including diagnostic and pathology requirements in support of the approved FDA companion diagnostic. This role will provide exceptional in-field team coordination, perform with strategic agility, and display the importance of cross-collaboration with all functions of the company that impact sales.
The Strategic Account Manager will be responsible for demonstrating strong collaboration and coordination with all customer-facing roles. They will be responsible for building the account strategy and coordinating the execution of tactics consistent with corporate objectives and customer needs.
Responsibilities
- Build strategic, long-term business partnerships with key stakeholders within targeted accounts, focusing on value-based solutions to clinical, organizational, and financial needs
- Deliver approved branded sales messages, scheduling and following-up with medical educational programs, and achieving or exceeding sales targets
- Create strategic account plans including stakeholder mapping, SWOT, C-Smart objectives, value solutions, and specific pull-through strategies and tactics
- Take the leadership role for strategic sales and marketing initiatives, collaborating with both internal and external teams for pull-through efforts
- Responsible for servicing and managing accounts, which may include collaborating to ensure product access, triaging reimbursement issues, and maintaining product contracts
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure HCPs and other account-based decision-makers have timely access to critical solutions and necessary support throughout the patient journey
- Establish relationships in pathology and other testing roles to educate on the need and sense of urgency with folate receptor alpha testing and identifying best practices of incorporating FRa testing into account workflows
- Identify and develop clinical advocates, working to leverage their influence and expertise within the institutions
- Partner with residency programs to educate and train emerging KOLs by building advocacy and experience with portfolio products
- May be responsible for participating in patient advocacy, outreach, and identification with local advocacy organizations as appropriate
- Maintain a high level of business acumen, account knowledge, analytical and product knowledge to leverage growth in ovarian cancer and development portfolio
Basic Qualifications
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required
- At least seven years of pharmaceutical and/or medical device sales experience
- Previous Account Management experience
- Strong knowledge of Healthcare Management, landscape, and compliance
- High level of written, verbal and virtual communication skills
- Possess excellent business acumen, business insights, and strategic mindset
- A track record of excellent leadership skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with numerous stakeholders at all levels and in all disciplines
- Experience selling at the c-suite
- Demonstrate confidence, persuasiveness, ability to motivate others, and ability to influence without formal authority
- Willing to travel up to 75% of the time. Business travel, by air or car, is regularly required
- Driving a personal auto or company car or truck, or powered piece of material handling equipment.
- Valid Driver's license: Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening test and meet safe driving requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Background selling a companion diagnostic or oncology testing
- Previous Oncology experience
- EMR knowledge
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
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Which biotech and pharma companies sponsor E-3 visas in Texas?
Several large employers in Texas have established E-3 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 petitions 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.
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