Biotech & Pharma H-1B Sponsorship Jobs in Washington DC
Washington DC's biotech and pharma sector is anchored by federal research institutions, including the NIH and FDA headquarters in nearby Bethesda and Silver Spring, making the region a consistent source of H-1B visa sponsorship activity. Organizations like MedImmune, Emergent BioSolutions, and numerous CROs and government contractors actively hire internationally qualified scientists, regulatory specialists, and clinical researchers.
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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 is a field-based position, and candidates should reside within a commutable distance of the posted city. This geography will cover Washington, DC; Bethesda, Silver Spring, Waldorf, MD; and Winchester, Gainesville, Manassas, Leesburg, Fairfax, Arlington, Alexandria, McLean, Woodbridge, and Dumfries, VA.
The Parkinson’s Disease (PD) Account Executive (AE) is responsible for maximizing business opportunities with approved on-market products (drug device combination) for the Parkinson’s Franchise. The PD AE will develop and maintain strategic business relationships with accounts through interactions with approved Movement Disorder Specialists, Neurologists, Advance Practice Providers, Health Care Professionals, nurses, executive level personnel, department managers, and various other support staff. Business relationships will focus on increasing education on product benefits/risks and awareness of current therapeutic gaps, consistent with approved labels, developing new business and expand current business, maximizing resource utilization, and increasing sales aimed at achieving sales plan for the assigned Parkinson’s product portfolio. The PD AE will also focus on building and maintaining successful and compliant working relationships with Parkinson’s Advocacy, Support groups, and other groups that support Parkinson’s patients.
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Delivers effective on-label technical and scientific presentations/sales calls utilizing approved data and resources to appropriately highlight the benefits and risks of the product and create awareness of product solution addressing gap in therapeutic area - resulting in sales quota achievement.
- Leverages opportunities to understand and address customer needs. Builds and maintains relationships across accounts that result in opportunities to benefit patients and HCPs. Consistently partners with AbbVie in-field and in-house teams to identify, design and/or adapt appropriate approaches and tactics.
- Serve as lead US Commercial contact with targeted accounts in assigned geography. Appropriately and compliantly addresses needs of customer and patients through expert knowledge of AbbVie’s environment of care approach.
- Creates, implements and communicates strategic and tactical plans for targeted accounts. Monitor and report sales progress. Provide routine communications to all internal and external (as applicable) stakeholders.
- Attend and actively participate in local neurology society meetings, conferences, patient programs, support groups, advocacy events, etc., some of which occur in the evenings or weekends. Represent AbbVie and assigned products at such venues to build or enhance relationships and education on product, increasing awareness. Channel key information, developments or findings to internal partners/stakeholders. All attendance and communications in these forums are within OEC and Legal guidance with all product discussions on-label.
- Based on individual accounts, customers and geographical dynamics, create and development business strategy, territory account plans, align appropriate resources to support tactic execution and adjust as needed.
- Remain current on all clinical, market, and payer developments, trends, and issues specific to Parkinson’s Disease.
- Complete all AbbVie required training and maintain adherence to all company policies and OEC/Legal procedures.
- An essential requirement of your position is to meet health care industry representative (HCIR) credentialing requirements for entry into facilities and organizations that are in your assigned territory. These HCIR credentialing requirements may include, but not limited to, background checks, drug screens, and proof of immunization/vaccination for various diseases.
- Represent AbbVie as a partner of choice in the Parkinson’s and Neuroscience space with HCP and Patient Organizations.
- Driving a personal auto or company car or truck, or a powered piece of material handling equipment.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in health, sciences, pharmacy or business-related field preferred or relevant and equivalent industry experience required.
- Minimum 2 years sales or account management experience.
- 3+ Years of Health Science Field or Sales experience with a minimum of 2 years in pharmaceutical sales. In lieu of degree 8+ Years of Health Science Sales experience with minimum of 4 years in pharmaceutical sales.
- Demonstrated ability to network and partner effectively across functional areas.
- Excellent organizational/project management and demonstrated leadership skills.
- Proven record of managing multiple stakeholders in complex environments.
- An essential requirement of your position is to satisfy all applicable health care industry representative (HCIR) credentialing requirements to gain and maintain entry into facilities and organizations that are in your assigned territory. You must also be in good standing and/or eligible to obtain these credentials.
- These HCIR credentialing requirements may include, but are not limited to, background checks, drug screens, proof of immunization/vaccination for various diseases, fingerprinting and specific licenses required by individual state or cities. Please remember that you are solely responsible for ensuring that you satisfy all HCIR credentialing requirements & for any associated liability for failing to do so. AbbVie has resources available to you to help answer questions you may have.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Parkinson’s, Neuroscience, and/or Specialty pharma with 5+ years of Account Management experience with high level performance.
- Specialty Pharmacy product / Medical device and/or medication pump delivery sales experience (i.e., Diabetic pump).
- Previous pharma leadership experience or Formal in-house development role in training, marketing, or other areas.
- Pharmaceutical launch experience (complex and novel products) in sales, training, marketing, or other roles.
- Experience providing education and partnering with Advocacy organizations and support groups.
- Consistent top performer, history of successful sales performance in a challenging market space or product portfolio.
- Strong business acumen: individual accountability and ownership of territory with ability to multitask in a proactive manner, solving problems and influence without authority.
- Proven advanced sales skills, ability to communicate novel or complex products and process while keeping it simple and overcoming customer concerns, advancing sales and gaining new business.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, ability to build credibility and trust in a collaborative manner with both internal and external stakeholders.
- History of navigating the matrix environment within accounts and complex customers such as IDNs, Academic Institutions, Hospitals, Large Groups practices, etc.
- Demonstrate a high level of patient centricity and is comfortable with compliant direct patient interaction in different forums.
Key Stakeholders:
External: Hospitals, Health Systems and Group Practices.
Internal: Sales and marketing teams, integrated Managed Health Care, Brand Teams.
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 is a field-based position, and candidates should reside within a commutable distance of the posted city. This geography will cover Washington, DC; Bethesda, Silver Spring, Waldorf, MD; and Winchester, Gainesville, Manassas, Leesburg, Fairfax, Arlington, Alexandria, McLean, Woodbridge, and Dumfries, VA.
The Parkinson’s Disease (PD) Account Executive (AE) is responsible for maximizing business opportunities with approved on-market products (drug device combination) for the Parkinson’s Franchise. The PD AE will develop and maintain strategic business relationships with accounts through interactions with approved Movement Disorder Specialists, Neurologists, Advance Practice Providers, Health Care Professionals, nurses, executive level personnel, department managers, and various other support staff. Business relationships will focus on increasing education on product benefits/risks and awareness of current therapeutic gaps, consistent with approved labels, developing new business and expand current business, maximizing resource utilization, and increasing sales aimed at achieving sales plan for the assigned Parkinson’s product portfolio. The PD AE will also focus on building and maintaining successful and compliant working relationships with Parkinson’s Advocacy, Support groups, and other groups that support Parkinson’s patients.
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Delivers effective on-label technical and scientific presentations/sales calls utilizing approved data and resources to appropriately highlight the benefits and risks of the product and create awareness of product solution addressing gap in therapeutic area - resulting in sales quota achievement.
- Leverages opportunities to understand and address customer needs. Builds and maintains relationships across accounts that result in opportunities to benefit patients and HCPs. Consistently partners with AbbVie in-field and in-house teams to identify, design and/or adapt appropriate approaches and tactics.
- Serve as lead US Commercial contact with targeted accounts in assigned geography. Appropriately and compliantly addresses needs of customer and patients through expert knowledge of AbbVie’s environment of care approach.
- Creates, implements and communicates strategic and tactical plans for targeted accounts. Monitor and report sales progress. Provide routine communications to all internal and external (as applicable) stakeholders.
- Attend and actively participate in local neurology society meetings, conferences, patient programs, support groups, advocacy events, etc., some of which occur in the evenings or weekends. Represent AbbVie and assigned products at such venues to build or enhance relationships and education on product, increasing awareness. Channel key information, developments or findings to internal partners/stakeholders. All attendance and communications in these forums are within OEC and Legal guidance with all product discussions on-label.
- Based on individual accounts, customers and geographical dynamics, create and development business strategy, territory account plans, align appropriate resources to support tactic execution and adjust as needed.
- Remain current on all clinical, market, and payer developments, trends, and issues specific to Parkinson’s Disease.
- Complete all AbbVie required training and maintain adherence to all company policies and OEC/Legal procedures.
- An essential requirement of your position is to meet health care industry representative (HCIR) credentialing requirements for entry into facilities and organizations that are in your assigned territory. These HCIR credentialing requirements may include, but not limited to, background checks, drug screens, and proof of immunization/vaccination for various diseases.
- Represent AbbVie as a partner of choice in the Parkinson’s and Neuroscience space with HCP and Patient Organizations.
- Driving a personal auto or company car or truck, or a powered piece of material handling equipment.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in health, sciences, pharmacy or business-related field preferred or relevant and equivalent industry experience required.
- Minimum 2 years sales or account management experience.
- 3+ Years of Health Science Field or Sales experience with a minimum of 2 years in pharmaceutical sales. In lieu of degree 8+ Years of Health Science Sales experience with minimum of 4 years in pharmaceutical sales.
- Demonstrated ability to network and partner effectively across functional areas.
- Excellent organizational/project management and demonstrated leadership skills.
- Proven record of managing multiple stakeholders in complex environments.
- An essential requirement of your position is to satisfy all applicable health care industry representative (HCIR) credentialing requirements to gain and maintain entry into facilities and organizations that are in your assigned territory. You must also be in good standing and/or eligible to obtain these credentials.
- These HCIR credentialing requirements may include, but are not limited to, background checks, drug screens, proof of immunization/vaccination for various diseases, fingerprinting and specific licenses required by individual state or cities. Please remember that you are solely responsible for ensuring that you satisfy all HCIR credentialing requirements & for any associated liability for failing to do so. AbbVie has resources available to you to help answer questions you may have.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Parkinson’s, Neuroscience, and/or Specialty pharma with 5+ years of Account Management experience with high level performance.
- Specialty Pharmacy product / Medical device and/or medication pump delivery sales experience (i.e., Diabetic pump).
- Previous pharma leadership experience or Formal in-house development role in training, marketing, or other areas.
- Pharmaceutical launch experience (complex and novel products) in sales, training, marketing, or other roles.
- Experience providing education and partnering with Advocacy organizations and support groups.
- Consistent top performer, history of successful sales performance in a challenging market space or product portfolio.
- Strong business acumen: individual accountability and ownership of territory with ability to multitask in a proactive manner, solving problems and influence without authority.
- Proven advanced sales skills, ability to communicate novel or complex products and process while keeping it simple and overcoming customer concerns, advancing sales and gaining new business.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, ability to build credibility and trust in a collaborative manner with both internal and external stakeholders.
- History of navigating the matrix environment within accounts and complex customers such as IDNs, Academic Institutions, Hospitals, Large Groups practices, etc.
- Demonstrate a high level of patient centricity and is comfortable with compliant direct patient interaction in different forums.
Key Stakeholders:
External: Hospitals, Health Systems and Group Practices.
Internal: Sales and marketing teams, integrated Managed Health Care, Brand Teams.
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 H-1B visas in Washington DC?
Prominent H-1B visa sponsors in the DC metro region include Emergent BioSolutions, MedImmune (an AstraZeneca subsidiary), and a range of contract research organizations and government contractors operating in Maryland suburbs like Rockville and Gaithersburg. Large hospital systems and academic medical centers affiliated with Georgetown and George Washington University also sponsor H-1B petitions for research and clinical roles.
Which cities in Washington DC have the most biotech and pharma H-1B sponsorship jobs?
Most biotech and pharma H-1B activity in the DC metro area concentrates just outside the District itself, particularly in Bethesda, Rockville, and Gaithersburg in Maryland's I-270 technology corridor. Silver Spring is another notable hub given FDA headquarters proximity. Within DC proper, Georgetown Medical Center and research-focused universities generate a smaller but consistent share of sponsorship opportunities.
What types of biotech and pharma roles typically qualify for H-1B sponsorship in Washington DC?
Roles that regularly qualify for H-1B sponsorship include research scientists, regulatory affairs specialists, clinical research associates, bioinformaticians, pharmacovigilance analysts, and quality assurance professionals. These positions generally require a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific scientific field such as biochemistry, molecular biology, pharmacy, or a related discipline, which satisfies the H-1B specialty occupation requirement.
How do I find biotech and pharma H-1B sponsorship jobs in Washington DC?
Migrate Mate is a job board built specifically for international candidates seeking H-1B sponsorship, allowing you to filter directly by visa type, industry, and location. For biotech and pharma roles in Washington DC, you can narrow results to employers with documented H-1B sponsorship histories in the region, saving significant time compared to manually researching each company's sponsorship track record.
Are there any DC-specific considerations for H-1B sponsorship in biotech and pharma?
The DC region's concentration of federal agencies, including the FDA, NIH, and CDC, creates a unique hiring environment where many employers are government contractors or grantees. Some contractor roles may have security clearance requirements that can complicate or restrict H-1B sponsorship, so confirming a specific employer's sponsorship eligibility before applying is important. Nonprofit research institutions affiliated with universities may also have access to cap-exempt H-1B filings.
What is the prevailing wage for H-1B biotech & pharma jobs in Washington DC?
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.