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Specialty Sales Representatives with H-1B visa, E-3 visa, or TN visas can find sponsoring employers across medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and enterprise software. Most roles require a bachelor's degree in a related field, which satisfies specialty occupation requirements. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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As a Chronic Care Specialty Sales Representative, you will drive meaningful patient impact by leveraging our scientific expertise and serving as the primary contact for customers within your assigned territory. As a key member of the local Customer Team, you will collaborate closely with Account Executives, Integrated Delivery Systems leaders, and other field colleagues to deliver seamless, patient-focused solutions.
Territory Assignment:
- This is a field-based sales role responsible for covering the Poughkeepsie, New York territory.
- Additional areas of this territory include but may not be limited to Fishkill, New York and Newburgh, New York.
- Travel (%) depends on the needs of the territory and where the selected candidate resides.
Position Overview:
In this role, you will develop and manage relationships with a diverse range of specialty health care customers including cardiologists and other approved specialty physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, and office managers. You will regularly engage with various health care settings such as physicians’ offices, integrated delivery systems, pharmacies, and hospital clinics to effectively execute your responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute a territory-level business plan in alignment with company policies, standards, and ethics.
- Maintain current product knowledge and certifications for the company’s portfolio.
- Conduct balanced and compliant product sales discussions with health care providers and business professionals to align customer needs with company products according to product labeling.
- Provide management with regular updates on customer needs, marketplace dynamics, and progress toward quality goals.
- Be knowledgeable on headquarter approved information regarding approved company products, disease, and marketplace.
- Monitor business performance against objectives using company tools to support effective planning and sales impact.
Qualifications
This position's band level will be evaluated based on candidate's qualifications.
Minimum Requirements:
- S1 Level: Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS), or High school diploma or equivalent with 0-3 years of relevant work experience, which may include professional sales, marketing, military service, or roles within healthcare or scientific fields such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, or medical devices.
- S2 Level: Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS), or High school diploma or equivalent with 3+ years Sales experience or a minimum of high school diploma with at least 6 years of relevant work experience which may include professional sales, marketing, military service, or roles within healthcare or scientific fields such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, or medical devices.
- Able to analyze complex data and leverage insights to develop strategic sales plans.
- Comfortable using digital tools and platforms to engage with healthcare professionals.
- Flexible and adaptable to changing market conditions and customer expectations.
- Proven track record of success in both educational and professional environments, demonstrating strong interpersonal, analytical, and communication skills.
- Works well both independently, with excellent organizational and time management skills, and collaboratively within team-oriented settings.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Demonstrate strong ability at building and maintaining customer relationships by understanding and addressing their needs effectively.
- Reside in the territory or within 25 miles of the workload center for designated metro territories, or within 75 miles for non‑metro territories; if outside these distances, candidates must be willing to relocate at their own expense.
Preferred Experience and Skills:
- Background in sales, account management, consultative roles, or customer service.
- Experience analyzing metrics to evaluate progress toward goals.
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant sales experience.
- Cardiovascular sales experience with established relationships with cardiologists and endocrinologists.
- Experience launching products and succeeding in competitive markets.
- Ability to simplify complex information and convey technical details clearly.
- Proficient in using advanced analytics to generate customer insights and drive sales.
- Comfortable leveraging multi-channel tools and technology to expand sales reach and impact.
- Demonstrates a proactive learning approach and an agile growth mindset.
Required Skills:
Account Management, Biotechnology, Business Planning, Client Communication, Commercial Account Management, Complex Data Analysis, Customer Insights, Customer Needs Assessments, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Customer Service Management, Ethical Standards, Health Economics, Interpersonal Relationships, Lead Generation, Market Analysis, Medical Devices, Military Defense, Product Knowledge, Product Sales, Sales Forecasting, Sales Metrics, Sales Pipeline Management, Sales Reporting, Sales Strategy Development.
Preferred Skills:
Current Employees apply HERE
Current Contingent Workers apply HERE
US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:
Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.
As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:
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EEOC GINA Supplement
We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively.
Learn more about your rights, including under California, Colorado and other US State Acts
U.S. Hybrid Work Model
Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, Monday - Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence. This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as “remote”.
The salary range for this role is
$79,200.00 - $124,700.00
This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.
The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.
You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.
San Francisco Residents Only:
We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Los Angeles Residents Only:
We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.
Employee Status:
Regular
Relocation:
No relocation
VISA Sponsorship:
No
Travel Requirements:
10%
Flexible Work Arrangements:
Remote
Shift:
1st - Day
Valid Driving License:
Yes
Hazardous Material(s):
n/a
Job Posting End Date:
05/12/2026
A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
Job Description
As a Chronic Care Specialty Sales Representative, you will drive meaningful patient impact by leveraging our scientific expertise and serving as the primary contact for customers within your assigned territory. As a key member of the local Customer Team, you will collaborate closely with Account Executives, Integrated Delivery Systems leaders, and other field colleagues to deliver seamless, patient-focused solutions.
Territory Assignment:
- This is a field-based sales role responsible for covering the Poughkeepsie, New York territory.
- Additional areas of this territory include but may not be limited to Fishkill, New York and Newburgh, New York.
- Travel (%) depends on the needs of the territory and where the selected candidate resides.
Position Overview:
In this role, you will develop and manage relationships with a diverse range of specialty health care customers including cardiologists and other approved specialty physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, and office managers. You will regularly engage with various health care settings such as physicians’ offices, integrated delivery systems, pharmacies, and hospital clinics to effectively execute your responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute a territory-level business plan in alignment with company policies, standards, and ethics.
- Maintain current product knowledge and certifications for the company’s portfolio.
- Conduct balanced and compliant product sales discussions with health care providers and business professionals to align customer needs with company products according to product labeling.
- Provide management with regular updates on customer needs, marketplace dynamics, and progress toward quality goals.
- Be knowledgeable on headquarter approved information regarding approved company products, disease, and marketplace.
- Monitor business performance against objectives using company tools to support effective planning and sales impact.
Qualifications
This position's band level will be evaluated based on candidate's qualifications.
Minimum Requirements:
- S1 Level: Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS), or High school diploma or equivalent with 0-3 years of relevant work experience, which may include professional sales, marketing, military service, or roles within healthcare or scientific fields such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, or medical devices.
- S2 Level: Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS), or High school diploma or equivalent with 3+ years Sales experience or a minimum of high school diploma with at least 6 years of relevant work experience which may include professional sales, marketing, military service, or roles within healthcare or scientific fields such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, or medical devices.
- Able to analyze complex data and leverage insights to develop strategic sales plans.
- Comfortable using digital tools and platforms to engage with healthcare professionals.
- Flexible and adaptable to changing market conditions and customer expectations.
- Proven track record of success in both educational and professional environments, demonstrating strong interpersonal, analytical, and communication skills.
- Works well both independently, with excellent organizational and time management skills, and collaboratively within team-oriented settings.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Demonstrate strong ability at building and maintaining customer relationships by understanding and addressing their needs effectively.
- Reside in the territory or within 25 miles of the workload center for designated metro territories, or within 75 miles for non‑metro territories; if outside these distances, candidates must be willing to relocate at their own expense.
Preferred Experience and Skills:
- Background in sales, account management, consultative roles, or customer service.
- Experience analyzing metrics to evaluate progress toward goals.
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant sales experience.
- Cardiovascular sales experience with established relationships with cardiologists and endocrinologists.
- Experience launching products and succeeding in competitive markets.
- Ability to simplify complex information and convey technical details clearly.
- Proficient in using advanced analytics to generate customer insights and drive sales.
- Comfortable leveraging multi-channel tools and technology to expand sales reach and impact.
- Demonstrates a proactive learning approach and an agile growth mindset.
Required Skills:
Account Management, Biotechnology, Business Planning, Client Communication, Commercial Account Management, Complex Data Analysis, Customer Insights, Customer Needs Assessments, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Customer Service Management, Ethical Standards, Health Economics, Interpersonal Relationships, Lead Generation, Market Analysis, Medical Devices, Military Defense, Product Knowledge, Product Sales, Sales Forecasting, Sales Metrics, Sales Pipeline Management, Sales Reporting, Sales Strategy Development.
Preferred Skills:
Current Employees apply HERE
Current Contingent Workers apply HERE
US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:
Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.
As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:
EEOC Know Your Rights
EEOC GINA Supplement
We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively.
Learn more about your rights, including under California, Colorado and other US State Acts
U.S. Hybrid Work Model
Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, Monday - Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence. This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as “remote”.
The salary range for this role is
$79,200.00 - $124,700.00
This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.
The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.
You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.
San Francisco Residents Only:
We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Los Angeles Residents Only:
We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.
Employee Status:
Regular
Relocation:
No relocation
VISA Sponsorship:
No
Travel Requirements:
10%
Flexible Work Arrangements:
Remote
Shift:
1st - Day
Valid Driving License:
Yes
Hazardous Material(s):
n/a
Job Posting End Date:
05/12/2026
A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
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Target industries with consistent sponsorship track records
Medical device, pharmaceutical, and enterprise software companies sponsor Specialty Sales Representatives most frequently. These industries file LCAs regularly and have established HR processes for visa sponsorship, making them more receptive to international candidates.
Confirm your degree aligns with the role's field
USCIS requires a degree in a field directly related to the position. A business, marketing, or life sciences degree typically supports specialty occupation approval. A degree in an unrelated field can trigger an RFE, so clarify this with your employer early.
Understand what the LCA means for your job offer
Your employer must file a Labor Condition Application before your visa petition. The LCA locks in your work location and wage level. If you move territories or change regions significantly, the employer may need to file an amended LCA with the Department of Labor.
Ask employers about their internal immigration support
Companies that regularly sponsor visas usually retain an immigration attorney and have a defined process. Asking about this in interviews signals professionalism and helps you assess whether the employer can actually execute sponsorship without unexpected delays or complications.
Account for territory-based work in your visa filing
Specialty Sales roles often involve working across multiple locations or client sites. Your H-1B or E-3 petition should reflect your primary work address. Frequent travel to client sites is generally acceptable, but discuss the specifics with your immigration attorney before filing.
Use Migrate Mate to find employers actively sponsoring this role
Not every company that posts a sales role will sponsor visas. Migrate Mate filters job listings to show employers with active sponsorship history, saving you from applying to positions where sponsorship is unlikely to be approved or even considered.
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Find Specialty Sales Representative JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Does a Specialty Sales Representative role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It depends on how the role is defined. A generic sales position often does not qualify, but a Specialty Sales Representative tied to a technical field, such as medical devices, pharmaceuticals, or enterprise software, typically does. The employer must demonstrate that the position normally requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field, not just any degree. Roles where a degree is preferred rather than required are the most common reason for denial.
What degree do I need to get visa sponsorship as a Specialty Sales Representative?
Most employers sponsoring this role require a bachelor's degree in business, marketing, life sciences, engineering, or a field directly related to the product being sold. USCIS will scrutinize whether your degree matches the specialty of the role. A life sciences degree supports a pharmaceutical sales position far more strongly than a general arts degree, even if your experience is extensive.
Can Canadian or Mexican citizens get sponsored for this role under the TN visa?
The TN visa does not have a dedicated category for sales roles. However, if the position involves scientific or technical responsibilities that align with a listed TN category, such as engineer or scientist, it may qualify. A standard Specialty Sales Representative role without a technical component is unlikely to qualify for TN status. Consulting an immigration attorney before pursuing this path is advisable.
How competitive is H-1B sponsorship for Specialty Sales Representatives compared to other roles?
Specialty Sales roles face more scrutiny than clearly technical roles like software engineers, because USCIS applies a higher burden of proof to demonstrate specialty occupation status. Employers must document that the role requires a specific degree, not just any bachelor's degree. Approval rates are lower than for STEM roles, which is why finding employers with prior sponsorship history matters. Migrate Mate surfaces employers who have sponsored this job title before.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new Specialty Sales employer if I change companies?
Yes. Under H-1B portability, you can start working for a new employer as soon as they file an H-1B transfer petition on your behalf, without waiting for approval, as long as your prior H-1B was approved and you have not fallen out of status. The new employer must file a new LCA and petition reflecting the updated role, location, and wage. The specialty occupation standard still applies and will be evaluated again.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Specialty Sales Representative jobs?
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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