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Account Specialist, Spasticity & Movement Disorder - Chicago, IL

AbbVie · Chicago, IL · Remote available · Full time · Sales

Posted Oct 5, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a time you grew sales in an account that had been flat.

What they are checking: Whether they can find real needs and drive growth, not just maintain existing business.

Tell me about a time you worked with a hospital system with many decision makers. How did you get access?

What they are checking: Whether they can navigate pharmacy, clinical and administrative stakeholders in complex accounts.

What would you do

How would you build relationships with neurology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and pain medicine practices in Chicago?

What they are checking: Whether they can plan territory coverage across the specialties the posting lists.

A practice is interested but worried about reimbursement and buy-and-bill. How do you help?

What they are checking: Whether they uncover operational and reimbursement needs and connect the practice with the right AbbVie resources.

A physician asks you about an off-label use. How do you respond?

What they are checking: Whether they understand promotional compliance and route questions properly instead of overstepping.

A nurse injector tells you the clinic is running behind and can't add patients. How do you help them?

What they are checking: Whether they address workflow barriers instead of only pushing the product.

About the work

Explain how you would train an injector on the anatomy and muscle selection for a common spasticity posture.

What they are checking: Whether they can deliver anatomical and procedural information accurately, which is central to this role.

How would you approach a VA medical center or military treatment facility differently from a private practice?

What they are checking: Whether they understand government accounts have different decision processes and rules.

How do you use sales data and call reports to plan your week?

What they are checking: Whether they manage the territory with data and keep required reports accurate.

What do you know about spasticity and the patients who live with it?

What they are checking: Whether they have learned the disease state and care about patients, not just the product.

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The full job description

As published by AbbVie.

Purpose Describe the primary goals, objectives or functions or outputs of this position. The Executive Account Specialist role promotes a product to community practices and health systems. Customer accounts may include community/private practices, community-based hospitals, academic medical centers, and government accounts (military treatment facilities and/or Veteran’s Affairs Medical Centers). The Account Specialist develops and maintains relationships with various accounts/departments such as neurology, pain medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, primary care, and pharmacy. Or in Urology, specialists such as urology, urogynecology, obstetrics and gynecology, female pelvic medicine, ambulatory surgical centers, and reconstructive surgery. Responsibilities Promote a product to meet/exceed sales goals in community/private practices as well as hospitals/health systems. • Comply with all company policies, required reports, requests and promotional compliance and effectively manages AbbVie field assets. • Identify/uncover customer needs (training, clinical, operational, reimbursement) and address with appropriate AbbVie resources. • Expert delivery of anatomical/procedural information and training, including the appropriate use of anatomical terminology to train injection paradigms/postures while highlighting various anatomical and injection insights and considerations. • Provide education and clinical/injection training for residents, fellows, and other key hospital personnel. • Collaborate with other Account Specialist to promote the product for approved indications and execute individual, department, or group resident/fellow trainings within hospital/health system accounts. • Effectively utilize AbbVie's sales and data resources to enhance productivity and growth of AbbVie products while implementing U.S. Marketing Plan. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in health, sciences, pharmacy or business-related field preferred or relevant and equivalent industry experience required • Relevant and equivalent industry experience required in lieu of a bachelor’s degree is at least five (5) years of technical experience with three (3) or more years of experience within sales preferred and a high school diploma/GED required • Ability to manage a complex sell, learn procedural, technical, clinical, and anatomical information quickly and communicate/present/train to a variety of audiences • Ability to manage a complex sell, learn procedural, technical, clinical, and anatomical information quickly and communicate/present/train to a variety of audiences • Ability to lift/pull 25–100 lb. training models and meet necessary hospital credentialing/vaccination requirements • Ability to lift/pull 25–100 lb. training models and meet necessary hospital credentialing/vaccination requirements • Ability to travel adequately to cover territory, as well as overnight attendance at scheduled training events and sales meetings • Documented history of strong sales performance, preferably in a clinical/technical/consultative sales role with multiple decision makers is preferred. • 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 and for any associated liability for failing to do so. AbbVie has resources available to you to help answer questions you may have. 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 short-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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