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Territory Business Manager, Rare Disease – Louisville

Alkermes, Inc.

Louisville, KY · HybridFull-time$150–185K/yrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$150–185K/yr
Location
Louisville, KYHybrid
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Healthcare Provider CredentialingBachelor's degreeDriver's License In Good Standing

Job overview

The Territory Business Manager sells Alkermes products in the Louisville territory and supports promotion of products approved to treat certain sleep disorders. The role reports to a Regional Business Director and uses product, disease-state, and market knowledge to educate healthcare providers. The manager identifies appropriate targets, develops territory business, and uses approved resources and selling approaches.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Pharmaceutical SalesProduct KnowledgeDisease-State KnowledgeMarket KnowledgeSelling SkillsCommunicationListeningTerritory ManagementTarget IdentificationBusiness PlanningExpense ManagementOrganizational SkillsAdministrative SkillsBusiness AcumenCross-Functional CollaborationAnalytical SkillsStrategic ThinkingInfluencing Skills

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree5+ Years Pharmaceutical/Biotech Sales ExperienceDriver's License in Good StandingHealthcare Provider CredentialingSpecialty/Rare Disease Sales Experience

Full job description

Experience Required

1

Minimum Education Required

Bachelor's Degree

Compensation

$

Hours Per Week

40

Number Of Positions

1

Work Schedule and Shift Requirements

1

Job Description

In February 2026, Alkermes completed the acquisition of Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc. This acquisition added an approved product in the sleep medicine market.

Territory Business Manager (TBM) will report directly to the Regional Business Director (RBD). Will be responsible for selling Alkermes products in the Louisville territory and supporting promotional efforts on our products approved to treat certain sleep disorders. Ideal candidates should be proven sales achievers and live in the territory. This will be done by having thorough product, disease state and market knowledge and sound selling skills. He/she will utilize available resources to help educate healthcare providers. Finally, he/she will use their analytical ability to determine appropriate targets and will use approved resources accordingly.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:

  • The TBM will demonstrate a strong understanding of all aspects of Alkermes products, related disease states and related products in the marketplace

  • The TBM will demonstrate strong selling skills through the use of approved sales aids, approved studies and reprints and through superior communication and listening skills with targeted healthcare providers. He/she will use selling skills that demonstrate competent use of all facets of the Alkermes selling model, including our Customer Engagement Model. He/she will demonstrate an ability to gain agreement for increased product use with appropriate patients from target healthcare providers

  • The TBM will demonstrate strong territory management skills by identifying and calling on appropriate healthcare provider targets with the required frequency to assure proper usage of Alkermes products. He/she will continually develop, review, update and maintain healthcare provider target lists based on the latest information and data

  • He/she will utilize all available resources and programs (Promotional Speaker Programs, etc.) to increase their business. He/she is prepared to discuss all aspects of territory business with RBD at any time

  • The TBM will develop business plans as required by the RBD and will perform all administrative tasks requested in a timely, accurate and truthful manner

  • The TBM will exercise fiscal control of operational expenses (car, gas, office supplies, telephone, postage, lodging, and meals,)

  • The TBM will demonstrate an ability to work productively with individuals in related positions including but not limited to other representatives, Field Reimbursement Managers, National Account Directors, Nurse Care Navigators and headquarters personnel

  • The TBM will abide by all Alkermes policies and regulations regarding promotional compliance

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

  • BA/BS is required

  • 5+ years successful pharmaceutical/biotech sales experience required

  • Must live in the geography and/or within 25 miles of key targeted customers in the geography

  • Driver's license must be in good standing

  • Must be able to demonstrate or secure appropriate credentialing, as may be required by healthcare providers for physical access to their facilities

  • The ability to travel, which may include overnight / weekend travel, up to 80% of the time, is required

PREFFERED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Specialty/Rare Disease sales exp preferred

  • A passion for helping patients

  • Demonstrated superior organizational and administrative skills

  • Demonstrated past sales performance/success

  • Excellent communication skills, business acumen, and track record of cross-functional collaboration required

  • Strong analytical, strategic and influencing skills

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $150,000 to $185,000. In addition, this position offers a performance based sales incentive bonus targeted at forty five thousand dollars annually and eligibility to participate in our long term incentive program. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, training, knowledge, and experience. Alkermes offers a competitive benefits package. Additional details can be found on our careers website: www.alkermes.com/careers#working-here

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About Us

Why join Team Alkermes?

Alkermes applies its decades of deep neuroscience expertise to develop medicines designed to help people living with complex and difficult-to-treat psychiatric and neurological disorders. A global biopharmaceutical company, headquartered in Ireland with U.S. locations in Massachusetts and Ohio, we seek to make a meaningful difference in the way people manage their diseases. We have a portfolio of proprietary commercial products for the treatment of alcohol dependence, opioid dependence, schizophrenia, bipolar I disorder and narcolepsy, and a pipeline of clinical and preclinical candidates in development for various psychiatric and neurological disorders.

We are proud to have been recognized as an employer of choice by many national organizations. In 2024 and 2025, we were certified as a Great Place to Work in the U.S. and named one of Massachusetts’ Top Places to Work by the Boston Globe, a Best Place to Work in Greater Cincinnati by the Cincinnati Business Courier and recognized as a Best Place to Work in BioPharma by Fortune Magazine.

Alkermes, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any qualified applicant or employee because of race, creed, color, age, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression and identity, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military status, application for military service or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law. Alkermes also complies with all work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Alkermes is an E-Verify employer.

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Job Type

Full time

Place of Work

Hybrid

Requisition ID

14196

How this job compares

Set against the 843 open Territory Sales jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$150–185K/yr
  • US median$76–100K/yr572 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $168K, is 86% above the US median midpoint ($90K) — in the top quarter of Territory Sales salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 15 open Territory Sales jobs in Kentucky and 843 across the US. 14% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience — more than three in four Territory Sales postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 445 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 146 of the 843 open Territory Sales jobs (17%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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