Account Manager, Interventional Technologies, (Los Angeles, CA)

The Account Manager will be responsible for executing on the strategic and operational plan as directed by Commercial leadership by representing our products to new and existing customers, while achieving the sales expectations/quota of an assigned territory.

Essential Duties

* Drives all daily sales objectives focusing on territory growth. These include new account targeting, cultivation, and launch planning.
* Develop and execute on territory business plans in a quarterly quota-based system by implementing sales strategies determined by relevant factors existing and potential factors.
* Directs all training and education planning during account launches.
* Demonstrate proficiency in presenting and implementing Performance Guarantees in key accounts as well as following up with Quarterly Business Reviews.
* Transfers account knowledge and other requested information to the leadership team on a regular basis.
* Accountable for compliance with Company policy and procedures, the Quality System and other regulatory requirements.
* Collaborates and coordinates clinical specialist(s) and aligns the team around the business plan.
* Makes clinical and economic presentations to customers, committee members and relevant staff.
* Builds and maintains solid customer relationships, including KOL cultivation and maintenance.
* Maintains company standards involving ethical and moral character, and always represents the company with the highest professional standards.
* Develops relationships with hospital administrative staff and develops and executes corporate contracts where appropriate.
* Demonstrates outstanding product knowledge and can impart this knowledge with and provide input to the broader organization (e.g., train new hires, cross-cover territories as needed, share best practices, provide input into marketing programs, share competitive intelligence, etc.)
* Fiscally manage territory by controlling expenses, product returns, and product inventory.Drives all daily sales objectives focusing on territory growth. These include new account targeting, cultivation, and launch planning.
* Develop and execute on territory business plans in a quarterly quota-based system by implementing sales strategiesdetermined by relevant factors existing and potential factors.
* Directs all training and education planning during account launches.
* Demonstrate proficiency in presenting and implementing Performance Guarantees in key accounts as well as following upwith Quarterly Business Reviews.
* Transfers account knowledge and other requested information to the leadership team on a regular basis.
* Gain access and develop the right physician champions in the targeted accounts leveraging corporate resources (e.g. value presentation, economic calculator, advisory boards, and senior executives).
* Make key presentations to gain the support of key stakeholders in targeted accounts, including physician leaders/influencers, VP/Executive Service Line Directors, VP/Directors of Supply Chain Management, and C-Suite staff.
* Develop KOL advocates to educate and influence key stakeholders outside of their own accounts regionally and even nationally.
* Support Corporate Accounts contract discussions with hospital and IDN leadership as required to gain account access, ensuring Interventional Technologies meets or exceeds both ASP and revenue growth goals. Facilitate new product approvals including obtaining Value Analysis approval through champion development
* Provide support on questions regarding device suitability as well as comprehensive technical support including knowledge of imaging modalities, EKG, blood pressure, hemodynamic waveforms, and ancillary procedural solutions
* Collaborates and coordinates clinical specialist(s) and aligns the team around the business plan.
* Makes clinical and economic presentations to customers, committee members and relevant staff.
* Builds and maintains solid customer relationships, including KOL cultivation and maintenance.
* Maintains company standards involving ethical and moral character, and always represents the company with the highestprofessional standards.
* Develops relationships with hospital administrative staff and develops and executes corporate contracts where appropriate.
* Demonstrates outstanding product knowledge and can impart this knowledge with and provide input to the broaderorganization (e.g., train new hires, cross-cover territories as needed, share best practices, provide input into marketing
* programs, share competitive intelligence, etc.)
* Accountable for compliance with Company policy and procedures, the Quality System and other regulatory requirements
* Fiscally manage territory by controlling expenses, product returns, and product inventory.
* Other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Qualifications

Education

Required: Bachelors of Arts or Science

Years of Experience

5+ of directly related experience required

Medical Device Sales in Interventional Cardiology and/or Structural Heart strongly preferred

Training/Certifications

None

Skills

• Thorough knowledge of medical device market, products, and customers.

• A demonstrated strong work ethic coupled with a sense of urgency to accomplish objectives.

• A highly developed business acumen and experience in targeting and prioritizing key customer accounts.

• Demonstrated ability to establish personal credibility in the targeted territory to create a forum for delivering our message to clinical staff, administrators, and physicians as well as overcoming obstacles.

• Emotional Intelligence to manage their schedule and clinical resources effectively and efficiently.

• Previous Medical Device sales experience preferably calling on Interventional Cardiologists, Electrophysiologist, Vascular Surgeons, Interventional Radiologists and administrators in the targeted territory.

• Aggressive strategic thinker and tactical planner who exhibits flexibility, innovativeness and resourcefulness in accomplishing objectives both as a leader and as a player.

Physical Demands

Sitting; remaining in a seated position - Frequent

Standing; walking; reaching with hands and arms; and stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling -Frequent

Lifting/moving up to 10 pounds -Occasional

Fine manipulation; picking, pinching, or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm as in gross manipulation. - Frequent

Keyboarding; entering text or data into a computer or other machine by means of a keyboard. - Frequent

Exposure to moving mechanical parts, vibration and/or moderate noise levels. - Never

Exposure to hazardous chemicals or other materials. - Never

Exposure to blood. - Frequent

Travel Expectations: Regular Domestic: 25-50%