About the Role
The Associate Sales Development Representative will fuel new business growth for Abbott Rapid and Molecular Diagnostics – Infectious Disease. This role is designed for individuals with a hunter mindset eager to build a career in healthcare sales, partnering with the Regional Business Manager to develop core selling skills. You will focus on building a strong pipeline, managing opportunities, and delivering measurable results in a competitive, performance-based environment. High performers have a clear path to promotion within 12-24 months.
Responsibilities
- Proactively prospect using data-driven insights to secure new business within assigned territory to drive revenue growth.
- Identify and aggressively pursue high-value opportunities, prioritizing accounts with strong close potential.
- Build and expand relationships with key hospital decision-makers to open new sales channels.
- Qualify and advance deals through the pipeline based on customer needs, timing, and buying process.
- Develop and execute targeted territory plans focused on new account acquisition and expansion.
- Maintain a strong, active pipeline and consistently move opportunities toward close.
- Track pipeline activity, customer interactions, and forecasts in Salesforce with a focus on results and accountability.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Minimum 2+ years of sales experience with a proven track record of winning new accounts and exceeding quota.
- Demonstrated ability to prospect, qualify, and close net-new business in competitive markets.
- High energy, self-motivated, and comfortable operating in a results-driven, quota-carrying environment.
- Competitive background that demonstrates a strong drive, discipline, and a desire to win (e.g., collegiate athlete, club sports, military, or similar).
- Willingness to travel ~50% to actively develop territory, meet prospects, and close business.
Skills
- Sales
- Prospecting
- Account Development
- Customer Engagement
- Pipeline Management
- Salesforce.com (or similar CRM)
- Cold Outreach
- Networking
Location
- Remote
- United States > California : Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
- Travel: Yes, 50 % of the Time
Experience Level
- Associate
- Minimum 2+ years of sales experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $61,300.00 – $122,700.00
Benefits
- Free medical coverage in Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
- Excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Freedom 2 Save student debt program.
- FreeU education benefit.
- Health and wellness benefits.
About the Company
- Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life.
- Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines.
- Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
- Abbott is recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
- Abbott is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
- For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more.
- With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life.
- Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health.
- The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people.
- They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges.
Equal Opportunity
- Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
- Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
- An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.
