About the Role
Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact. Join us for a career in sales as we engineer the extraordinary and change lives.
Responsibilities
- Conduct sales calls to promote and sell Medtronic CardioVascular Surgery Therapies to existing and competitive customers based on a strategic plan
- Develop, implement, and effectively follow through with a quarterly strategic sales plan to achieve sales goals and objectives
- Create a detailed forecast with customer commitments as a measure of success
- Identify, qualify, and close new and existing customers consistent with established sales plans and key accounts
- Maximize revenue potential by targeting specific customers to gain sales leads and develop business opportunities to drive growth
- Develop and maintain a high-level of expertise in CardioVascular Surgery Therapies products
- Provide feedback and information on competitive activity, changes in markets, distribution and pricing
- Identify and communicate to other departments (i.e. R&D, Operations, and Marketing) suggestions for new products and/or modifications to existing products or applications based upon customer needs and requirements
- Coordinate customer activities at all assigned meetings
- Train and educate customers on the safe and effective use of Medtronic products
- Complete all administrative reporting accurately; in a timely manner and in the requested format (i.e. expense reports, account profiles and analysis, daily planners, weekly activity, competitive updates, and inventory log)
- Manage time, assets and resources in a cost effective manner; manage territory budget in accordance with the strategic territory plan and within the guidelines of the Regional Manager
- Maintain adequate inventory (trunk stock) and assist in the reallocation and delivery of product
- Maintain knowledge of current industry trends and all Medtronic products. Keep updated on the products and strategies of competitive companies
- Participate in sales training as required
Requirements
- High School Diploma (or equivalent) AND 8+ years experience*
- Associate’s Degree AND 6+ years experience*
- Bachelor’s Degree AND 4+ years experience*
- Relevant sales, clinical, or related experience in medical devices, medtech, healthcare, or life sciences
- Have earned Senior Representative level in another Medtronic Field Business.
- Preference will be given to local qualified candidates and candidates with Medtronic experience
- Experience selling to surgeons
- Experience selling in the Cardiac operating room
- Track record of success in high pressure, selling environment
- Demonstrated ability to effectively forecast for results
- Ability to successfully plan and mange accounts
- Ability to develop and successfully follow through with a strategic plan
- If the candidate has 10 years medical industry sales experience (selling physician preference products) in hospital environment with 8 years selling to interventional cardiology or cardiac surgeons, then the position may be filled at the Principal level
- The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Frequent required travel to customer clinics, hospitals and offsite meetings. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile
- Available/willing to travel weekends and evenings
- Ability to transport product/equipment from car to hospital.
- Sitting, standing and/or walking for up to eight plus hours per day
- Environmental exposures include eye protection, infectious disease and radiation
- Ability to travel extensively with ease (approx. 10% of time)
- Must be able to drive approximately 80% of the time within assigned territory
- Must have a valid driver's license and active vehicle insurance policy. In addition, your driving record will be reviewed and will be considered as part of your application.
- For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
- U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.
Skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Outstanding selling and negotiation skills
Location
- assigned territory
Work Type
- Sales
- Field Business
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 8+ years experience*
- 6+ years experience*
- 4+ years experience*
- Senior Representative level
- 10 years medical industry sales experience
- 8 years selling to interventional cardiology or cardiac surgeons
Education Level
- High School Diploma (or equivalent)
- Associate’s Degree
- Bachelor’s Degree
Salary/Compensations
- $70,000
Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Flexible Benefits Package
- Health, Dental and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability leave
- Dependent daycare spending account
- Tuition assistance/reimbursement
- Simple Steps (global well-being program)
- Incentive plans
- 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
- Short-term disability
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement
- Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)
- Sales Incentive Plan (SIP)
About the Company
- Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life.
- Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year.
- Rooted in our long history of mission-driven innovation, our medical technologies open doors.
- We support your growth with the training, mentorship, and guidance you need to own your future success.
Equal Opportunity
- It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
- Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
