Inside Sales Representative - Remote, USA - Pacific Time Zone

Guardant Health, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardant Health, Inc. is seeking an Inside Sales Representative to drive Shield CRC testing growth through virtual customer interactions and to support the field sales team. You will build relationships with healthcare providers to convert leads into ordering accounts and execute national sales strategies.

The role requires strong communication, product knowledge, and CRM proficiency, with a focus on achieving sales targets in a hybrid work setting across the United States.

Qualifications

• 1+ year of sales experience, preferably inside sales with quota attainment.
• College degree preferred but not required.
• Ability to learn technical product information quickly for selling.
• Strong verbal and written communication in virtual interactions.
• Experience with CRM systems (Salesforce, Veeva) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Uncover potential new business and convert leads into active ordering accounts.
• Meet or exceed sales targets through virtual prospecting and a national sales strategy.
• Engage healthcare providers remotely to gain commitment to adop t Shield tests.
• Use data and internal tools to inform strategies and drive decisions.
• Provide high-level product training and support to providers to integrate Shield into workflows.

Skills

Inside sales

Virtual selling

CRM proficiency

Communication

Product knowledge

Education

College degree

Tools

Salesforce

Veeva

Job description

Company Description

Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on guarding wellness and giving every person more time free from cancer. Founded in 2012, Guardant® is transforming patient care and accelerating new cancer therapies by providing critical insights into what drives disease through its advanced blood and tissue tests, real-world data and AI analytics. Guardant tests help improve outcomes across all stages of care, including screening to find cancer early, monitoring for recurrence in early-stage cancer, and treatment selection for patients with advanced cancer. For more information, visitguardanthealth.comand follow the company onLinkedIn,X (Twitter)andFacebook.

Profile Summary

This is a unique opportunity to join our growing Screening and Early Detection commercial team at Guardant Health as an Inside Sales Representative. The Inside Sales Representative will play a crucial role in supporting the field-based sales organization by driving product growth through exceptional virtual customer interactions to drive early detection of Colorectal Cancer (CRC) through the utilization of the Shield™ blood test.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Strategic Business Expansion: Uncover potential new business utilizing analytical insights and successfully transition incoming leads into active ordering accounts.
• Achieve Sales Targets: Consistently meet or exceed sales goals through virtual effective prospecting, relationship-building, and execution of national sales strategies.
• Target and Engage Healthcare Providers: Focus on building strong relationships virtually with healthcare providers, gaining their commitment to adopt the Shield test for CRC and other cancers
• Challenger Selling: Engage healthcare providers virtually to understand their needs and demonstrate how Guardant Health’s offerings can improve patient outcomes and streamline their practice.
• Resource Utilization: Utilize data from a range of internal resources (Salesforce, Veeva, competitive market data, etc…) to understand the evolving market of CRC treatments and to make data-driven decisions to support the successful execution of your business plan
• Educate and Support Providers: Provide in-depth product knowledge and training virtually to primary care practices to gain all stakeholder support, beyond the provider, ensuring smooth integration of Shield into their workflow.
• Provide High-Touch Customer Service: Maintain exceptional customer service standards by resolving issues proactively and supporting healthcare providers in every phase of the sales process.
• Compliance & Administrative Excellence: Ensure adherence to company policies, industry standards, and regulations, while managing multiple projects and deadlines effectively.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum 1-year sales experience (internships, inside sales) with sales goals. This is an inside sales role so virtual selling experience in inside sales is highly preferred.
• Education: College degree, preferred but not required.
• Sales Expertise (Preferred): Demonstrated virtual ability to engage in selling conversations, overcoming objections and aligning client needs with product offerings.
• Product Knowledge: Ability to quickly learn and apply technical product knowledge to drive sales.
• Communication Skills: Exceptional oral and written communication skills with the ability to present complex information in an easily understandable manner virtually.
• CRM Proficiency (Preferred): Experience with CRM systems such as Salesforce, Veeva, or similar platforms for tracking customer interactions and sales progress.
• Customer Service Excellence: Superior negotiation, problem-solving, and customer service skills.
• Preferred: High-touch customer service and relationship-building skills, with a focus on long-term partnership and success.

Personal Competencies & Attributes

• Grit (Tenacity, Resilience, Scrappy): You are tenacious and resilient, able to navigate challenges with persistence and adaptability. You approach obstacles with a "scrappy" mindset, using creative solutions to keep moving forward and meet your objectives.
• Track Record of Success / Achievement Drive: You have consistently met and exceeded goals. You are results-driven, thriving on achievement and maintaining a proven track record of success in educational pursuits, athletic or interest pursuits, or building strong relationships in the workplace through customers and cross-functional partners.
• Initiative into Action / Problem Solver: You take initiative and make things happen. When challenges arise, you are quick to take action and find effective solutions, demonstrating your ability to problem-solve and adapt to changing circumstances.
• Strategic Thinking & Prioritization: You excel at developing strategic plans to drive business outcomes. You are adept at prioritizing tasks, managing multiple competing demands, and staying focused on what will yield the greatest impact for the business.
• Coachable / Growth Mindset: You have a growth mindset, viewing feedback as an opportunity for continuous improvement. You are coachable, eager to learn, and open to new ideas, always striving to develop both personally and professionally.

Personal Requirements

• Valid Driver’s License: A clean driving record is required for daily field office and customer visits, if required.
• Travel Flexibility: Flexibility to travel to open territories, when needed, and occasional national travel for sales meetings.
• AI & Digital Fluency Demonstrate curiosity, sound judgment, and the ability to critically evaluate and responsibly leverage AI-enabled tools in accordance with company policies, ethical standards, and regulatory requirements to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of work.
• Hybrid Work Model: This section is applicable to onsite employees who are eligible for hybrid work location as specified by management and related policies. Guardant has defined days for in-person/onsite collaboration and work-from-home days for individual-focused time. All U.S. employees who live within 50 miles of a Guardant facility will be required to be onsite on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. We have found aligning our scheduled in-office days allows our teams to do the best work and creates the focused thinking time our innovative work requires. At Guardant, our work model has created flexibility for better work-life balance while keeping teams connected to advance our science for our patients. Employee may be required to lift routine office supplies and use office equipment. Majority of the work is performed in a desk/office environment; however, there may be exposure to high noise levels, fumes, and biohazard material in the laboratory environment. Ability to sit for extended periods of time.

Background Screening

A background screening including criminal history is required for this role. GH will consider qualified applicants with criminal arrest or conviction histories in a manner consistent with applicable law including but not limited to the LA County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).

Equal Opportunity Employer

Guardant Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Accommodations

Guardant Health is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our hiring processes for candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, mental health conditions, or sincerely held religious beliefs. If you need support, please reach out to [e-mail]

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Work Experience

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