Manager, Commercial Governance & Sales Process Excellence

Siemens Healthineers AG; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens Healthineers invites a Sales Governance Specialist to drive standardized governance across zones, CRM excellence practices, and data quality, aligning with global business rules and operating procedures. You will work with regional teams to ensure compliant, consistent sales processes and governance across the Diagnostics organization.

The role emphasizes project management to translate priorities into coordinated execution, managing dependencies and risks, and delivering complex

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Sales Operations, Commercial Excellence, or Sales Governance.
• Project or program management experience with cross-functional initiatives.
• CRM Excellence, CRM Governance, or CRM adoption programs background.
• Experience in Business Process Management and customer-facing roles in IVD/healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain sales governance frameworks, policies, and operating standards.
• Establish governance controls for opportunity management, territory management, forecasting, and commercial execution.
• Develop and maintain governance documentation, business rules, and SOPs.
• Ensure governance consistency across countries, regions, and business units.
• Partner with CRM Excellence to define CRM standards, usage expectations, and adoption requirements.
• Lead cross-functional governance, CRM, and process improvement initiatives from planning through implementation.

Skills

Commercial governance

Sales operations

Business process management

Policy development

Project and program management

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Executive communication

CRM excellence and adoption enablement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Commercial Operations, or related field

Tools

Salesforce.com

Job description

Join us in pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

Our inspiring and caring environment forms a global community that celebrates diversity and individuality. We encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone, offering resources and flexibility to foster your professional and personal growth, all while valuing your unique contributions.

The leader of Commercial Governance, Sales Process & CRM Excellence is responsible for defining, maintaining, and enforcing commercial governance standards across zones, CRM excellence practices, global business rules, and operating procedures across the Diagnostics commercial organization. The role ensures consistent execution of sales processes, governance frameworks, CRM adoption standards, data quality expectations, and commercial controls while supporting business transformation and CRM initiatives.

Working closely with Country/Region Sales Leadership, CRM Excellence, Finance, HR, IT, and regional commercial teams, the Sales Governance Specialist drives process standardization, CRM effectiveness, governance compliance, data discipline, and continuous improvement across commercial operations. Strong project management experience is essential to translate governance priorities into coordinated execution, align cross-functional stakeholders, manage dependencies and risks, and deliver complex global initiatives on time and within scope.

Key Responsibilities

Sales Governance Management

• Define and maintain sales governance frameworks, policies, and operating standards.
• Establish governance controls supporting opportunity management, account ownership, territory management, forecasting, and commercial execution.
• Develop and maintain governance documentation, business rules, and standard operating procedures.
• Ensure governance consistency across countries, regions, and business units.

Business Rules Ownership

• Define and manage key commercial business rules, including:
  • Account ownership
  • Territory assignment
  • Customer segmentation
  • Sales stages
  • Opportunity qualification criteria
  • Forecasting guidelines
• Evaluate proposed changes and assess business impact.

CRM Excellence & Adoption

• Partner with CRM Excellence teams to define CRM standards, usage expectations, and adoption requirements across commercial teams.
• Drive CRM process discipline for account planning, opportunity management, pipeline hygiene, forecasting inputs, and customer engagement tracking.
• Support CRM data quality governance, including completeness, accuracy, timeliness, and consistency of key commercial data fields.
• Identify CRM adoption gaps, process pain points, and enablement needs; recommend corrective actions and continuous improvement opportunities.
• Translate commercial governance requirements into CRM business requirements, workflows, dashboards, and reporting needs.

Governance Monitoring & Compliance

• Monitor governance adherence across commercial teams.
• Identify governance exceptions and recommend corrective actions.
• Conduct periodic audits of commercial processes and controls.
• Track governance KPIs and report findings to management.

Project & Program Management

• Lead cross-functional governance, CRM, and process improvement initiatives from planning through implementation and stabilization.
• Develop and maintain project plans, milestones, dependencies, resource needs, decision logs, risks, issues, and executive status updates.
• Coordinate business, IT, Finance, HR, and regional workstreams; clarify ownership, facilitate decisions, and elevate barriers to keep delivery on track.
• Apply structured delivery and change management practices to ensure governance standards are operationalized, adopted, and sustained across countries and business units.

Commercial Transformation Support

• Support global process harmonization programs.
• Ensure governance requirements are integrated into CRM and digital transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with CRM Excellence teams to align platform functionality with governance standards.

Success Metrics

• Governance compliance rate
• Reduction in governance exceptions
• Process standardization across countries
• Timely implementation of policy changes

• Delivery of strategic initiatives on time, within scope, and with defined business outcomes

• Commercial audit findings

• CRM adoption and utilization rate
• CRM data quality and pipeline hygiene performance

• Stakeholder satisfaction

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Commercial Operations, or related field.

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in:
  • Sales Operations
  • Commercial Excellence
  • Sales Governance
• Project or program management, including delivery of complex cross-functional initiatives

CRM Excellence, CRM Governance, or CRM adoption programs

• • Business Process Management

Preferred

• Diagnostics, MedTech, Healthcare, or Life Sciences experience.
• Salesforce.com experience.
• Experience supporting global commercial organizations.

• PMP, Agile, Lean, or change management certification.

• Experience in customer facing roles within the IVD industry

Key Competencies

• Commercial governance
• Sales operations
• Business process management
• Policy development

• Project and program management

• Stakeholder management
• Analytical thinking
• Executive communication
• Continuous improvement

• CRM excellence and adoption enablement

Who we are

We are a team of more than 72,000 highly dedicated Healthineers in more than 70 countries. As a leader in medical technology, we constantly push the boundaries to create better outcomes and experiences for patients, no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways.

How we work

When you join Siemens Healthineers, you become one in a global team of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists, who believe in each individual’s potential to contribute with diverse ideas. We are from different backgrounds, cultures, religions, political and/or sexual orientations, and work together, to fight the world’s most threatening diseases and enable access to care, united by one purpose: to pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

The base pay range for this position is:

$143,900 - $197,868

Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

If this is a commission eligible position the commission eligibility will be in accordance with the terms of the Company's plan. Commissions are based on individual performance and/or company performance.

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan. life insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Siemens Healthineers is an Equal Opportunity and Aff... encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal,