Regional Sales Director, CardioMEMS - Chicago

Abbott; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 131,000 - 241,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Education benefit (FreeU)

Employee recognition

Job summary

Abbott, a global healthcare leader, seeks a Regional Sales Director for CMEMS in the Heart Failure business. This senior role leads a clinical and market development team to drive therapy adoption, revenue, and market share across the region, with focus on training, talent development, and high-impact customer engagement.

The position requires 3–5 years of sales leadership in medical devices, strategic execution, and 50% travel.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of sales leadership experience in medical device industry.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Experience working in a highly matrixed, geographically diverse environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills across levels of the organization.
• Willingness and ability to travel at least 50% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Develop regional strategic plans to meet revenue, profitability, and market penetration goals.
• Drive regional performance by aligning and executing sales and service strategies.
• Create programs to generate additional sales by increasing referrals to implanting physicians.
• Collaborate with field teams to overcome barriers and grow therapy adoption.
• Provide coaching and feedback to field sales and support staff via visits and performance measurements.
• Lead regional training and market development plans to ensure sales teams have needed skills.
• Implement talent acquisition and development strategies within the region.
• Build relationships with customers, KOLs, and industry leaders.
• Maintain understanding of competitive technology and market dynamics.
• Own P&L for the region with finance alignment.
• Coordinate with ABT and customers to strengthen relationships.
• Ensure quality systems, resources, and policies are properly maintained.

Skills

Sales leadership

Medical device experience

Strategic thinking

Communication

Travel readiness

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

MBA (preferred)

Tools

MS Office

Job description

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Job Description

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to :

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

Heart Failure

In Abbott’s Heart Failure (HF) business, we’re developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

Job Description

The Regional Sales Director of CMEMS will lead a team of clinical and market development organization to achieve therapy adoption, market penetration and sales goals as assigned for CMEMS Division. This position will lead a team and will be responsible for developing and implementing targeted training and therapy adoption plans to meet revenue goals and therapy penetration goals for the business. This position is responsible for hiring, coaching and developing CMEMS therapy experts and market development personnel, supporting these field personnel with efficient and effective leadership.

What You’ll Work On

• Develop regional strategic plans to meet revenue, profitability, and market penetration goals.
• Drive regional performance by ensuring alignment and executing on critical sales and service strategies and tactics.
• Develop programs that generate additional sales revenue in assigned region by running initiatives targeted at increasing referrals of eligible patients to implanting physicians.
• Collaborate with the field team to identify strategies to increase referrals of appropriate patients and overcome barriers that are restricting the national growth and adoption of the therapy.
• Provide ongoing coaching and feedback to field sales and support staff through field visits, observation and measurement of results.
• Oversee training strategies and market development plans for the region to ensure the sales teams have the skills and tools to drive therapy adoption and revenue targets.
• Lead effective talent management strategies within the region, including implementation of high quality talent acquisition and talent development skills.
• Develops and maintains relationships with new and existing customers, KOLs and industry leaders.
• Maintains understanding of technology in a competitive environment.
• Effectively manage and own P&L for region with finance alignment.
• Build and maintain effective relationships within ABT and competitive customers.
• Ensure the quality policy/system is planned, understood, implemented and maintained by ensuring compliance within the department.
• Ensure departmental compliance as well as appropriate departmental resources are available to effectively maintain the quality system (people, facilities, tools, and training).
• Contacts, visits and interests clients and potential clients in the Company’s products and addresses any client questions and concerns.
• Collects and studies information about new and existing products and monitors competitor sales, prices and products.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• 3-5 years of successful sales leadership experience preferably within medical device industry.
• Well organized, capable of juggling multiple projects and accustomed to tight deadlines.
• Excellent personal computer skills including MS Excel, Word, Outlook and Power Point.
• Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.
• Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects.
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
• Multitasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner.
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, written and presentation skills.
• Experience with direct quota attainment and performance metrics.
• Schedule flexibility for case coverage and client meetings after hours and on weekends.
• Ability to travel a minimum of 50% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA and/or multi-product/therapy sales management experience.
• 8 plus years medical device sales experience.
• Priority will be given to candidates who can think strategically and execute tactically.

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Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

The base pay for this position is $130,600.00 – $240,800.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.