Strategic Account Manager - Seattle

Abbott; United States; On-site; USD 99,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Strategic Account Manager for the Seattle metro area, with field-based responsibilities in the United States. The role centers on orchestrating health system strategies, expanding patient access, and building partnerships across IDNs, health systems, and academic institutions to drive Abbott’s Cancer Diagnostics solutions.

You will work with Sales, Marketing, Medical Affairs, Market Access, and other teams to align resources and improve patient outcomes while maintaining high

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.
• 6+ years sales/marketing experience in healthcare.
• 2+ years selling to IDNs, health systems, or academic institutions.

Responsibilities

• Analyze IDNs, healthcare ecosystems, and patient pathways to identify opportunities.
• Develop and execute strategic account plans with physicians and admins.
• Build relationships with healthcare leaders to uncover unmet needs.
• Collaborate across Sales, Marketing, Medical Affairs, and Market Access.
• Use healthcare data and metrics to measure results and adapt strategy.
• Ensure ethical, compliant execution while managing multiple priorities.

Skills

Strategic account management

Healthcare sales

Relationship building

Cross-functional collaboration

Market access strategies

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

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 your 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. An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution. A company 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. A company that 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.

The Opportunity

The Strategic Account Manager orchestrates and executes the health system strategy and expanding patient access by forming partnerships across key stakeholders within the regional Independent Delivery Networks (IDNs), health systems and academic institutions to support the adoption of Abbott’s Cancer Diagnostics solutions to enhance clinical decision making and improve the system of care. This role will work collaboratively with other market stakeholders and internal teams to shape and execute strategic plans in liaison with assigned IDNs to build the foundation for improved patient outcomes.

This position is field based in the Seattle Metro area.

What You'll Work On

• Analyzed integrated delivery networks (IDNs), healthcare ecosystems, and patient care pathways to identify opportunities that improved clinical decision‑making, patient access, and health outcomes while supporting adoption of current and future diagnostic solutions.
• Developed and executed strategic account and business plans for health systems, partnering with physicians, administrators, and key stakeholders to optimize workflows, protocols, and systems of care.
• Built and maintained influential relationships with healthcare leaders, clinical stakeholders, and policy makers to uncover unmet needs, drive advocacy, and support organizational objectives.
• Collaborated cross‑functionally with Sales, Marketing, Medical Affairs, Market Access, and other internal partners to implement health system strategies, align resources, and achieve business goals.
• Leveraged market intelligence, healthcare data, and performance metrics to identify opportunities, measure results, adapt strategies, and communicate actionable insights across the organization.
• Ensured execution of business activities with the highest standards of ethics, compliance, quality, and professionalism while effectively managing multiple priorities, delivering impactful presentations, and fostering collaboration.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Sales, Marketing, Business Management, Science, or any other related field.
• 6+ years of sales and/or marketing experience in the healthcare space, such as the diagnostic, surgical or pharmaceutical.
• 2+ years of experience in navigating access/selling IDNs, health systems, or academic institutions in the sales and/or marketing field.
• Possession of a valid driver’s license; no suspended, revoked, surrendered, invalid, etc. allowed.
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

The base pay for this position is $99,300.00 – $198,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY: Sales Force
DIVISION: ONCO Cancer Diagnostics
LOCATION: United States of America : Remote
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT: Standard
TRAVEL: Yes, 25 % of the Time
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: No
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Driving a personal auto or company car or truck, or a powered piece of material handling equipment, Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf

Abbott is about the power of health. 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. We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings. An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.