Strategic Area Manager, IVS - Northeast Region

Boston Scientific; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Scientific in Fort Worth, TX seeks a Strategic Area Manager to drive sustainable growth across a defined geography. You will build strategic customer relationships, work with field sales, clinical teams, and cross-functional partners to execute area objectives, and guide account planning with a focus on value realization.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in outside sales or sales management, excels at communication, negotiation, and stakeholder influence, and is prepared to travel within

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum of 5 or more years of outside sales and/or sales management experience.
• Demonstrated success developing strategic customer relationships and driving business growth.
• Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across sales, clinical, operations, marketing, finance, and leadership teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities independently within a geographically dispersed business.
• Ability to travel within the assigned area as business needs require.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategic business plans that support sales growth, market development, and customer expansion across the assigned area.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with physicians, healthcare executives, administrators, and other key clinical and economic decision makers.
• Identify opportunities to expand business within existing accounts and develop new customer relationships across complex healthcare systems.
• Partner with Territory Managers, Clinical Specialists, Regional Business Directors, and cross-functional colleagues to align priorities and execute growth strategies.
• Use customer, market, competitive, and business insights to identify opportunities and develop effective account and area strategies.
• Navigate complex customer environments and influence stakeholders throughout the clinical, operational, and financial decision-making process.
• Support strategic account planning, contracting, pricing, and implementation initiatives in partnership with the appropriate internal teams.
• Deliver compelling presentations and business proposals that communicate the clinical, operational, and economic value of the company's solutions.
• Maintain a strong understanding of products, therapies, customers, market dynamics, and the competitive landscape.
• Monitor business performance, maintain accurate sales activity and opportunity information, and communicate risks and opportunities to leadership.
• Represent the organization professionally and consistently demonstrate integrity, accountability, and customer focus.
• Comply with all company policies, quality standards, healthcare regulations, and applicable legal and ethical requirements.

Skills

Outside sales experience

Sales management experience

Strategic account management

Communication

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Additional Location(s): US-NY-New York City; US-PA-Philadelphia

Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit- High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we'll give you the opportunity to harness all that's within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we'll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you'll be supported in progressing - whatever your ambitions.

About

The Strategic Area Manager is a senior field sales professional responsible for driving sustainable business growth across an assigned geography. This role develops strategic customer relationships, identifies market expansion opportunities, and partners with field sales, clinical, and cross-functional teams to execute area-level business objectives. The Strategic Area Manager serves as a trusted business partner to key healthcare stakeholders and uses customer, market, and competitive insights to support long-term growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategic business plans that support sales growth, market development, and customer expansion across the assigned area.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with physicians, healthcare executives, administrators, and other key clinical and economic decision makers.
• Identify opportunities to expand business within existing accounts and develop new customer relationships across complex healthcare systems.
• Partner with Territory Managers, Clinical Specialists, Regional Business Directors, and cross-functional colleagues to align priorities and execute growth strategies.
• Use customer, market, competitive, and business insights to identify opportunities and develop effective account and area strategies.
• Navigate complex customer environments and influence stakeholders throughout the clinical, operational, and financial decision-making process.
• Support strategic account planning, contracting, pricing, and implementation initiatives in partnership with the appropriate internal teams.
• Deliver compelling presentations and business proposals that communicate the clinical, operational, and economic value of the company's solutions.
• Maintain a strong understanding of products, therapies, customers, market dynamics, and the competitive landscape.
• Monitor business performance, maintain accurate sales activity and opportunity information, and communicate risks and opportunities to leadership.
• Represent the organization professionally and consistently demonstrate integrity, accountability, and customer focus.
• Comply with all company policies, quality standards, healthcare regulations, and applicable legal and ethical requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum of 5 or more years of outside sales and/or sales management experience.
• Demonstrated success developing strategic customer relationships and driving business growth.
• Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across sales, clinical, operations, marketing, finance, and leadership teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities independently within a geographically dispersed business.
• Ability to travel within the assigned area as business needs require.

Preferred Qualifications

• Medical device sales experience, particularly within a hospital, procedural, or implantable-therapy environment.
• Experience selling to physicians, hospital administrators, healthcare executives, and value-analysis or supply-chain stakeholders.
• Experience managing complex sales cycles, strategic accounts, contracting discussions, and cross-functional customer initiatives.
• Knowledge of the healthcare environment, reimbursement considerations, and hospital decision-making processes.

Requisition ID:637556

The anticipated annualized base amount or range for this full time position will be $150,000, plus variable compensation governed by Sales Incentive Compensation Plan (which includes certain annual non-discretionary incentives based on predetermined objectives) as well as the value of core and optional benefits offered at BSC, which can be reviewed at www.bscbenefitsconnect.com. Actual compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, and other relevant business or organizational needs.

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Among other requirements, Boston Scientific maintains specificprohibited substancetest requirements for safety-sensitive positions. This role is deemed safety-sensitive and, as such, candidates will be subject to a prohibited substance test as a requirement. The goal of the prohibited substance testing is to increase workplace safety in compliance with the applicable law.