Territory Manager, CardioMEMS - Bay Area, CA

Abbott Laboratories; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); On-site; USD 44,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Free medical coverage

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Abbott Laboratories in the United States California region seeks a healthcare sales professional focused on cardiology with proven quota attainment. You will build key relationships, present clinical and strategic insights, and drive therapy adoption while managing pricing, contracts, and post-operative support.

The role requires 3–5 years of direct healthcare sales, strong reimbursement knowledge, and travel up to 60–70%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in business, marketing, life sciences, engineering, or related field.
• 3–5 years of direct healthcare sales experience; 2+ years in cardiology structural heart/heart failure preferred.
• Track record of ≥100% to quota for 2 consecutive years.
• Experience launching 2–3 programs or therapies in last 3–5 years with sustainability measures.
• Strong understanding of payor and insurance reimbursement landscape.
• Willingness to travel 60-70% within territory, including overnight stays.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with physicians, HF clinics, administrators, and key stakeholders.
• Deliver clinical, technical, and strategic presentations to drive therapy understanding and adoption.
• Lead pricing discussions, contract negotiations, and value-based conversations.
• Plan and execute educational events focused on hemodynamics, GDMT, published data, biomarkers, and patient selection.
• Provide day-of-procedure support and post-operative troubleshooting as needed.
• Meet or exceed sales targets and execute quarterly business plans.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Professional Education, and Commercial Excellence teams.
• Track territory performance, customer engagement, and pipeline activity.

Skills

Healthcare sales

Cardiology experience

Quota attainment

Market strategy

Salesforce experience

Data analysis

Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, Marketing, Life Sciences, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Salesforce

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Benefits

• 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.

What You’ll Work On

Sales & Customer Engagement

• Build and maintain strong relationships with physicians, HF clinics, administrators, and key stakeholders.
• Deliver clinical, technical, and strategic presentations to drive therapy understanding and adoption.
• Lead pricing discussions, contract negotiations, and value‑based conversations.
• Plan and execute educational events focused on hemodynamics, GDMT, published data, biomarkers, patient selection, and local case studies.
• Provide day‑of‑procedure support and post‑operative troubleshooting as needed.
• Meet or exceed sales targets and execute quarterly business plans.
• Collaborate closely with Marketing, Professional Education, and Commercial Excellence teams.
• Track territory performance, customer engagement, and pipeline activity.

Account Management & Program Development

• Conduct quarterly business reviews with key accounts to assess performance and identify growth opportunities.
• Partner effectively with Clinical Account Representative to support priority accounts with a unified strategy.
• Develop long‑term relationships with both new and existing customers.
• Submit timely and accurate sales reports, forecasts, and competitive insights.

Market Development & Competitive Strategy

• Identify, qualify, and convert new business opportunities across implanting and community sites.
• Use market insights to understand customer needs, emerging trends, and competitive dynamics.
• Build and execute territory strategies to increase market share and drive sustainable adoption.
• Maintain strong knowledge of CardioMEMS, competitive products, and alternative therapies.

Technical & Procedural Support

• Provide on‑call technical, clinical, and engineering support for field questions and procedural needs.
• Offer procedural case coverage across the region, ensuring high‑quality support for implanting teams.
• Support HF clinics with training, education, clinical data collection, and new product introductions.

Compliance & Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Adhere to FDA regulations, company policies, quality standards, and operating procedures.
• Maintain accurate documentation of sales activities, customer interactions, and expenses.
• Work collaboratively with internal partners, customers, contractors, and vendors.
• Interact with patients, when necessary, in a professional, compliant manner.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Marketing, Life Sciences, Engineering, or related field.
• 3–5 years of direct healthcare sales experience; 2+ years in cardiology structural heart/heart failure preferred.
• Track record of ≥100% to quota for 2 consecutive years.
• Demonstrated success opening 3–5+ net‑new accounts/year or expanding underdeveloped accounts to sustained utilization.
• Strong understanding of payor and insurance reimbursement landscape.
• Recent launch experience (Preferred) (last 3–5 years) leading 2–3 program or therapy launches/year with proof of sustainability (e.g., active clinic users, adherence to workflows, utilization trends), including: Pre-launch planning, Stakeholder alignment and executive sponsorship, Training, education, and clinical workflow integration, Post launch support and long‑term sustainability plans.
• Experience driving program implementation and ongoing program maturity, such as: HF clinic onboarding, Remote monitoring workflow development, Utilization ramp and adoption metrics.
• Strong executive presence, clinical/technical presentations to audiences of 1–50 stakeholders.
• Proven ability to influence cross‑functional buying groups (value analysis committees, supply chain, service line leadership).
• Influencing multiple key stakeholders to drive growth.
• Strong understanding of market dynamics.
• Strong commercial acumen with ability to produce data‑driven territory strategies, forecasting models, and QBRs using CRM platforms (Salesforce preferred), analytics, and Excel.
• Willingness to travel 60-70% within territory, including some overnight and early/late case support.

Preferred Qualifications

• Cath Lab experience preferred 2+ years in cardiology structural heart/heart failure preferred.
• Experience at top MedTech organizations.
• Experience operating in a competitive market with multiple industry players.
• Familiarity with Cath lab/OR workflows.

JOB FAMILY: Sales Force DIVISION: HF Heart Failure LOCATION: United States > California : Remote ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: Yes, 25 % of the Time MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous walking for prolonged periods (more than 2 hours at a time in an 8 hour day), Driving a personal auto or company car or truck, or a powered piece of material handling equipment

The base pay for this position is $43,900.00 – $109,200.00 In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

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

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.