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Patients with mitral and tricuspid heart valve disease often have complex conditions with limited treatment options. Our Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies (TMTT) business unit is boldly pursuing an innovative portfolio of technologies to address a patient's unmet clinical needs. It's our driving force to help patients live longer and healthier lives. Join us and be part of our inspiring journey.

As a Regional Director, you will lead commercialization and expansion of groundbreaking therapies in our Transcatheter Mitral & Tricuspid Business Unit (TMTT) across a US Region. This role reports to an Area Vice President and will drive the achievement of sales and profit objectives within a region of responsibility, to include overall coordination, management & development of sales teams (Territory Managers and Field Clinical Specialists).

This Regional Director will drive sales strategy and manage a team based out of the North Central (Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan) region. Candidates based in Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Madison, Detroit or near surrounding area are strongly preferred.

How you will make an impact:

• Responsible for coordinating and executing specific objectives of the sales strategy

• Establishes sales targets, manages budget and inventory in partnership with Sales Operations team

• Talent management responsibilities: hiring, developing, retaining talent and developing succession plans, proactively managing performance

• Collaborates with functional departments of the company, specifically but not limited to Operations, Finance, Marketing, Human Resources, R&D, Regulatory Affairs, Medical Affairs, and Clinical Affairs

• Oversight of site performance and outcomes

• Plans and prepares forecasts by account, product and therapy for the given territory as well as proposed expenses for meetings and/or customer activities

• Proactively facilitates the flow of information from the field into Business Development, Marketing and R&D

• Collaborates with Marketing and Professional Education to further develop value added strategies, tools, programs and services

• Maintains current knowledge of competitive business strategies and product pipeline, healthcare economics, regulatory and legislative activities and incorporate into regional sales plans and strategies

• Manage and adhere to T&E expense budget, inventory management, and other variable expenses such as regional sponsorships, grants and COE

What you'll need (Required):

• Bachelors or equivalent in related field plus experience in operations management at regional level required or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria required.

• Demonstrated track record of direct people management or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria required.

• Ability to travel 60% (including car, air and overnight travel)

What else we look for (Preferred):

• Previous people leadership experience including building and managing high performing teams strongly preferred

• Proven record of success in sales within the cardiovascular or interventional vascular device industry highly preferred

• Demonstrated change agent with a bias for action. Open to exploring and being influenced by differing ideas and points of view

• Ability to provide strategic input back to Marketing, Sales, R&D, Operations, etc.

• Knowledge of the TMTT products/therapies and/or aptitude to gain an extensive understanding of all their applications

• A record of accomplishment of introducing new products to market, managing costs, budgeting, developing sales forecasting methods, and driving adoption of new therapies exemplified by meeting sales targets.

• Demonstrated skills in the following areas: coaching and counseling, budgeting, negotiating, marketing, selling and strategic planning

• Must have strong strategic, analytical, and financial skills with a demonstrated ability to understand competition and industry trends

• Proficient skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, etc.)

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.
For Illinois, the base pay range for this position is $160,000 to $192,000 (highly experienced).
The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience). Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.