Territory Manager, CardioMEMS - Bay Area, CA

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About Abbott

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• The Territory Manager (TM) is responsible for driving therapy adoption, opening new accounts, and growing revenue for CardioMEMS.

Responsibilities

• This is a hunter-oriented commercial role focused on expanding access, building high‑impact customer relationships, and integrating the therapy into clinical workflows across implanting centers and community hospitals.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Pay

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.

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.
• Now Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life.

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 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