Account Manager, Interventional Oncology (East Anglia, East Midlands, North London)

Additional Locations: United Kingdom-Cambridge; United Kingdom-Coventry; United Kingdom-Hemel Hempstead; United Kingdom-Leicester; United Kingdom-Norwich; United Kingdom-Nottingham

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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 role

The role of the Account Manager (AM) is to manage the end-to-end sales process for specific customer segments by identifying commercial opportunities in the region, managing account planning across the customer base and driving the execution of regional and local sales strategies. Purpose of the AM position is to drive business growth, broadening BSC’s market share, as well as securing product positioning and ensuring market penetration, focusing commercial activity on both clinical and economic stakeholders.

This Account Manager position is to join the UK & Ireland Interventional Oncology (IO) Team within the Peripheral Interventions Division working across the East Anglia/East Midlands territory, as well as some identified accounts in North London. This role is a fixed 12-month term contract, to cover a maternity leave, joining the team consisting of 8 Account Managers, 3 Clinical Specialists, a Therapy Development Manager and a Product Manager, all supporting, selling and developing business within the speciality of IO.

The product range includes market leading therapies and technologies offering innovative, minimally invasive alternatives to surgery to treat a range of cancers. In addition, the IO core portfolio includes a range of Embolisation products with an enviable pipeline to treat a range of conditions as well as the Non-Vascular Drainage family all within an established and highly regarded core portfolio of solutions.

The territory geographically covers the East Anglia and East Midlands area, including Nottingham, Leicester, Coventry, Norwich and Cambridge, as well as including selling the core portfolio into defined accounts in the north of London. Join this highly motivated team, selling an enviable portfolio of products with a pipeline of exciting data and innovation still to come. 

Your responsibilities will include

• Contributes to the development of annual strategic plan by providing RSM, NSM, BUM and Marketing with detailed business intelligence for accounts in scope (e.g. market size and potential, market / product trends, business opportunities, competitive landscape, updated clinical and economic stakeholders).
• Understands account’s unmet needs and expectations and consistently develops detailed account plans, supporting RSM in Top Tier 1 accounts while autonomously performing the activity in other Tier 1, Tier 2 and (Tier 3 if applicable) accounts.
• Designs and executes sales strategies and activities for accounts in scope, accordingly with account plans and in compliance with national and regional target.
• Develops the stakeholder map, defines touchpoints and action plan for each of them and ensures account information are timely updated into systems.
• Builds and maintains relationships with economic stakeholders, clinical KOL, promoting Health Economics arguments and engaging decision-makers to discuss commercial programmes and solutions.
• Supports clinical colleagues in identifying and managing sales opportunity deriving from clinical support; performs, with the guidance of RSM, clinical selling based on clinical support information.
• Based on interactions with KOLs, clinical and economic stakeholders and clinical support, gathers information about next tenders and negotiation opportunities.
• Plans and prepares tender / proposal based on account situation and understanding.
• Participates in negotiations, where applicable, and, in collaboration with Tender Office, prepares administrative documents and input requested by the customer.
• Develops the deal model, supporting RSMs in Top Tier 1 accounts, and creates IPAT.
• Timely reaches-out to the customer regarding new agreement, performing sales visits and contextually identifying new sales opportunity to drive future business growth.
• Performs periodic update with respective Sales Force and QBRs meeting with RSMs, leverages on monitoring and reporting content to ensure effective sales process execution.
• Records customer information and activities in company’s CRM system: use the system as an alignment tool with other commercial roles.

What are we looking for in you

• Successfully completed degree studies (or equivalent) within Biomedical Sciences or a healthcare subject is beneficial.
• Professional experience of medical device or pharmaceutical sales is beneficial.
• Strong communication skills.
• Can understand and communicate complex technical and clinical details.
• Can rapidly adapt to a very dynamic marketplace.
• Strong team player, collaborative, can build relationships and work cross-functionally.
• Self-motivated and can influence others.
• Flexible, adaptable but focused and persistent.
• Willing and can travel extensively as required by workload.
• Willing to work on a 12-month term contact.

What we can offer to you:

• Experience in a groundbreaking multinational company.
• Inspirational colleagues and culture.
• Fast growing and innovative environment.
• A company team culture.
• Excellent training/development programs.
• A remote field-based role.

Requisition ID: 602248

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So, choosing a career with Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) isn’t just business, it’s personal. And if you’re a natural problem-solver with the imagination, determination, and spirit to make a meaningful difference to people worldwide, we encourage you to apply and look forward to connecting with you!