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Abbott Area Vice President, Chronic Pain Therapies - East in Abbott Park, Illinois
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 107,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries
Neuromodulation Business Mission: Why We Exist
For people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, our portfolio of therapies help them move and feel better, allowing chronic pain patients to reduce or stabilize the long-term use of opioids and get back to living their lives, while helping patients with movement disorders combat the symptoms of their condition. We offer specialized devices for people suffering from chronic pain and movement disorders through solutions that deliver stimulation to the spinal cord, dorsal root ganglion and the brain.
Position Summary
The job purpose and scope of the Area Vice President (AVP) is to develop and grow our presence in the US Chronic Pain Therapy (CPT) market. This instrumental leader will be responsible for creating and implementing the foundational groundwork and commercial strategy for sustained growth in the US CPT space. This role will report to the Divisional Vice President, Chronic Pain Therapies, Americas and will have accountability for the East Region. The role is expected to work closely with the US Neuromodulation Commercial, Marketing, Finance, Operations and Human Resources leaders.
Description of Job Scope
This position is responsible for:
Developing and building the infrastructure, commercial foundation, and strategic objectives for the Abbott Chronic Pain Therapies business across sales, marketing, clinical training, and sales operations functions
Identifying and evaluating market opportunities and sales potential.
Formulating sales strategies for markets within the assigned geography and product lines to attain revenue goals
Developing, training to, and implementing the sales process and creating the enabling infrastructure to ensure the process is fully maximized
Identifying, selecting, and retaining diverse high-caliber talent allowing for clinical acumen and preparedness; ensuring the workforce remains challenged, motivated, and engaged toward common goals; anticipating capability trends and prepare talent pipelines for short and long-term business needs; developing robust succession plans for own position and key roles
Shaping the culture with a focus on integrity, transparency, and open communication while demonstrating leadership values
Developing and managing customer relationships through targeting, onboarding, contracting, clinical support, pricing management, key opinion leader management, reporting, sales process adherence, and sales analytics
Working across internal stakeholders and core teams in order to achieve business objectives
Expanding the sales team and sales management to prepare for business growth
Monitoring progress towards goals and objectives, costs associated with assigned organizational unit, and industry indicators and trends relevant to the assigned organizational unit
Complying with applicable corporate and divisional policies and procedures
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree
15+ years of commercial experience
10+ years of medical devices experience
5+ years of supervisory or managerial-level experience
Experience working in a highly regulated and high-quality system environment where compliance with governmental regulations is required
Travel 50%-75%
Preferred Qualifications
Advanced degree
Prior Neuromodulation experience
Advanced and comprehensive understanding of chronic pain therapy technology
Experience with Salesforce customer relationship management platform
Key Attributes Considered Necessary for Success
Ability to work collaboratively, internally and externally
Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects and adapt to a changing, fast-paced environment
Ability to lead and motivate a team and work in a group environment, including interaction with senior and executive level leadership
Must be highly analytical and possess strong interpersonal skills including influencing, negotiation and teamwork skills
Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills and adept at presenting to key hospital administration, large IDNs and GPOs
Must be process oriented and understand the relationship and necessity of process to strategy
Experience with digital sales tools, execution tools, and sales force automation
Ability to think strategically, develop frameworks and platforms that ensure optimal and unfettered access to business tools, assets and capabilities
Proven ability to employ various flexible communications vehicles to drive messaging across a broad, varied and dispersed commercial organization
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.
We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.
To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com
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