Account Manager, Men's Health (North UK) in Manchester

This job is with Boston Scientific, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community.

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. The purpose of the AM position is to provide clinical support, drive business growth, broaden BSC's market share, as well as securing product positioning and ensuring market penetration, focusing commercial activity on both clinical and economic stakeholders.

This permanent Account Manager position is to join the UK & Ireland Urology team working across North of England and Scotland. You will join a team of Account Managers and Key Account Managers, all supporting, selling and developing business within the speciality of Urology.

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.
• Would normally divide your time between 50% Clinical and 50% Sales and Therapy Development.
• Provides education support through Direct to Referrer and Direct to Patient events.
• 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.
• Supports RSM's in understanding account's unmet needs and expectations to facilitate account strategy and plans development.
• Support of medical personnel and field staff during procedures after careful training.
• Competent contact person and consultant for the medical management and medical staff.
• Maintains market share at BSC accounts by delivering excellent product and continuous procedural education.
• Attends and actively participates in customer, company and industry sponsored events and meetings.

What are we looking for in you:

• Successfully completed degree studies (or equivalent) within Life Sciences or a healthcare subject.
• 3-4 years professional experience of medical device or healthcare or life science sales is beneficial.
• Experience within urology is advantageous.
• 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.
• May require 1-2 nights away every week for work.

What we can offer to you:

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

Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical technologies that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 45 years, we advance science for life by providing a broad range of high-performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare.