Regional Sales Manager, Peripheral Vascular - Switzerland & Austria
StrykerAbout the role
You will be responsible for the overall management of your region; developing and leading your team, and taking ownership for sales performance and budgets within your territory. The role also contributes to broader country-level commercial execution by supporting strategic initiatives, key accounts, and therapy adoption priorities aligned with EMEA objectives.
Opportunities for maximising customer service along with acquiring new customers will be a pivotal part of your role, so a proven history of delivering exceptional results (individually and through your team) over an extended period is key. You will passionately drive performance with accountability & integrity.
- Accurately forecast business and drive a sustainable, long-term regional sales pipeline aligned with country and EMEA priorities.
- Attract, develop, engage and lead a high performing sales team, supporting and driving them to accelerate business.
- Support and collaborate with our Enabling Function teams (Marketing, Medical, Reimbursement, Order-to-Cash) to ensure a smooth Order to Cash process is maintained and our customers receive the highest levels of service.
- Ensure positive and detailed account communication between the team and other in-house teams, providing feedback and insights to senior management as required.
- Develop and maintain strategic relationships with key regional and national healthcare systems, key accounts, and influential stakeholders.
- Monitor and analyse sales performance metrics (revenue, activities, conversion rates) and take corrective actions as necessary.
- Embrace & enable change to simplify, scale & innovate, acting as a senior commercial role model within the region.
- Demonstrate proficiency in leading complex sales cycles typically defined as six months or longer with multiple partners, decision-makers, and influencers at multiple levels.
- Provide input into regional business planning, market development initiatives, and therapy adoption strategies in collaboration with region and EMEA leadership.
Other Information
This role will require approximately 50-70% of travel to attend customer sites, along with travel to local, national, and EMEA meetings as required.
Education & special trainings:
Location
Job holder must be located in Switzerland or Austria
Experience
- Proven success over at least 5 years within a sales and/or commercial leadership role with demonstrable examples of leading others.
- Demonstrated success in roles requiring advanced strategic account judgment, therapy or patient pathway development, and influence across multidisciplinary stakeholder groups.
- A strong track record of achieving and exceeding targets through individual and team performance.
- Ideally product and sales knowledge in the Medical Devices sector, or experience within a complex healthcare or theatre environment.
- Commercial skills in leading a profit centre, with experience contributing beyond a single territory to broader market or regional objectives.
- Experience using CRM systems and strong MS Office skills.
- Experience in the Vascular therapy area is preferred
- Strong commercial acumen and strategic mindset
- Initiative-taking and results-driven
- Highly confident and competitive
- Strong communicator with the ability to influence at multiple levels
- Collaborative approach, building strong relationships internally and externally
- Leadership, strategic and proactive
- High integrity & strong ethics
- Negotiating skills and understanding the power of persuasion
- Strong sense of responsibility and ownership
- Conflict resolution and critical thinking skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Decisiveness and asser
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