Associate Account Executive, Screening Sales (Vermont, VT)

Company Description

Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on guarding wellness and giving every person more time free from cancer. Founded in 2012, Guardant is transforming patient care and accelerating new cancer therapies by providing critical insights into what drives disease through its advanced blood and tissue tests, real-world data and AI analytics. Guardant tests help improve outcomes across all stages of care, including screening to find cancer early, monitoring for recurrence in early-stage cancer, and treatment selection for patients with advanced cancer. For more information, visit guardanthealth.com and follow the company on LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and Facebook.

Job Description

This is an opportunity to join the growing Screening and Early Detection commercial team at Guardant Health as a field-based Associate Account Executive and work hand in hand with sales leadership to help support go-to-market sales strategy and launch a revolutionary new technology for cancer screening. The field-based Associate Account Executive is responsible for effectively promoting cancer screening colorectal cancer (CRC) liquid biopsy to healthcare providers in the primary care practice setting. This position will act with urgency and with passion to deliver best-in-class new products for early cancer detection.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Prospect and target healthcare providers for high utilization of SHIELD to screen patients for CRC and other cancers. 
• Meet or exceed sales goals and maximize promotional budgets in support of the national sales strategy in accordance with Guardant Health standards. 
• Seek out strategic business expansion/collaboration opportunities with primary care providers and their practices. 
• Develop and implement a business plan in line with brand strategy to support launch. 
• Identify and partner with national, regional and local laboratories that offer phlebotomy draw agreements.
• Identify opportunities in the marketplace, share best practices, and proactively communicate strategies to cross-functional partners and members of the Commercial Team.
• Continually analyze competitive landscape and environment within assigned accounts to determine trends and provide customer feedback to GHI leadership. 
• Recommend detailed strategic plans for gaining and retaining new and existing clients. 
• Manage implementation in the assigned territory of all promotional activities to support sales and marketing strategies, in accordance with high industry standards and company policies. 
• Work effectively with individuals across multiple departments throughout Guardant Health. 
• Collaborate and coordinate with sales team to ensure successful attainment of company goals and objectives. 
• Embrace, embody and represent the Guardant Health company values at all times to external and internal constituents. 
• This is a field-based role – must have ability to travel daily within assigned territory and some travel outside of assigned area for regional or national meetings. 
• Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork. 
• Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures. 

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ experience in a customer-facing field-based sales role
  • Preferably in the healthcare industry (diagnostics, medical device and/or pharmaceutical sales)
• Solid history of consistent closing abilities and proven past performance that has met and exceeded expectations. 
• Exceptional verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• Ability to engage in a consultative selling process that overcomes objections and in