Account Executive, Screening Sales (Detroit West) Birmingham, Farmington Hills, Clarkston, Milford, Commerce

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 Account Executive and work hand in hand with sales leadership to help set go-to-market sales strategy and launch a revolutionary new technology for cancer screening. The field-based Account Executive - Screening 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, maximize promotional budgets, and execute the national sales strategy in accordance with Guardant Health standards. 
• Drive 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. Initiate and secure lab service draw agreements, in-service and train specimen collection, workflow and
• 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. 
• Structure detailed strategic plans for gaining and retaining new and existing clients. 
• Manage implementation 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 culture 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

• 4+ years of direct experience in a customer-facing sales role in the healthcare industry (diagnostics, medical device and/or pharmaceutical sales) with a solid history of 1) consistent closing abilities and 2) proven past performance that has met and exceeded expectations. 
• Comfortable communicating, presenting, selling to healthcare providers and office staff members.  
• Impeccable oral and verbal communication and presentation ski