Key Customer Manager

Primary Function of Position:

The da Vinci Key Customer Manager plays a critical role in building and developing the installed base of da Vinci Surgical Systems within key customer accounts in assigned territory. 

The major responsibilities are to manage and direct the corporate level sales of da Vinci Surgical Systems and to grow the utilization through increased procedures strategic accounts. This will be accomplished through a variety of activities including hospital/account specific activities and direct interaction with ISI da Vinci Sales Managers and Sales Representatives.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Provide first point of contact for all capital related activities in a specified account portfolio with account management team.
• Responsible within a specified account portfolio for the capital system placement driven through direct and indirect teams; collaborate with both capital and clinical teams to manage and increase the system install base.
• Expand capital pipeline beyond what the field is working on (i.e.: surgical indications that are not part of the CORE business focus).
• Work with customer to remove barriers to expand access to grow the clinical business.
• Develop customers clinical programs to have robotic steering group meetings.
• Work with clinical team and customers on quantifying the impact of da Vinci.
• Assists the Sales Directors with the negotiation of Contract and Sales at the individual strategic hospitals and local Trust / ICS hospitals within the specified account portfolio.
• Expedite both near- and long-term system pipeline across a specified account portfolio.
• Develop & implement strategies for early-stage new product launches that accelerate procedures and capital placements.
• Implement the customer alignment strategy.
• Develop and implement training curriculums for Academic accounts for surgical trainees and fellowships.
• Work collaboratively with Government affairs Media MACA GAVE Clinical affairs clinical and capital team on ICS strategies and be the point person for ICS in strategic regions.
• Demonstrate collaborative leadership and influence management.
• Develop general executive development activities (round tables executive sessions business alignment meetings kick-off meetings etc.).
• Foster creative solutions and idea sharing for common problems.
• Manage key surgeons/customer relationships.
• Teach how to build KOL reference and QTI sites for scalability across a specified account portfolio.
• Teach how to build centers of reference with multi-specialty programs with clinical operational and executive references.
• Provide clients with product information demonstrations etc.
• Active involvement in weekly and quarterly sales planning process.
• Manage expenses within budget.

Qualifications :

Required Knowledge Skills and Experience:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience required. 
• Minimum 7 years experience in the medical device industry.
• At least 2 years of Influence and/or Direct Sales Management Experience.
• Capital sales experience a plus.
• Proven track record of high performance and collaboration in various sales roles.
• Strong Account Management and Value Selling.
• Proper understanding/knowledge of healthcare trends in UK & Ireland and healthcare network organizations.
• Excellent communication presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Fluency in English.
• Computer literate.
• Ability to travel up to 80% dependent upon account distribution.

Additional Information :

Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity national origin color age religion protected veteran or disability status genetic information or any other status protected under federal state or local applicable laws.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

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Certain information you provide as part of the application will be used for purposes of determining whether Intuitive Surgical will need to (i) obtain an export license from the U.S. Government on your behalf (note: the governments licensing process can take 3 to 6 months) or (ii) implement a Technology Control Plan (TCP) (note: typically adds 2 weeks to the hiring process).  

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This position may be filled at a different job level than listed here depending on
business need and/or on the selected candidates experience knowledge and skills.
Compensation will be based primarily on the job level at which the role is filled and the
candidates qualifications consistent with applicable law.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time