Area Director, Interventional Glaucoma

*The ideal candidate will live in Los Angeles, San Diego or Orange County. 

Job Summary

The Area Director will be responsible for leading a Sales Manager team to achieve top line revenue and sales targets, execute strategic business initiatives and navigate emerging challenges and obstacles within a specific Area. The Area Director will collaborate with other functional Area Director counterparts, Strategic Accounts and Market Access teams to achieve commercial objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and Manage team in designated Area.
• Develop, coach and guide Sales Manager team to achieve assigned sales goals and targets in the Area. 
• Recruit, hire, train and coach Sales Managers to hit program goals that are in line with company goals and strategies. 
• Have core foundational knowledge of functional business: product, clinical & reimbursement knowledge; account onboarding; sales resources & processes; business reviews; and optometric engagement strategies, and other emerging initiatives. 
• Engage and manage Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs); within ophthalmic and optometric community in Area. 
• Co-travel regularly with Sales Managers to observe and develop skills, improve effectiveness and guide territory strategies. 
• Work in the field to lead by example to show the Sales Managers what Glaukos expects daily basis. 
• Provide ongoing direction to sales team on strategic business activities and initiatives that will drive successful attainment of short term and long terms sales targets. 
• Identify and report on changes to market dynamics, business challenges or opportunities, and sales team engagement. 
• Attend national, regional state and local ophthalmology meetings when needed. 
• Monitor and evaluate the activities and products of competitors in the market.

Training 

• Train field on account on-boarding, business reviews, optometric education & engagement activities, customer presentations, staff education and clinical support. 
• Develop personalized training and development for each Sales Manager.
• Help develop and lead training for field team at regional or national sales meetings.

Teamwork 

• Create an environment of teamwork, collaboration and knowledge sharing within the team. 
• Work closely with other Area Directors to achieve growth targets for Corneal and Glaucoma business alike. 
• Partner with other departments within Glaukos and support efforts where applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Required.
• 10 plus years in sales and marketing experience required. Ophthalmic-related industry preferred. 
• Must have proven ability to train field sales peers required. 
• Proven ability to manage field sales team required.
• Must have extraordinary communication skills. 
• Must be able to create reports, budgets, and presentations using Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. 
• Proven record in setting, meeting and exceeding assigned goals and objectives. 
• Ability to build relationships, interact with all levels internally at Glaukos and at the customer level. 
• Working knowledge of SFDC or other CRM tools required. 
• Ability to comply with procedures and processes. 

Compensation: $157,700 – $197,100 + Variable Incentive/Bonus + RSUs

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