Area Sales Director

It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do at Intuitive. As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, our technologies—like the da Vinci surgical system and Ion—have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide.

We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world.

The problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life.

If you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare, you’ll find your purpose here.

Position’s Objective & Summary:

The Area Sales Director plays a critical role in building the da Vinci surgical programs in India.  Area Sales Director is responsible to drive the capital selling process end to end. They are responsible for developing and executing the short, and long term System sales strategy for India. This will include growing our Installed base in identified focus segments -National and Regional IDN’s as well as the Government sector. They will also be responsible for hiring, training, and development of a dynamic Intuitive India Capital Sales Team.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Be responsible for strategic planning and execution in alignment with the GM and other allied functions.
• Drive sales by analyzing territories and structuring sales quota goals and revenue expectations to achieve quarterly and annual objectives for the region
• Build close and trustful relationships to the key decision makers, both on the surgery and the hospital management side
• Build a highly motivated Sales Team by hiring, training, developing and retaining top talent to drive adoption of da Vinci surgery
• Provide coaching and development across the organization with the goal of developing future leaders and stronger sales people as the company grows
• Lead, assist and coach the team in the following areas:
  • Negotiating key accounts and further developing KOLs
  • Corporate, and capital sales presentations
  • Organize and manage territory growth
  • Building country specific clinical and economical validation of da Vinci Surgery
  • Closing deals, sales presentations, and developing end user business plans
• Educate Sales teams on new product information or new information on existing products
• Forecast Sales and manage quarterly and annual quota targets
• Manage expenses within the budget
• Lead and support SFDC utilization across the team.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering/life science/business discipline is a must
• A master’s degree (MBA) is preferred
• 10+ years Sales experience, with a proven track record in managing and developing a sales force in the medical device industry
• Strong background in selling medical capital equipment
• Cross functional management
  • Seeks broad business knowledge
  • Building Collaborative relationships
  • Manage Conflict
• Surgical and/or Operating Room experience
• Business acumen and market knowledge of the local region
• Capacity and desire to learn new technology in a self-led manner
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Extensive travel (50%+) expected.  This might include some international travel.

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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who are nationals from countries currently on embargo or sanctions status.

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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 candidate’s experience, knowledge and skills.

Compensation will be based primarily on the job level at which the role is filled and the

candidate’s qualifications, consistent with applicable law.