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 visitand follow the company onLinkedInX (Twitter)andFacebook.
Job Description
Oncology Sales is a dedicated organization inside Guardant Health focused on the commercialization of the Guardant 360 (Liquid CDx and Tissue) Reveal and Response portfolio. The Oncology Sales singular focus on bringing our cancer tests to market allows us to act with the speed and urgency needed to achieve our ambitious goals and serve the patient population who can benefit from our advanced analytics and proprietary testing.
This position will have a primary focus on early stage MRD Reveal tests.
About the Role:
This is an opportunity to join the growing Oncology Sales commercial team at Guardant Health as an experienced field-based Account Executive and work hand in hand with sales leadership to drive market sales strategy and business expansion for Oncology healthcare providers and offices. The field-based Account Executive - Oncology Sales are responsible for the effective promotion of our liquid biopsy products and for identifying new opportunities to build relationships with healthcare practices cancer centers IDNs and academic medical centers within the assigned territory. This position will act with urgency drive and passion to deliver best-in-class oncology diagnostic products and services for cancer patients.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Execute commercial field sales strategy with targeted oncology customers to drive sales and achieve business objectives.
Develop strong customer relationships that enable opportunities to engage target customers on Guardant Healths portfolio of products
Develop and execute detailed local collaborative strategic plan for gaining and retaining new and existing customers. The plan should be inclusive of budgets travel territory management resource use goal setting etc.
Collaborate and coordinate with internal partners and leadership to ensure the successful attainment of company goals and objectives
Continually analyze the competitive landscape and environment within assigned accounts to determine trends and provide customer feedback to GHleadership.
Monitor the performance of sales and make compliant and on-strategy adjustments to ensure objectives are met
Embrace embody and represent the Guardant Health company culture and values at all times to external and internal constituents.
Required Qualifications
Minimum 3 years of field-based account-focused healthcare sales experience (with a preference in a molecular diagnostic setting) with a history of above-average performance that has met and exceeded expectations.
Resides in the territory or within 25 miles of territory boundary
Four-year university degree (B.S. in life science biology business or marketing preferred)
Preferred Qualifications
Strong understanding of molecular diagnostics for oncology and the evolving competitive landscape
Demonstrated measurable revenue generation and/or quota attainment at either a diagnostic pharmaceutical or relevant biotechnology company.
Ability to engage in a consultative selling process that overcomes objections and indifferences while connecting client needs with GHcapabilities
Comfortable communicating presenting selling to customers at all levels (C-suite D-suite etc.)
Understanding of the payor and reimbursement environment in the oncology and diagnostic space
Ability to work independently communicate proactively manage multiple projects and prioritize daily tasks while managing critical deadlines
Ability to maintain an outstanding level of market customer distribution and product knowledge necessary to accomplish sales and marketing objectives
Excellent knowledge of oncology hematology chemotherapeutics and targeted agents
Excellent negotiation and customer service skills
Outstanding strategic sales account planning skills
Superior listening and problem-solving skills
Ability to handle sensitive information and maintain a very high level of confidentiality
Demonstrate consistent closing abilities throughout the sales cycle
Impeccable verbal communication and presentation skills
Must be proficient with all Microsoft Office products particularly Excel and PowerPoint
Effective and regular utilization of platforms such as Veeva and
Ability to develop and utilize cross-functional relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals and objectives.
Ability to work effectively with minimal direction from or interface with manager
Problem solving decision making and technical learning
Strong administrative skills and sophistication to manage business in complex environments
Demonstrate GHIs Values by acting with integrity respect trust and possess a very positive attitude and an understanding of the dynamics involved with organizational growth and change
Frequent travel ( > 50%) throughout the territory as needed
Education:
B.S. in life science biology business or marketing preferred
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Hybrid Work Model: This section is applicable to onsite employees who are eligible for hybrid work location as specified by management and related policies. Guardant has defined days for in-person/onsite collaboration and work-from-home days for individual-focused time. All U.S. employees who live within 50 miles of a Guardant facility will be required to be onsite on Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays. We have found aligning our scheduled in-office days allows our teams to do the best work and creates the focused thinking time our innovative work requires. At Guardant our work model has created flexibility for better work-life balance while keeping teams connected to advance our science for our patients.
Employee may be required to lift routine office supplies and use office of the work is performed in a desk/office environment; however there may be exposure to high noise levels fumes and biohazard material in the laboratory to sit for extended periods of time.
Guardant Health is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our hiring processes for candidates with disabilities long-term conditions mental health conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs. If you need support please reach out to
A background screening including criminal history is required for this role. GH will consider qualified applicants with criminal arrest or conviction histories in a manner consistent with applicable law including but not limited to the LA County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).
Guardant Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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