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Area Sales Manager - Surgical Heart - Manchester
Manchester, Greater Manchester 396 191 GB
Job Description
We’re supporting a rapidly growing organisation within the cardiovascular space as they expand their portfolio with a new Surgical Heart product line. To strengthen their presence in the UK, they are looking for an Area Sales Manager with strong experience in surgical heart valves to support product adoption across the North West.
Role Overview
This is a high?visibility commercial role focused on driving regional growth for a newly introduced surgical heart therapy. You will work closely with cardiac surgeons, theatre teams, and multidisciplinary stakeholders to support case activity, build relationships, and elevate product utilisation across key cardiac centres.
You will join an established UK commercial organisation—already active in TAVI and Coronary therapy—with a dedicated specialist team now being built specifically for the Surgical Heart portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute regional sales strategies to grow adoption of the Surgical Heart product line
- Build and maintain strong relationships with cardiac surgeons, clinical staff, and hospital leadership teams
- Support case coverage, product demonstrations, education, and training activities
- Identify new business opportunities across the region and develop long?term account plans
- Collaborate closely with national sales leadership and cross?functional clinical teams
- Provide ongoing market insights to support strategic planning and product positioning
- First commercial experience within medical devices
- Essential: direct experience selling Surgical Heart technologies
- Background working for a major cardiovascular device manufacturer
- Comfortable working in clinical environments and supporting theatre?based activity
- Strong stakeholder management skills and a consultative, relationship?driven approach
- Motivated by new product introduction and early?stage market development
- A chance to be part of a new specialist team within a well?established cardiovascular organisation
- Opportunity to drive adoption of a new surgical heart therapy already entering the UK market
- Strong collaboration with existing national teams in TAVI and Coronary therapy areas
- High level of autonomy with strong internal support
If you’re a driven sales professional with proven experience in Surgical Heart products and looking to take ownership of a growing region, we’d love to hear from you.
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