Molecular Account Executive - Minneapolis, MN

What You'll Work On

• Work across multiple stakeholders, including C-suite, to expedite complex decisions and achieve quick wins.
• Drive market share growth by identifying and cultivating new business opportunities across the territory.
• Develop and deploy best practices, leveraging customer insights to exceed business expectations.
• Prioritize and plan effectively, cutting through complexity to streamline business operations.
• Leverage cross-functional teams and resources successfully in a collaborative environment.
• Build trust and long-term partnerships with customers by understanding their needs and delivering win-win solutions.
• Anticipate sales shortfalls and implement contingency plans through effective troubleshooting and problem-solving.
• Manage complex, long-term capital sales cycles with strategic foresight.
• Understand client goals through strong relationships across stakeholders (e.g., laboratory, procurement, medical directors, clinical engineering, C-suite) and quantify the impact of Abbott solutions.
• Collaborate with the Enterprise Account Manager (EAM) to secure business in large hospital systems.
• Manage and drive the renewal process to ensure customer retention and satisfaction for non-enterprise accounts.

Territory

This is a US remote field-based role. Candidates must reside in territory. The ideal candidate would be based out of Minneapolis, MN. The territory covers Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, U.P. of Michigan, and South & North Dakota. Ability to travel 50% to 75% within the assigned territory and periodically throughout the United States to support business needs. Valid driver's license required.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum of 4 years of sales, account management, or related business experience.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills with a polished, professional presence and proven customer-facing experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to manage change, champion innovation, and drive new ideas through the organization.
• Strong business planning, organizational, and analytical skills, with keen attention to detail.
• Customer-focused mindset with a commitment to delivering exceptional service and building long-term partnerships.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience using Salesforce.com or comparable Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems.
• Thorough documentation and administrative skills, including timely and accurate call/activity reporting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Sale experience in diagnostics or laboratory
• 2+ years of experience in capital sales or similar
• Proven success in strategic sales, including exceeding plans and turning around underperforming territories.
• Experience in capital sales and/or multi-stakeholder environments, developing and selling customized solutions to senior-level/C-suite executives.
• Makes logical timely decisions based on analysis and experience
• Persuades others to support a course of action, acts proactively to originate actions to improve existing conditions and process
• Ability to learn technical and scientific knowledge and utilize in selling situations