Field Specialist/Surgical Tech Educator - Northern California

As the only global provider of commercial solutions, IQVIA understands what it takes to deliver nationally and internationally. Our teams help biopharma get their medicines to the people who need them. We help customers gain insight and access to their markets and ultimately demonstrate their product's value to payers, physicians and patients. A significant part of our business is acting as the biopharma's field force to physicians or providing nurses to educate patients or prescribers. With the right experience, you can help deliver medical breakthroughs in the real world.

We are excited to announce that we are looking for a Field Specialist/Surgical Tech Educator to join our team of over 10,000 global field representatives in several regions making over 20 million product details annually for our pharmaceutical and biotech clients.  

The Field Specialist/Surgical Tech Educator will educate and inform end-users of safe and effective use of products across multiple portfolios.  Provide professional clinical support to customers in a hospital/operating room environment calling on physicians, nurses, and other non-clinical providers, through education and training. You will quickly become an extension and work collaboratively with our client’s field sales organization. This role requires collaboration with sales teams to build clinical credibility and peer rapport with customers. Pivotal to your success will be your ability to develop effective working relationships with the customers in your territory, with whom you'll interact on a regular basis.  This role will also be responsible for providing analytics as well deploying resources to non-clinical stakeholders.  Your primary focus will be in-servicing, education and analytics. 

Qualifications/Experience

• 4-year bachelor’s degree required
•  Operating Room Surgical Technologist certification preferred
• A minimum of 2-3 years of clinical experience in Medical Sales or Surgical Tech required; 3 -5 years of experience preferred
• Strong group presentation skills and experience in presenting clinical education
• Surgical leadership/management
• Assertive, ability to work independently and uncover opportunities
• Ability to plan and deliver formal presentations (large and small groups)
• Excellent written and verbal communication and organizational planning skills, including time and territory management and structured thinking in clinical procedure settings
• Analytical proficiency
• Strong MS Office, Word, Excel skill

Competencies

• Ability to promote the client’s Medtech team’s culture through positive, ongoing customer relationships
• This position also requires the ability to develop strong relationships with customers, both clinical and non-clinical, and within the client’s Medtech team
• Must have the ability to work both as a partner with sales representative and autonomously in the field, as needed
• The ability to display decisiveness and an understanding of business acumen in clinical situations is required
• Must be highly organized and possess strong communication skills
• Employee performance will be compared with other clinical Specialists; feedback provided accordingly 
• Candidates must have a valid driver's license
• As a salaried position, the hours are not restricted to “normal business hours” and ability to work flexible hours during days, nights and/or weekends as necessary is required.
• Travel is required as part of the position (approx. 50%)
• This position is bonus eligible, and the employee’s ability to meet the above requirements has a direct impact on this compensation

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IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

IQVIA is proud to be 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, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable law. https://jobs.iqvia.com/eoe

The potential base pay range for this role is $70,000 - $85,000 annually. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge, skills, education, and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part-time). Dependent on the position offered, incentive plans, bonuses, and/or other forms of compensation may be offered, in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.