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Cardiovascular Specialist

Merck
August 19, 2026
On-site
St. Louis City County, MO
Sales
Territory Assignment:
- Field-based sales role covering the St. Louis, MO territory and surrounding areas.
- Overnight travel may be required about 25% to support client meetings and ensure territory coverage.

Position Overview:
- Develop and manage relationships with health care customers, including cardiologists, primary care, and other health care professionals.
- Engage with physicians’ offices, integrated delivery systems, pharmacies, and hospital clinics.

Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute a territory-level business plan in alignment with policies, standards, and ethics.
- Maintain current product knowledge and required certifications.
- Conduct balanced and compliant product sales discussions aligned with product labeling.
- Provide management updates on customer needs, marketplace dynamics, and progress toward quality goals.
- Use headquarter-approved information regarding approved products, disease, and marketplace.
- Monitor business performance against objectives using company tools.

Qualifications:
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) or high school diploma/equivalent with 0–3 years relevant experience (S1) OR 3+ years sales experience (S2) or at least 6 years relevant experience.
- Analyze complex data to develop strategic sales plans.
- Comfortable using digital tools to engage health care professionals.
- Flexible/adaptable to changing market conditions.
- Strong interpersonal, analytical, and communication skills; works independently and collaboratively.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Live in the territory or within 25 miles (metro) / 75 miles (non-metro); relocate at own expense if outside.

Preferred Experience/Skills:
- Sales/account management/consultative or customer service background.
- Experience analyzing metrics; at least 3 years relevant sales experience.
- Cardiovascular sales experience with relationships with cardiologists and endocrinologists.
- Ability to simplify complex information; advanced analytics; multi-channel tools; proactive, agile growth mindset.

Required Skills (examples):
- Account Management, Client Relationship Building, Customer Engagement/Needs Assessments, CRM, Market Analysis/Dynamics, Medical Sales, Product Knowledge/Sales/Rollouts, Progress Monitoring.