Medical Device Sales

Actually attended Medical Sales College in Littleton CO. Tough field to get established in but very lucrative once you biuld relationships with doctors or hospitals/clinics. Make sure you feel comfortable selling. Good luck.

Get some bolt ons and be willing to "go the extra mile"

Sales experience is a must. I did insurance/finance for yearly 8 years before I got in. Unless you can find an associate role that is willing to take a shot or you know someone, it's nearly impossible to break in.

I got an associate role that I was in for a year and a half before being promoted. I'm on my second position now.

I also attended Medical Sales College back in 2016. I think that is a great route for the right person. Again, I had sales experience prior to going there so even though device sales is a completely different ball game, I had already had success selling. Sales is hard and a lot of people can't cut it. I believe Medical Sales College is what ultimately got me my first job in device.

Ask any other questions you may have. I absolutely love this industry.

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My ex girlfriend is in device sales for Medtronic. She had sales in her background for corporate telecom stuff early in her career and then went into nursing. So she had the clinical experience and the sales experience that she could spin into the medical device sales position. Was in a supporting role at Medtronic before moving to a full seller. When we split up I believe she was over $300k per year.

A couple thoughts:
- If you don't have a medical or clinical background it's going to be tough to get in
- A lot of the job (at least in her case) is actually being in procedures or surgeries and being a live consultant on how to use the device while the surgery is ongoing; to that end it could be really stressful
- The competence required for this kind of position is going to be 10x what would be required vs. just being a pharmaceutical rep, where you're glorified sample delivery and parroting the sales talking points you've been taught
- She was attractive, so that also helped

Have another good buddy who is not an attractive female but is really smart, funny, and gregarious. He's been with a couple smaller device companies in urology, and I think he recently landed a sweet gig where he's well over half a million per year.

Your options are to break in as an associate sales rep and basically grind out, for low to decent pay (depending on company), and grind for 2-3 years until you get a shot. This is assuming you prove yourself.

Or get a sales job outside of industry and have documented success. From here you’ll either try to connect to medical recruiters via LinkedIn and/or have a connection in med. device sales.

Good luck! I broke in at 23 and I’m 36 now.