Sales Manager Peripheral (m/f/d) - South-West Germany

Penumbra Europe GmbH, part of the global MedTech company Penumbra Inc., is seeking an experienced Sales Manager Peripheral (m/f/d) for the South-West Germany region. This leadership role involves guiding a dedicated sales team in the Peripheral Vascular area, with increasing focus on cardiological applications, and actively developing the market. The position offers significant scope for shaping the market, team, and therapy areas within a highly dynamic environment with innovative products that directly improve patient care.

Must Have

• Lead and develop your team with clarity, empathy, and guidance, fostering individual strengths and independent work, coordinating closely with the Senior Sales Manager Peripheral Germany & Austria.
• Further develop clinical selling competencies, negotiation skills, and communicative impact of your employees.
• Identify potential, set clear priorities, and develop effective growth strategies with your team.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with KOLs, clinical decision-makers, purchasing, and administration.
• Shape team culture by creating an environment where employees feel heard, seen, and valued, actively fostering a performance-oriented, supportive collaboration.
• Lead through visibility and proximity to the market – hands-on, pragmatic, and regularly on-site with customers and your team.

Perks & Benefits

• Leadership role with real responsibility and the opportunity to actively shape the market, team and therapy areas.
• Highly dynamic environment with exciting pipeline (8 product launches in 2024 alone).
• Work on complex, clinically demanding products that immediately improve patient care.
• Company car for private use and a competitive bonus model.
• Annual fitness subsidy and access to the Employee Assistance Program.
• Two weeks paid Family Care Leave.
• Paid days off on December 24th and 31st.
• Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Program with 15% cashback.
• Comprehensive accident insurance for business trips.

Penumbra Europe GmbH is part of the internationally active Penumbra Inc. with headquarters in Alameda, California. As a global medical technology company with around 4,500 employees, we develop and distribute innovative solutions for neurovascular and vascular diseases and are represented in over 100 countries.

For the South-West Germany region, we are looking for an experienced, communication-strong leader as Sales Manager Peripheral (m/f/d) for the region in South-West Germany.

You will lead a dedicated sales team in the Peripheral Vascular area – with increasing relevance of cardiological applications and actively develop the market further.

Why you are exactly right with us

• Scope for design & influence: Leadership role with real responsibility and the opportunity to actively shape the market, team and therapy areas.
• Pure innovation: 8 product launches in 2024 alone – and more to follow. Highly dynamic environment with an exciting pipeline.
• Premium therapies with impact: Work on complex, clinically demanding products that immediately improve patient care.
• Attractive remuneration & mobility: Company car for private use as well as a competitive bonus model.
• Health & Wellbeing: Annual fitness subsidy and access to the Employee Assistance Program.
• Family-friendly culture: Two weeks paid Family Care Leave.
• More free time: Paid days off on December 24th and 31st.
• Long-term perspective: Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Program with 15% cashback.
• All-round protected: Comprehensive accident insurance for business trips.

Your Impact

• Lead & Develop: You lead your team with clarity, empathy and guidance, promote individual strengths and independent work and coordinate closely with the Senior Sales Manager Peripheral Germany & Austria.
• Coaching & Sales Excellence: You specifically develop clinical selling competencies, negotiation skills and the communicative impact of your employees.
• Strategic Market Development: You identify potential, set clear priorities and develop effective growth strategies together with your team.
• Stakeholder Management: You build and maintain strong relationships with KOLs, clinical decision-makers, purchasing and administration.
• Shape Team Culture: You create an environment in which employees feel heard, seen and valued – and actively promote a performance-oriented, supportive collaboration.
• Presence in the field: You lead through visibility and proximity to the market – hands-on, pragmatic and regularly "on site" with customers and your team.

What you bring

• At least 10 years relevant experience in the MedTech industry, ideally in Endovascular, Cardiovascular, Pulmonary Embolism or other complex, clinically demanding therapeutic areas
• Ideally around 3 years of experience in leading and developing employees, as well as a strong coaching mentality and enjoyment in developing teams.
• Demonstrable success in sales of premium products requiring explanation
• Confident clinical selling competence and secure collaboration with doctors, surgical teams and economic stakeholders
• Strong communication and listening skills, combined with empathy, clarity and commitment – even in challenging situations
• Pragmatic hands-on mentality, high flexibility and structured way of working
• Authentic, integral personality with an appreciative leadership style and genuine team orientation
• Ability to confidently lead price and benefit arguments and convey complex content understandably
• Fluent German and good English skills

If you are keen to advance high-quality therapies with us, lead a strong and small team and take on a key role in a growing market, we look forward to receiving your CV in English.

We welcome diversity and promote an inclusive working environment – every application is welcome, regardless of gender, origin, age, religion, identity or orientation.

If you would like to learn more about Penumbra's commitment as an employer to equal opportunities, please take a look at our AAP Policy Statement.