Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

Join Medtronic and become part of a team dedicated to transforming the treatment of complex cardiovascular conditions. As a Sales Specialist – Aortic & Cardiac Surgery, you will partner with healthcare professionals to deliver innovative medical technologies that improve patient outcomes. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced medical device sales professional who enjoys working in a dynamic clinical environment, building trusted customer relationships, and contributing to the growth of a market-leading portfolio.

In this field-based role, you will work closely with hospitals and healthcare professionals across your assigned territory while collaborating with cross-functional teams. The position requires regular travel to customer sites, including operating rooms and catheterization laboratories (cath labs), to provide product support, clinical education, and case coverage. You will report to the Business leader and play a key role in driving business growth while ensuring an exceptional customer experience. Aortic and Cardiac Surgery technologies include medical devices and solutions used to treat diseases of the aorta and the heart through open surgical procedures.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Drive sales growth by promoting the Aortic & Cardiac Surgery portfolio within the assigned territory
• Build and maintain strong relationships with cardiac surgeons, vascular surgeons, operating room staff, and other key clinical stakeholders
• Provide clinical and technical support during procedures, ensuring the safe and effective use of Medtronic technologies
• Identify new business opportunities, develop territory plans, and achieve agreed sales objectives
• Deliver product presentations, clinical education, and training sessions for healthcare professionals
• Collaborate with internal teams to support customer needs, business initiatives, and product launches
• Maintain accurate customer records, sales forecasts, and market intelligence while ensuring compliance with company policies and industry regulations

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree
• Proven experience in medical device sales, preferably within cardiovascular, cardiac surgery, vascular surgery, or a related specialty
• Strong understanding of hospital workflows and the cardiovascular clinical environment
• Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills with the ability to engage healthcare professionals (HCPs)
• Demonstrated ability to identify business opportunities, manage a sales territory, and consistently achieve sales targets
• Valid driver's license and willingness to travel frequently within the assigned territory

Candidates who demonstrate a strong commercial mindset, a proactive approach to identifying and developing new business opportunities, and a genuine drive to exceed expectations will be highly regarded. We value individuals who are eager to expand their clinical and commercial expertise, take ownership of their territory, embrace new challenges, and build long-term partnerships with healthcare professionals through initiative, resilience, and a customer-focused approach.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

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Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Croatia: 34,400.00 EUR - 51,600.00 EUR | Slovenia: 49,600.00 EUR - 74,400.00 EUR |

Who We Are

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.

We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

What We Do

We change lives. Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team. With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer. By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…

• Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world

• Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities

• Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

How We Are Different

These commitments set our team apart from the rest:

Experiences that put people first. Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.

Life-transforming technologies. No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.

Better outcomes for our world. Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.

Insight-driven care. Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care

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