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Cardiovascular/Metabolic Business Director- West

Boehringer Ingelheim

Bakersfield, CAFull-time$230–346K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$230–346K/yr
Location
Bakersfield, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree, requiredValid Driver's License, required

Job overview

The Cardiovascular/Metabolic Business Director leads a regional sales team and drives regional sales performance, business planning, and customer engagement. The role collaborates with health systems, payor sales, and other partners to pursue commercial opportunities, while hiring, developing, and motivating staff and managing regional budgets. It requires substantial healthcare, business, or pharmaceutical experience, leadership experience, and proficiency with common office and database applications.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Strategic Planning, requiredCustomer Segmentation, requiredMarket Analysis, requiredCardiovascular and Metabolic Expertise, requiredManager Development, requiredCross-Functional Collaboration, requiredExcel, requiredWord, requiredOutlook, requiredDatabase Applications, requiredOrganized Customer Experience, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree, required10+ Years Healthcare, Business, or Pharmaceutical Experience, required3+ Years Leadership Experience, requiredValid Driver's License, requiredAcceptable Driving Record, requiredBroad Multifunctional Experience, nice to haveConsistent Strong Performance, requiredTravel 75%+, requiredLive Within Assigned Market Area, required

Benefits

Relocation Assistance

Full job description

Description

The Cardiovascular/Metabolic Business Director (CMBD) will be responsible for leading a regional sales team in achieving assigned goals/objectives. The CMBD will be responsible for collaborating with the Health Systems and Payor Sales teams to ensure maximization of commercial opportunities within the prioritized customer account space. ln addition, the position ensures that customer and market opportunities (including priority and nonpriority health system accounts) are identified and understood, and that appropriate action is taken to influence positive outcomes for BI business interests. The Cardiovascular/Metabolic Business Director will also be responsible for hiring, training, developing, and motivating staff inclusive of change management opportunities within the region. The position also exercises fiscal control on allocated operating budgets and key elements of the regional P'L.As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Provides direction and leadership to Cardiovascular and Metabolic Business Managers to ensure regional sales performance and other key performance indicators (KPIs) meet or exceed annual Company net sales and KPI objectives. Implements a regional net sales strategy and business plan to be executed through the Business Managers. Exercises fiscal control on allocated operating budgets and key elements of the regional P'L.

  • Ensures that the region is staffed with qualified, highly motivated commercial team personnel. Inspires ownership, accountability, initiative, and engagement within the entire team by regularly communicating BI's vision, business objectives, performance outcomes, and future action steps. Actively develops people within their organization, and supports learning opportunities and encourages others to own their careers and take full advantage of BI career development offerings. Drives performance management of all personnel in the region including all disciplinary action to ensure personnel are meeting or exceeding expectations in their roles.

  • Leads the development of the regional business plan, including new launch products, and ensures alignment with account plans and organizational goals. Ensures implementation and ongoing measurement of the business plans.

  • Provides strategic input and thought leadership on business planning for prioritized health systems including deployment of resources.

  • Develops customers, networks, and their relationships to foster Company business by anticipating and influencing evolving market dynamics. Responds to the needs of the customer in a timely and professional manner. Develops strong working relationships with internal business partners. Collaborates on joint business planning and execution with overlapping managers and team members in Health System Sales, Payor Sales, Field Based Medicine and HEOR. Develops strong working relationships with BIPI’s co-promotion and other customer facing partners to meet all assigned Company net sales goals.

  • Performs all Company business in accordance with all regulations (e.g., EEO, FDA, DEA, OSHA, PDMA, EPA, PhRMA, etc.) and Company policies and procedures. When violations are noted/observed they are to be immediately reported to management. Demonstrates high ethical and professional standards with all business contacts in order to maintain BIPI's excellent reputation within the medical and pharmaceutical community.

  • Perform Company business in accordance with all regulations e.g. EEO, FDA, OSHA, PDMA, EPA, PhRMA, etc. and Company policies and procedures.

Compensation Data

External Postings:

The base salary range for the CV/Metabolic Business Director position is $230,400K to $345,600K.

The position may be eligible for a role specific discretionary bonus, relocation, and/or other compensation elements. We continuously review market data and may adjust salary ranges as needed in the future. Actual compensation will be based on job-related factors such as skills, experience, and qualifications, and other factors permitted by law. For an overview of our benefits please click here (https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/us/careers/explore-our-company/benefits-rewards) .

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution is required.

  • A minimum of ten (10) years successful healthcare, business, or pharmaceutical experience, or equivalent.

  • A minimum of three (3) years successful leadership experience, or equivalent.

  • Ability to identify strategies with greatest business impact, formulate an appropriate business plan and enroll their teams to execute the plan.

  • Thorough understanding of customer segments and regional market dynamics within all therapeutic areas.

  • Organized Customer experience preferred.

  • Broad multi-functional experience including experience in (e.g., marketing, managed markets, operations, analytics, etc.) preferred.

  • In depth knowledge of evolving market, proven expertise in CV/Metabolic space, experience managing and developing managers; matrix environment where cross-collaboration amongst field teams is required.

  • Experience in Cardiovascular and Metabolic preferred.

  • Demonstrated history of consistent strong performance.

  • Proficiency in Excel, Word, Outlook, and database applications.

  • Ability to travel 75%+ Should live within geographical area or within in reasonable distance of assigned market.

  • Valid Driver's License and an acceptable driving record.

JOB ID

39178

Job function

Sales

Career level

Experienced professionals

Organization

BI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Working time

Full-Time

Job flexibility

Field

Boehringer Ingelheim is an equal opportunity global employer who takes pride in maintaining a diverse and inclusive culture. We embrace diversity of perspectives and strive for an inclusive environment, which benefits our employees, patients, and communities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to a person’s actual or perceived race, including natural hairstyles, hair texture and protective hairstyles; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; citizenship status, marital status; gender, gender identity or expression; sexual orientation, mental, physical or intellectual disability, veteran status; pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law

How this job compares

Set against the 1,375 open Sales Director jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$230–346K/yr
  • California median$155–250K/yr111 salary ranges
  • US median$154–235K/yr958 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $288K, is 36% above the California median midpoint ($212K) — in the middle half of Sales Director salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 134 open Sales Director jobs in California and 1,375 across the US. 17% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience; Sales Director postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (1,061 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 362 of the 1,375 open Sales Director jobs (26%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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