Medtronic

Sales Training & Education Consultant - CST

Medtronic$138K — $207K *
Healthcare
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma with 14+ years' relevant experience or equivalent titles in a clinical setting or Baccalaureate Degree with 10+ years experience in a related field.
  • Proven expertise in sales training development and educational program design, especially for commercial teams.
  • Experience with adult learning principles and instructional methodologies.
  • Strong understanding of large capital-equipment sales and complex sales cycles.
  • Ability to translate clinical and technical information into engaging training content.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design of sales training programs to boost commercial performance.
  • Translate customer insights and sales success into impactful learning experiences.
  • Develop sales enablement tools such as workshops, coaching materials, and simulations.
  • Partner with leadership and product teams for alignment of training with market strategies.
  • Conduct assessments to identify skill gaps and educational needs within the team.
  • Act as a trusted advisor for commercial leaders on consultative selling and competitive differentiation.
  • Facilitate advanced learning experiences for various commercial training initiatives.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Life insurance and long-term disability leave.
  • Tuition assistance and reimbursement programs.
  • 401(k) plan with employer contributions and match.
  • Paid time off and paid holidays.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan and incentive plans.
Full Job Description
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 21 Jul 2026

A Day in the Life
At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. This position is remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts. This role will require 30% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

Hiring Manager has a strong preference for candidates to based in Lafayette, CO but could be open to remote work for highly qualified candidates.

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

In this role, you will operate at the intersection of sales, marketing, and education-owning the end-to-end development of sales training programs.
  • Lead the design and evolution of CST's large capital selling capability strategy, developing scalable learning solutions that strengthen commercial performance across Capital Managers, ET ASMs, DMs, AiBLE SSTs, NRCs, and other commercial roles.
  • Translate proven sales success, customer insights, and field best practices into impactful learning experiences that teach how to position, differentiate, and sell complex capital technologies in competitive clinical and business environments.
  • Design and develop comprehensive sales enablement programs including learning journeys, workshops, simulations, playbooks, coaching tools, certifications, and reinforcement strategies that accelerate field readiness and business impact.
  • Partner with sales leadership, marketing, and product teams to align capability development initiatives with go-to-market strategies, product launches, portfolio priorities, and evolving customer needs.
  • Conduct performance and capability assessments to identify skill gaps, root causes, and development opportunities, translating business needs into targeted education strategies.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to commercial leaders, providing expertise on consultative selling, stakeholder engagement, opportunity management, competitive differentiation, and large capital sales execution.
  • Develop and scale train-the-trainer and field coaching programs that enable leaders to reinforce key selling behaviors and create sustainable capability development across the organization.
  • Facilitate high-impact learning experiences, including advanced selling programs, new hire onboarding, national sales meetings, leadership workshops, and launch readiness initiatives.
  • Leverage innovative learning technologies, data, and AI-enabled platforms to improve learner engagement, adoption, performance, and scalability.
  • Measure business impact and learning effectiveness through performance metrics, field feedback, adoption indicators, and capability assessments, continuously optimizing programs to drive commercial outcomes.
  • Ensure all educational content aligns with clinical, regulatory, legal, quality, and compliance requirements while maintaining relevance and applicability to real-world selling environments.


Must Have: Minimum Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent with 14+ years of relevant experience in a clinical lab setting, clinical training, field sales/support in medical device, healthcare industry or equivalent experience OR Associate's Degree with 12+ years experience OR Baccalaureate Degree with 10+ years experience.

Nice to Have
  • Experience designing and developing sales training curricula, learning journeys, playbooks, job aids, coaching resources, workshops, simulations, and other sales enablement tools.
  • Experience applying adult learning principles, instructional design methodologies, and learning needs analysis to create effective commercial education programs.
  • Demonstrated ability to translate complex clinical, technical, and commercial information into engaging, actionable, and scalable learning experiences.
  • Deep understanding of large capital equipment sales, consultative selling methodologies, complex sales cycles, stakeholder-based selling, and opportunity management.
  • Experience developing role-based training programs and capability-building initiatives for sales representatives, sales managers, clinical specialists, or other customer-facing teams.
  • Experience facilitating instructor-led, virtual, and blended learning programs for commercial audiences.
  • Experience measuring training effectiveness through learning assessments, performance metrics, business impact measures, and data-driven program improvements.
  • Experience leveraging learning technologies, learning management systems (LMS), CRM platforms, digital learning tools, microlearning platforms, or AI-enabled learning solutions.
  • Experience partnering with sales, marketing, product management, clinical, and other cross-functional stakeholders to develop education strategies and support product launches.
  • Experience coaching sales professionals on consultative selling, stakeholder engagement, competitive differentiation, and customer value messaging

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. a7 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship

At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.

Recruitment Fraud Alert

We are aware of phishing scams targeting job seekers. Please keep the following in mind:

Apply only through official Medtronic channels. All legitimate Medtronic recruiting communications come from approved Medtronic platforms and official [redacted].com email addresses.

Medtronic will never ask for payment or sensitive personal information (such as bank account or Social Security details) during early stages of the hiring process. Any such requests are not legitimate.

If you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Medtronic, do not respond, click links, or open attachments.

If you have any questions, concerns regarding the authenticity of a communication alleged to have been made by or on behalf of Medtronic, please contact us immediately at [redacted].

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.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$138,400.00 - $207,600.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

Medtronic plc is an Irish-domiciled multinational medical device company that develops and manufactures medical device technologies and therapies to treat chronic diseases worldwide. Medtronic was founded in 1949 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as a medical equipment repair shop. Today, the company operates in more than 160 countries and employs over 90,000 people. Medtronic's primary products include implantable pacemakers and defibrillators, insulin pumps, spinal and neurostimulation devices, surgical tools, and patient monitoring systems. The company is committed to improving patient outcomes and expanding access to healthcare through innovative medical technologies.
Learn more about Medtronic
Size
95,000 employees
Market Cap
$102.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$2.8 billion
Founded
1949
5 Year Trend
+1.3%
Revenue
$27.9 billion
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