At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you’ll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers. We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon.
Please note that we are recruiting for two positions: one role will be responsible for the Northern Italy territory, while the other will oversee the Southern Italy territory.
As a Valeda Territory Manager supporting our Surgical Medical Retina business in Italy, you will be trusted to expand the adoption of Alcon’s innovative Valeda treatment platform by driving new account acquisition and accelerating treatment utilization across installed accounts. You will partner with retina specialists, ophthalmology clinics, and cross-functional teams to improve patient access and deliver sustainable business growth. In this role, a typical day will include:
- Identifying, developing, and converting new business opportunities across priority retina clinics, ophthalmology groups, and strategic accounts to expand the installed base of the Valeda platform.
- Leading the complete customer engagement journey from prospecting and value-based selling through business case development, negotiation, contracting, installation, and activation.
- Developing and executing account activation plans to accelerate clinic onboarding, reduce time to first treatment, increase patient flow, and drive ongoing treatment utilization.
- Collaborating with Marketing, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Technical Service, and Commercial Operations teams to deliver an outstanding customer experience and support local educational and demand-generation initiatives.
- Utilizing CRM tools, sales analytics, account performance data, and territory insights to manage pipeline health, forecast business performance, and achieve device placement, treatment utilization, and revenue objectives.
WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO ALCON:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Marketing, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years of successful experience in medical device sales, healthcare business development, or a similar commercial role.
- Proven ability to prospect, build strategic customer relationships, develop value-based business cases, negotiate successfully, and close new business opportunities.
- Strong experience engaging with physicians, clinic owners, practice managers, and other healthcare decision-makers.
- Demonstrated ability to combine commercial selling skills with account activation, project management, and customer success initiatives.
- Strong analytical and business acumen with experience using CRM systems, pipeline management tools, and sales performance metrics.
- Fluent Italian and English language skills.
- Ability to work independently while effectively collaborating within a cross-functional and entrepreneurial environment.
- Experience in ophthalmology, retina, diagnostics, therapeutic devices, or specialty medical technology.
- Experience launching innovative healthcare technologies or developing emerging markets.
- Understanding of healthcare economics, ROI-based selling, and customer value discussions.
- Experience supporting patient pathway optimization, practice development, and local demand-generation activities.
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE AT ALCON:
- Own the complete commercial journey for a breakthrough retina treatment platform, from new customer acquisition through long-term growth and utilization.
- Make a measurable impact on patient access, customer success, and business growth in one of Alcon’s most innovative therapeutic areas.
- Collaborate with a dynamic European team across Sales, Marketing, Medical Affairs, Market Access, and Commercial Operations while developing your commercial leadership capabilities.
This role can be based in Milan or Rome and requires extensive travel across Italy. Travel is expected to account for approximately 60-70% of working time to support customer engagement, business development, account activation, congress participation, and strategic growth initiatives.
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Starting Pay
46.750,00 EURPay Frequency
AnnualTotal remuneration consists of the starting pay, plus applicable variable compensation (including bonus) and country-specific subsidized benefits.
Bonus amounts, where applicable, are determined based on factors such as individual performance, job level, and company financial results.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Marketing, or a related discipline
- Minimum 5 years of successful experience in medical device sales, healthcare business development, or a similar commercial role
- Experience prospecting, building strategic customer relationships, developing value-based business cases, negotiating, and closing new business
- Experience engaging physicians, clinic owners, practice managers, and healthcare decision-makers
- Experience combining commercial selling with account activation, project management, and customer success initiatives
- Strong analytical and business acumen with CRM, pipeline management, and sales performance metrics experience
- Fluent Italian and English language skills
- Ability to work independently and collaborate cross-functionally
- Experience in ophthalmology, retina, diagnostics, therapeutic devices, or specialty medical technology
- Experience launching innovative healthcare technologies or developing emerging markets
- Understanding of healthcare economics, ROI-based selling, and customer value discussions
- Experience supporting patient pathway optimization, practice development, and local demand-generation activities
Alcon Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Alcon and has not been reviewed or approved by Alcon.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are framed as unusually strong, pairing a 401(k) match with an additional employer-funded retirement plan contribution. Stock purchase access and performance bonuses are also positioned as meaningful components of total rewards.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive across medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and mental health support. Distinctive vision-related perks, including free contact lenses in some cases, reinforce the perceived strength of the health-and-wellness offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are characterized as robust, including paid holidays, PTO/vacation, paid sick time, and parental leave. Flexible time off for certain exempt roles and reported year-end shutdown periods further strengthen perceived coverage.
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What We Do
Alcon helps people see brilliantly. As the global leader in eye care with a heritage spanning more than seven decades, we offer the broadest portfolio of products to enhance sight and improve people’s lives. Our Surgical and Vision Care products touch the lives of more than 260 million people in over 140 countries each year living with conditions like cataracts, glaucoma, retinal diseases and refractive errors. Our more than 20,000 associates are enhancing the quality of life through innovative products, partnerships with eye care professionals and programs that advance access to quality eye care.
