Leadership hiring
Hire a Regional Sales Director (RSD) — Medical Device
RSDs own a region of managers and quota—coaching cadence, talent calls, and specialty execution. Hire for leadership systems, not only a past personal book.
Coaching cadence
Managers improve when RSDs install rhythm.
Forecast truth
Regions fail when optimism replaces process.
Talent calls
Hiring and exits are the job—not optional.
What strong leaders deliver
- Coach RSMs/DMs to run specialty-fit hiring and performance conversations
- Install forecast and pipeline hygiene across the region
- Protect key accounts while expanding coverage with the right headcount plan
- Partner with marketing and clinical on launches without losing field focus
- Make clear talent decisions when territories underperform
Interview prompts
- How do you run a forecast review with your managers?
- Tell me about a hiring miss in your region—what changed afterward?
- How do you coach a manager who avoids tough rep conversations?
- Walk through a specialty launch you led across multiple territories.
- How do you decide when to backfill vs restructure a territory?
Signals to weigh heavily
- Evidence of developing managers—not only carrying a book
- Forecast stories grounded in process and inspection
- Specialty fluency matching your portfolio
- Comfort exiting underperformance with fairness and speed
- Can describe a regional turnaround with people and metric moves
Hiring a medical device RSD?
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