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Regional Trauma Sales Representative - Central/MidAtlantic Regions

Stryker · WI · Remote available · Full time

Posted Jun 16, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 5, 2026

Likely interview questions for this role

Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

About your past

Tell me about a time you represented someone else's relationships and handed them back in better shape.

What they are checking: Whether they protect a teammate's accounts and avoid trying to claim them as their own.

This role covers a large region with heavy travel. How do you stay sharp and keep your life working when you're on the road most weeks?

What they are checking: Whether they have realistic habits to handle sustained travel without burning out.

Tell me about a time a high-pressure situation in a hospital or clinical setting went wrong. How did you respond?

What they are checking: Whether they keep composure and judgment when cases are urgent and outcomes matter.

What would you do

You'll often step into a territory while the regular rep is on leave. How do you earn a surgeon's trust in your first week?

What they are checking: Whether they can build credibility fast with surgeons who are loyal to someone else.

How would you prepare to cover a territory you've never worked, with cases starting the day you arrive?

What they are checking: Whether they have a quick, organized way to learn accounts, surgeon preferences and inventory before the first case.

Teaching hospitals have residents and attendings with different needs. How would you support both?

What they are checking: Whether they understand education is part of trauma sales and can support learners without slowing cases down.

How do you keep your sales manager and the home team informed when you're covering their territory?

What they are checking: Whether they communicate daily and keep everyone aligned, which the posting stresses for team culture.

A surgeon is frustrated that a needed set is missing at the start of a case you're covering. What do you do right then?

What they are checking: Whether they can solve the immediate problem calmly, then fix the gap in the process behind it.

About the work

Walk me through the instrumentation and implant choices for a common trauma case, like an intertrochanteric hip fracture.

What they are checking: Whether they have enough trauma knowledge to support cases without leaning on the surgeon or staff.

What does a Level 1 conversion mean to you, and how would you help a team win one?

What they are checking: Whether they understand competitive conversions in trauma and the case coverage and service needed to make them stick.

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The full job description

As published by Stryker.

Work Flexibility: Field-based Regional Trauma Sales Representative Location: This person can be located in any of the states listed here: Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, or Maryland. What you will do • The Regional Sales representative will be primarily responsible for providing support for territory leave of absence as directed by manager to include: • Support and sustain coverage in territory • Fostering & maintaining existing relationships with surgeons in territory • Upholding team culture and building strong relationships with Sales Manager and teammates through daily communication and acting as a team player • Represent Stryker as a leader in our industry and the marketplace by promoting our products to a sophisticated audience comprised of surgeons and healthcare professionals. • Responsible for providing excellent customer service to territory customer accounts, providing information on proper use and maintenance of Stryker products, product functionality and updates, changes to product portfolio, and educational programs • When not covering a LOA, Regional Representative will be responsible for: • Providing territory coverage for Level 1 conversions • Supporting Teaching Institutions • Overall territory support within region • Supporting Trauma Sales Education initiatives • On site support and training for Sales Enablement 201 training • Supporting Regional Events, to include but not limited to, sales representative training, assist field sales trainers, associate trainer • Travel up to 80-90% • Serves as the primary backup contact support for territory for Sales Representatives and Associates, as requested. • Completes Sales Representative training program, consisting of Employee Orientation, Center Training, Product Knowledge and Field Territory Training. • Attend surgeries in which Stryker Trauma products are used, to ensure all products are available for surgeon use in each case and to instruct surgeons regarding product use and functionality. • Work with sales teams to deliver excellent customer service and further develop and support the customer relationships • Identify the needs of new prospects and, in conjunction with the Sales Representative, develop appropriate responses. • Learn features and benefits of new products with ability to successfully use additional products as they become available. • Implement sales plans and marketing strategies to competitively position the organization. Following extensive product training, must be able to tailor Stryker’s promotional message based upon knowledge of the customer, to advise on appropriate product selection, to answer customer questions about product functionality, and to distinguish Stryker products from those of Stryker’s competitors. • Assist the Sales Representative in meeting and exceeding business targets (quotas) • This role supports the sales organization indirectly by providing exceptional customer service and account support, rather than carrying direct sales or quota responsibility, ensuring continuity of service while Leap Sales Representatives travel to cover territories impacted by medical leaves or other coverage gaps. This position plays a critical support function in enabling the broader sales team's effectiveness and ensuring uninterrupted service to our hospital partners. • Coordinates with manager and sales teams to assist in participating with on-call case coverage needs. • Acquire a basic understanding of the sales requirements, to include regulatory compliance issues. • Consistently comply with business principles (including AdvaMed): maintain the privacy and confidentiality of information; protect the assets of the organization; act with ethics and integrity; report non-compliance; and adhere to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements, and Company’s policies and procedures. • Assist in account problem resolution. • Maintain training in sales skills and products. • When necessary, market the product line to customers, based upon knowledge of functionality, features, and factors that differentiate Stryker’s Recon products from those of its competitors. • Maintain knowledge of the industry, customers, and competitive trends. • Participate in and attend sales meetings and professional association meetings outside of regular business hours, as required. What you need • 4+ years’ experience in a clinical healthcare or sales role/sales support role (or a combination of the two). • Trauma/Ortho Sales environment preferred • Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services, including marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems • Experience in building and maintaining relationships (with surgeons & hospitals in respective areas would be beneficial) • Excellent organizational skills and knowledge in the use of current office technologies (MSOffice suite, databases, etc.) • Must be comfortable in emergency/operating room environments This role is 100% commission and is eligible for bonuses + benefits. Travel Percentage: 80% Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability. Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. Stryker is driven to work together with our customers to make healthcare better. Employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required, depending on customer requirements, to obtain the COVID-19 vaccination as an essential function of their role.