Principal Sales Operations Analyst, NM

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Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit
- High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.

About the role:
The Principal Sales Operations Analyst is a strategic, data-driven leader responsible for optimizing commercial performance through territory design, quota setting, and advanced sales analytics. This highly visible role partners cross-functionally with sales leadership, marketing, finance, and product teams to ensure sales resources are deployed effectively, performance targets are grounded in market realities, and decisions are informed by rigorous analytics.

Operating in a complex medical device environment, this role balances geographic, clinical, and market dynamics to drive sustainable revenue growth, salesforce productivity, and operational efficiency.

Work model, sponsorship, relocation:
At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our local office at least three days per week. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time. Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.

Your responsibilities will include:

Territory design & optimization

Design, implement, and continuously optimize sales territories to balance workload, revenue potential, and market coverage.

Incorporate geographic factors (e.g., travel time, regional differences), healthcare infrastructure (e.g., hospital systems, provider density), and market segmentation (e.g., hospitals, clinics, outpatient centers).

Align territories to product strategies, differentiating between high-value capital products and high-volume consumables.

Analyze competitive landscape, market share, and growth opportunities to identify underserved or high-potential regions.

Partner with sales leadership to align territories with sales rep capabilities, experience, and specialization.

Regularly review and adjust territories based on performance data, market changes, organizational shifts, and field feedback.

Quota setting & performance management

Develop and manage sales quotas that are realistic, challenging, and aligned with corporate targets, territory potential, managerial input, and market realities.

Ensure quota methodologies reflect differences in geography, customer mix, product portfolio, and sales role scope.

Monitor sales performance against quotas to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.

Proactively adjust quota assumptions as market conditions, product focus, or organizational priorities evolve.

Partner with sales leadership and finance to ensure quotas support predictable revenue growth and effective capacity planning.

Sales analytics, forecasting & strategic insights

Analyze complex sales, market, and customer data to generate actionable insights for leadership and field teams.

Develop accurate short- and long-term sales forecasts informed by historical performance, market trends, and external factors (e.g., reimbursement changes, healthcare regulations).

Define, track, and evolve key performance indicators (KPIs) that measure sales effectiveness, productivity, and operational efficiency.

Build and maintain advanced dashboards and reporting tools that clearly communicate insights, trends, and risks to stakeholders.

Provide strategic recommendations related to territory design, pricing, customer segmentation, sales tactics, and resource allocation.

Integrate external market signals, competitive intelligence, and healthcare policy developments into analyses.

Cross-functional leadership & influence

Serve as a trusted advisor to sales leadership, marketing, finance, and product teams on commercial…