Women are outnumbered in medical sales. In fact, in the 2017 Medical Sales Salary Report, 70 percent of the respondents were men. In addition, the report found that women earn just 83 percent of what men do and make up only 30 percent of the respondents.
While this picture seems bleak, if you look for
them, you will find highly successful women in medical sales. We’re talking to
these professionals to find out what it means to be a woman in the field and
what it takes to be successful.
If you would have asked Emma Tod two years ago
which direction her career was going, she never would’ve uttered a title
involving ‘manager.’ Now, as the manager of the national strategic accounts
team at Allergan, Tod still isn’t a fan of that specific title. Instead, she prefers
to fall under the category of ‘leader.’
As a leader, Tod’s passions are deeply rooted
in growing large, corporate accounts alongside her team. But work isn’t the
only place you’ll find her enjoying her time. Tod spends much of her time on
her two greater passions: her children and rowing.