Senior Account Executive, Payer Sales

The SSI Group, LLC.•Mobile, AL

2d•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Account Executive – Payer Sales will establish and develop healthcare payer sales and growth strategy. Reporting to the CPSO, Senior Account Executive for Payer Sales will be an integral part of the payer services team. In this role, you will be responsible for generating, qualifying, and closing sales in the Healthcare Payer space. This is a hunter role as well as business development, responsible for selling EDI, payer gateway, adjudication and clinical data exchange solutions that solve interoperability issues within the healthcare vertical.

Requirements

Proven track record of consistently meeting or exceeding quota through aggressive new-logo acquisition and selling to VP- and C-level health plan leaders.
Strong discovery and listening skills, with the ability to quickly translate prospect and account insights into a targeted sales strategy and compelling value proposition.
Ability to independently manage multiple prospects, opportunities, and priorities across a fast-paced territory.
Strategic, consultative thinker focused on innovative, measurable solutions while maintaining a persistent bias for action and closing business.
Ability to perform under pressure, prioritize high-value opportunities, and sustain prospecting activity throughout long, complex sales cycles.
Superior communication skills with small and large audiences, including executive-level presentations and persuasive business-case development.
Competitive, goal-oriented self-starter with a strong hunter mentality, disciplined prospecting habits, and the ability to think strategically and thrive in a scaling business.
Enthusiastic and team-oriented, with the tenacity to open doors independently and the ability to establish relationships with key stakeholders.
Effective communication, negotiation, and objection-handling skills, with the resilience to navigate difficult situations and move opportunities forward.
Excellent problem-solving skills and resourcefulness in overcoming prospecting, competitive, and deal-stage obstacles.
Extensive business experience and strategic knowledge of healthcare payer buying processes, competitive dynamics, and complex enterprise sales.
Advanced proficiency in Salesforce, including account and contact management, activity tracking, opportunity-stage discipline, pipeline reporting, forecasting, dashboard usage, and data-quality maintenance; proficient in the Microsoft Office suite.
Excellent analytical abilities
Outstanding written and oral communication skills
High attention to detail
Must be able to see clearly with or without corrective lenses and hear clearly with or without aids.
Must be able to use hands, fingers and wrists, repetitively, using a computer keyboard and other office equipment, regularly.
Must be able to proficiently speak, read and write in English.
Ability and willingness to travel up to 50%.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Salesforce software preferred

Responsibilities

Source and identify business opportunities within an assigned territory
Conduct lead generation, prospecting, forecasting and other sales activities to build an optimal sale pipeline
Manage new accounts and sell within all levels, utilizing a consultative/solution selling approach to identify business needs, develop custom solutions and measure outcomes
Qualify opportunities, obtain customer commitments, negotiate and close contracts
Collaborate with implementation and delivery teams to ensure products and services fully meet customer expectations
Manage complex sales cycles and sell to multiple levels within the payer space, including commercial and government payers
Manage the end-to-end sales process with the direct reports, including client communications, presentations, RFP submissions, client negotiations and closing the deal
Collaborate with internal teams and leadership to ensure client growth goals are consistently achieved
Stay abreast of industry changes