VP of Business Development and Sales (Southwest) Job in Los Angeles, California US
Primary Responsibilities:
The Vice President of Sales Business Development is primarily responsible for generating revenue and developing new business through a consultative selling process. Vice Presidents independently develop and execute strategic plans for approaching and selling integrated health management solutions to an assigned prospect pool of Fortune 1000 companies and state employers. The VP is responsible for designing and selling solutions across a continuum of the industry's leading health products and services.
- Meet and build relationships with senior executives of large employers.
- Follow-up on prospect meetings and successfully negotiate and acquire new clients as well as expand our relationships with existing channel clients.
- Make presentations to employers, brokers, consultants and at industry functions to educate prospects on integrated health and productivity solutions.
- Establish strong working relationships with distribution channel partners and account managers.
- 5 to 10 years experience with selling or consulting on integrated health solutions
- Direct experience with health and wellness solutions, disease management, case management, health coaching, or behavioral health services is required
- Experience selling solutions to large, multi-faceted organizations
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build lasting client relationships
- A track record of initiative, creativity and motivation to surpass challenging performance goals
- Entrepreneurial drive, track record of initiative, personal responsibility, and ownership of work to meet monthly, quarterly and annual financial goals in a high growth organization
- Ability to manage sales process and forecast with precision
- Superior time management skills and strong attention to detail
- Strong analytics and real time judgment
- Maturity, poise, grace under pressure
- High energy, positive attitude and team orientation in all interactions
- Excellent presentation, writing, and negotiation skills, able to create and deliver convincing arguments covering a broad range of complex issues
- Outstanding organizational skills
- Background in healthcare, disease management, or healthcare consulting highly desirable
- BA/BS (advanced degree preferred)
- Willingness to travel (60-70% required)
OptumHealth is part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system.
If you want more meaning in your career - as a clinician or a business professional - think of OptumHealth as your calling.
By providing 58 million Americans with information, tools and solutions, we are helping to guide them through the health care system, financing their health care needs, and enabling them to achieve their personal health and well-being goals.
At OptumHealth, you will perform within an innovative culture that's focused on transformational change in the health care system. You will leverage your skills across a diverse and multi-faceted business. And you will make contributions that will have an impact that's greater than you've ever imagined.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.