The Cigna Group

Director of Sales

The Cigna Group
Posted 10/21/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLeadWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in enterprise healthcare sales, with a strong focus on building executive-level relationships and managing complex sales cycles. Proficient in utilizing Salesforce for pipeline management and forecasting while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver customized client solutions.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Enterprise Healthcare Sales ExperienceExecutive-Level Relationship ManagementSalesforce Pipeline ManagementComplex Sales Cycle ManagementHealthcare Benefits Knowledge

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Drive net-new logo acquisition within an assigned territory through strategic prospecting, executive relationship development, and disciplined pipeline management
  • Develop and execute territory and account strategies, buyer engagement plans, and opportunity-specific sales motions
  • Lead complex consultative sales processes involving clinical, operational, financial, technology, procurement, legal, and executive stakeholders
  • Understand prospect benefit strategies, plan designs, funding arrangements, member engagement challenges, and total cost of care objectives to position MDLive solutions
  • Build and maintain executive-level relationships with health plans, employers, consultants, TPAs, health systems, brokers, and strategic partners
  • Collaborate with Product, Clinical, Network, Operations, Finance, Legal, Implementation, Marketing, and Client Success teams on customized solutions and customer lifecycle execution
  • Coordinate and lead internal deal teams from opportunity development through contracting, implementation readiness, and transition to Client Success
  • Navigate organizational structures, procurement processes, stakeholder dynamics, and decision-making frameworks
  • Maintain pipeline, forecasting, and opportunity management in Salesforce
  • Develop pricing strategies, financial proposals, and business cases
  • Monitor competitive activity, market trends, virtual care innovations, and healthcare benefit developments
  • Provide market feedback and customer insights to influence product development, pricing, and go-to-market initiatives
  • Manage and develop assigned direct reports through coaching, performance management, and professional development
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Demonstrated success meeting and exceeding enterprise sales quotas in healthcare, digital health, benefits, or virtual care markets
  • Proven track record of acquiring net-new logos and building pipeline through proactive business development efforts
  • Deep understanding of healthcare benefits, plan design, funding arrangements, and employer and health plan buying processes
  • Strong knowledge of the virtual care, digital health, and healthcare benefits ecosystem
  • Ability to manage complex, detail-oriented sales cycles involving multiple stakeholders and extended purchasing timelines
  • Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop customized client solutions and navigate operational, clinical, technical, and contractual requirements
  • Established executive-level relationships within health plans, employers, consultants, TPAs, and healthcare organizations
  • Strong executive presence with demonstrated success engaging C-suite decision makers
  • Exceptional organizational, analytical, and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
  • Ability to rapidly learn new products, market dynamics, and healthcare trends
  • Positive, collaborative, team-first mindset with a strong work ethic and high degree of accountability
  • Strong negotiation, communication, presentation, and relationship management skills
  • Experience utilizing Salesforce and related sales technologies to maintain accurate forecasting and pipeline visibility
  • Experience utilizing AI tools on a day-to-day basis to support workflows and create efficiencies
  • Ability to work effectively across complex organizations and influence outcomes without direct authority
  • 10+ years of enterprise healthcare sales experience
  • Demonstrated success selling to health plans, large employers, consultants, TPAs, and healthcare organizations
  • Proven history of achieving or exceeding annual sales quotas and revenue targets
  • Experience selling solutions requiring coordination across clinical, operational, financial, technology, and executive stakeholder groups
  • Bachelor's degree preferred
  • Experience with provider network strategy or network contracting strongly preferred
  • Experience managing opportunities through implementation and client transition processes preferred
  • Ability to travel up to 40%
  • Required home internet: cable broadband or fiber optic service with at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Remote work arrangement
  • Up to 40% travel
  • Internet service requirement for home working: cable broadband or fiber optic with at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload
  • Professional development for assigned direct reports
  • Tobacco-free policy

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Hard Skills
Sales Quota AchievementBusiness DevelopmentPricing Strategy DevelopmentFinancial Proposal CreationMarket Trend AnalysisConsultative Sales ProcessStakeholder EngagementNegotiation SkillsProject ManagementOpportunity Management
Soft Skills
Organizational SkillsAnalytical SkillsCommunication SkillsPresentation SkillsTeam Collaboration
Tools & Technologies
SalesforceAI ToolsVirtual Care SolutionsHealthcare Technology
Industry Keywords
Healthcare BenefitsDigital HealthVirtual CareEmployer Buying ProcessesHealth Plan RelationshipsProvider Network StrategyClient Transition Processes