[Remote] Vice President of Sales - Healthcare Payer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Inizio Partners is a company focused on providing integrated solutions in the healthcare payer domain. They are seeking a Vice President of Sales who will lead the acquisition of new payer clients and shape complex deals, leveraging AI and analytics to improve business performance and member experience.

Responsibilities

• Own new logo acquisition across payer accounts, leading the full sales cycle from prospecting and opportunity creation through deal shaping, negotiation, closure, and early-stage expansion
• Position our client as a differentiated partner by connecting payer challenges to integrated solutions across AI, analytics, digital, clinical services, utilization management, care management, payment integrity, and contact center operations
• Build trusted relationships with senior business, clinical, and technology leaders, including CXOs, and translate their priorities into compelling, high-value transformation opportunities
• Create and manage a strong pipeline of strategic opportunities, with disciplined execution, clear conversion rigor, and consistent focus on revenue growth
• Lead cross-functional solutioning by aligning sales, operations, product, legal, and delivery teams to develop proposals and commercial models that address complex payer needs
• Bring market insight and competitive awareness to help shape offerings, strengthen our client's positioning, and identify whitespace for growth across the payer landscape
• Support a strong post-win transition by ensuring alignment on client expectations, solution scope, and ramp-up plans that enable long-term account success

Skills

• Deep experience in new business development, strategic solution sales, or complex deal leadership within healthcare, with strong payer experience required
• Demonstrated success selling AI, analytics, digital, platform-enabled, or technology-enabled solutions, with the ability to translate innovation into business value for payer clients
• Strong understanding of payer operating models, including clinical services, utilization management, care management, payment integrity, contact center, and broader operational workflows
• A track record of opening doors, building executive relationships, and winning opportunities via a consultative sales approach building inside large, matrixed payer organizations where trust, timing, and influence across multiple stakeholders within a payer organization matter
• Confidence engaging business, clinical, and technology stakeholders, with the ability to articulate differentiated solutions clearly and credibly across audiences
• Strong commercial judgment, executive presence, communication skills, and a structured yet entrepreneurial approach to navigating complex sales cycles
• Bachelor's degree in business, healthcare, technology, or a related field required; MBA, advanced degree
• 15+ years of relevant experience in sales, business development, account growth, in the Healthcare payer space

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