Job Description

Description

SHIFT: Day Job

SCHEDULE: Full-time

Your Talent. Our Vision. At Anthem, Inc., its a powerful combination, and the foundation upon which were creating greater access to care for our members, greater value for our customers, and greater health for our communities. Join us and together we will drive the future of health care. This is an exceptional opportunity to do innovative work that means more to you and those we serve at one of America's leading health care companies and a Fortune Top 50 Company.

Director of Sales Support and Strategy Specialty Sales

Anthems Specialty Sales Division is looking to hire a Director of Sales Support and Strategy for its West Region (California, Colorado, and Nevada). This individual will manage a team of SARs (Sales Account Representatives) who do critical sales support work for new business and retention business. He/she will also function in a vital business strategy and process support role, in close partnership with our Specialty Sales Director, Local Commercial Management, and Specialty Staff VP of Distribution. Our ideal candidate has a health insurance sales, account management, or sales support background, experience managing a team, and experience in a strategic sales or sales operations role for a business unit.

Primary duties may include, but are not limited to: Manages sales support areas which may include broker call center, sales support staff, sales training and technology, broker administration, proposals, product development, or material distribution. Provides advanced support to all internal and external sales. Identifies best practices and implements processes. Develops sales support business plan. Hires, trains, coaches, counsels, and evaluates performance of direct reports.

[This position can work from anywhere in CA, CO, or NV, but the preferred location is anywhere in CA]

Qualifications

-BA/BS; 8 years of leadership experience; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

-Insurance experience required, can be from medical, dental, vision, life, or disability

Highly preferred experience:

-Former Large group health or life insurance sales, account management, or sales support experience

-Ancillary carrier experience preferred

-Experience in a sales strategy or sales operations leadership role.

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

Anthem, Inc. is ranked as one of Americas Most Admired Companies among health insurers by Fortune magazine and has been named a 2019 Best Employers for Diversity by Forbes. To learn more about our company and apply, please visit us at careers.antheminc.com. An Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran. Anthem promotes the delivery of services in a culturally competent manner and considers cultural competency when evaluating applicants for all Anthem positions.