Sales Account Manager - Telecommute in Central Phoenix, West Phoenix or Yavapai County, AZ

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The Sales and Account Manager (SAM) is a field based position charged with enrolling Medicare beneficiaries, residing in a skilled nursing or assisted living facility, into the UnitedHealthcare Institutional Special Needs Plan (ISNP) or the UnitedHealthcare Assisted Living Plan.

If you are located in Central Phoenix, West Phoenix or Yavapai County, AZ, you will have the flexibility to telecommute* as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Utilize the national sales model to generate leads and enroll beneficiaries into the UnitedHealthcare Nursing Home or Assisted Living Medicare Advantage plan
• Develop and manage account specific strategies to educate and engage facility personnel, resulting in the generation of interested residents and/or families (responsible parties)
• Utilize traditional sales strategies to uncover needs and introduce features and benefits of the plan
• Generate enrollments consistent with targets established for the territory
• Document all activity to ensure compliance with Medicare Marketing Guidelines

Job Duties:

• Participate on daily/weekly standup calls to report activity and month to day results
• Develop and maintain relationship with facility champion(s) through ongoing communication, education and demonstration of the value proposition
• Implement role specific processes designed to educate beneficiaries and generate interest in each assigned facility
• Enroll beneficiaries through appropriate use of face to face, telephonic or other enrollment strategies
• Demonstrate the value of the product to interested parties through the use of CMS approved enrollment materials, knowledge of the plan, and introduction of proof sources
• Update CRM on a daily basis to record interactions with beneficiaries and families
• Comply with all CMS, organization and departmental regulations and policies
• Provide market leadership with facility feedback relative to service and product acceptance

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Must have, or be able to obtain, appropriate state insurance licensure within 90 days of hire date
• Maintain licensure and product certification based on policies and procedures
• 2+ years of sales experience
• 2+ years of account management/territory management skills (including planning, documentation and measurement)
• Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Ability to work a variety of hours, early morning, evenings and weekends, as required by various sales activities

Preferred Qualifications:

• B2B and B2C experience
• Use of a CRM (salesforce, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience meeting or exceeding sales goals
• Maintain a state driver's license or arrange for transportation in the field
• Ability to travel 90% throughout the designated local territory

UnitedHealth Group requires all new hires and employees to report their COVID-19 vaccination status.

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OptumCare is committed to creating an environment where physicians focus on what they do best: care for their patients. To do so, OptumCare provides administrative and business support services to both owned and affiliated medical practices which are part of OptumCare. Each medical practice part and their physician employees have complete authority with regards to all medical decision-making and patient care. OptumCare's support services do not interfere with or control the practice of medicine by the medical practices or any of their physicians.

*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

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