Hybrid Payer Sales Development Representative

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About the role

  • Sales Development Representative creating pipeline growth in payer market at athenahealth. Engaging payer organizations to transform healthcare with innovative solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct targeted outreach to payer organizations through tailored emails and calls aligned with payer structure and strategy.
  • Research payer organizations to understand their markets, provider networks, and strategic priorities before engagement.
  • Engage payer executives and operational leaders with consultative messaging that uncovers workflow inefficiencies
  • Manage and maintain accurate records in Salesforce, ensuring clean notes, strong handoffs, and pipeline hygiene.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with sales, product, and provider teams to align messaging and strategy.
  • Handle objections professionally, particularly around existing solutions or provider-side focus, to advance conversations.
  • Support sales team initiatives by providing market insights and feedback from payer interactions.
  • Assist in refining outreach messaging based on engagement data and payer feedback.
  • Participate in team meetings and training sessions to deepen healthcare and payer knowledge.
  • Contribute to the development of sales collateral tailored to payer audiences.
  • Monitor industry trends and regulatory changes impacting payer priorities.
  • Help coordinate events or webinars targeting payer audiences.
  • Support administrative tasks related to sales development activities as needed.

Requirements

  • 1 to 2 years of experience in sales, healthcare, or related fields
  • Demonstrated understanding of payer operations including claims, prior authorization, eligibility, remittance, and value-based care basics
  • Familiarity with payer pain points such as administrative burden, provider abrasion, data accuracy, and interoperability challenges
  • Comfort with healthcare acronyms and workflows to engage in credible, consultative conversations
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to engage executive-level payer leaders
  • Experience or aptitude for targeted prospecting, account research, and objection handling
  • Proficiency with CRM tools, preferably Salesforce, and a data-driven approach to sales development.
  • Ability to work in a hybrid environment based in Boston, Austin, or Atlanta

Benefits

  • health and financial benefits
  • commuter support
  • employee assistance programs
  • tuition assistance
  • employee resource groups
  • collaborative workspaces
  • flexibility for better work-life balance

Job title

Payer Sales Development Representative

Job type

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

$48,000 - $82,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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