Account Manager III

Kaiser Permanente

Oakland, CA(remote)

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$95,200–$123,090 Per Year
SKILLS
Accounting, Alliance/Partner Management, Best Practices, Brokerage, Business Administration, Business Support, Consulting, Cross-Functional, Cross-Selling, Customer Experience, Customer Relations, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Customer Support/Service, Customer Training, Detail Oriented, Develop and Maintain Customers, Diversity, Establish Priorities, Exceeded Sales Goal, Finance, Health Insurance, Health Plan, Healthcare, Insurance, Marketing, Mentoring, Negotiation Skills, Partner Sales, Performance Metrics, Performance Reviews, Pricing, Problem Solving Skills, Procurement Planning, Product Demonstration, Product Pricing, Retention Programs, Sales, Sales Management, Sales Prospecting, Sales Strategy, Set Goals, Standards Strategy, Strategic Planning, Team Player, Telemarketing, Time Management, Up-Selling, Worker's Compensation
LOCATION
Oakland, CA
POSTED
Today
Job Summary:

Implements standard and non-standard sales and retention strategy for health insurance or workers compensation accounts with minimal guidance. Utilizes opportunities, resources, technology tools, and customer performance data (e.g., cost utilization, financial, clinical)to inform account planning, and gain buy-in from senior leaders. Builds and maintains relationships with customers, consultants, brokers, and/or channel partners, including providing information and working product knowledge, and resolving or escalating concerns. Builds working knowledge of customerbusinesses and develops account strategies in alignment with customer goals. Collaborates internally and externally to develop account strategy, including contributing to communication, and providing assistance to customer channel. Follows best practices and established timelines to execute sales and renewals, including administration, negotiations, presentations, rate, product and benefits with minimal guidance. Is accountable for Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to support the sustained growth and competitive position of KP in the market.
Essential Responsibilities:

  • Pursues effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources, information, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides mentoring to team members. Pursues self-development; creates plans and takes action to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; influences others through technical explanations and examples. Adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Supports and responds to the needs of others to support a business outcome.
  • Completes work assignments autonomously by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area to generate creative solutions; ensures all procedures and policies are followed; leverages an understanding of data and resources to support projects or initiatives. Collaborates cross-functionally to solve business problems; escalates issues or risks as appropriate; communicates progress and information. Supports, identifies, and monitors priorities, deadlines, and expectations. Identifies, speaks up, and implements ways to address improvement opportunities for team.
  • Provides a positive customer experience within market turnaround expectations by: building and maintaining strategic relationships with customers, consultants, brokers, and/or channels while acting as the KP representative to ensure contract, benefit/service, and renewal activities; demonstrating comprehensive product knowledge when educating customers, consultants, brokers, and/or channel partners, resolving moderately complex questions or concerns; building a comprehensive understanding of prospect or customer business to ensure that Request for Renewal (RFR) response and engagement strategies are in alignment with customer goals; partnering with engagement team/specialist to monitor engagement programs (e.g., member wellness) with minimal guidance; and providing accurate information including recommendations for new products, benefits/services offerings, and pricing models to address customer, consultant, broker, and/or channel needs with minimal guidance.
  • Demonstrates commitment to KP sales and retention goals by: implementing standard and non-standard strategies to meet or exceed targets for retention and growth for accounts in the Book of Business; holding accountability for Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and maintaining updated Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform. and contributing to the sustained growth and competitive position of KP in the market.
  • Contributes to the execution of sales and renewals by: implementing the RFR process end-to-end, following established timelines and best practices; executing standard and non-standard sales and renewals including administration, negotiations, and presentations and rate product and benefit/service validation; ensuring that contracts, pricing, and membership accounting implement the negotiated terms for sales and renewals; and creating cross-sell and upsell opportunities to increase growth and retention.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Core)
  • Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management
  • Attention to Detail
  • Business Knowledge
  • Communication
  • Critical Thinking
  • Cross-Group Collaboration
  • Decision Making
  • Dependability
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support
  • Drives Results
  • Facilitation Skills
  • Health Care Industry
  • Influencing Others
  • Integrity
  • Learning Agility
  • Organizational Savvy
  • Problem Solving
  • Short- and Long-term Learning & Recall
  • Teamwork
  • Topic-Specific Communication
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Functional)
  • Benefits/Services
  • Benefits/Services Presentations
  • Customer Experience
  • Goal Setting
  • Member Service
  • Negotiation
  • Sales Opportunity Orchestration
  • Sales/Partnership Strategy and Techniques
Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelors degree in Marketing, Finance, Business Administration, or related field AND minimum two (2) years of experience in sales, customer service, telemarketing, account management, health plan administration, insurance, or a directly related field OR minimum five (5) years of experience in sales, customer service, telemarketing, account management, health plan administration, insurance, or a directly related field.
  • Accident and Health Insurance License (California) within 3 months of hire

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Two (2) years of experience in group health care benefits sales, account management, and/or implementation, or a directly related field.
  • Health Insurance License in state(s) where applicable.


Primary Location: California,Oakland,1800 Harrison
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Working Hours Start: 08:30 AM
Working Hours End: 05:00 PM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Remote
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-PO-01|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Department: Novato 7200 Redwood Blvd Offcs - Grp Reltn-Area Account Mgmt - 7016
Pay Range: $95200 - $123090 / year Kaiser Permanente is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not include the value of our total rewards package. Actual pay determined at offer will be based on years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills and geographic location along with a review of current employees in similar roles to ensure that pay equity is achieved and maintained across Kaiser Permanente.
Travel: Yes, 20 % of the Time
Remote: Work location is the remote workplace (from home) within KP authorized states. Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.

About the Company

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Kaiser Permanente

At Kaiser Permanente, we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence. Driven by our mission to provide the highest quality preventive medicine, we are committed to eliminating health care disparities, and to making lives better through innovation, technology, and research. Our desire to deliver the best possible care inspires us to promote wellness among our members, communities, and each other. It also fuels our belief that everyone — regardless of circumstance — deserves access to affordable care, which further drives our motivation to expand our reach. Founded nearly 80 years ago, our unique business model sets us apart — positioning us to drive improvements across the industry and around the world.
COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Healthcare Services
FOUNDED
1945
WEBSITE
http://www.kp.org/careers