Our healthcare system is the leading cause of personal bankruptcy in the U.S. Every year, over 50 million Americans suffer adverse financial consequences as a result of seeking care, from lower credit scores to garnished wages. The challenge is only getting worse, as high deductible health plans are the fastest growing plan design in the U.S.

Cedar’s mission is to leverage data science, smart product design and personalization to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. Today, healthcare providers still engage with its consumers in a “one-size-fits-all” approach; and Cedar is excited to leverage consumer best practices to deliver a superior experience.

The Role

As the VP of Sales, you will lead and manage the aggregate sales process with prospective, enterprise level health system clients. Given the complexity of our clients, candidates must have experience navigating relationships with multiple stakeholders of large enterprises, as well as the ability to successfully execute a consultative sales style.

Successful candidates are strategic, quick thinkers and problem solvers. The ideal candidate has a track record of closing deals, generating leads, pitching to new clients, and selling in a consultative manner. This candidate is a great collaborator, internally and externally, and is also an effective relationship manager. Candidates should also be ready to play a role in all aspects of the commercial business including build-out of internal company processes, recruiting, and interfacing with Cedar’s product & engineering teams.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain relationships with prospective client partners
Act as a strategic thought partner for leaders of client organizations throughout the sales engagement process
Create compelling business cases for clients and shape key company materials such as pitch decks and case studies
Navigate clients from the sales engagement through the on-boarding process including contracting
Help shape Cedar’s commercial strategy in existing and new business areas
Help build out internal processes for the Sales team
Identify market needs and engage with Cedar’s product and engineering teams to evaluate

Required Skills & Experience

8+ years in business development, consulting, or sales
Prior healthcare experience is required
Track record of managing relationships with high-level enterprise clients
Gravitas and communication skills to engage senior executives of large enterprises
Comfortable working on a small team and a dynamic environment
Collaborative team player excited to work on big problems
Track record of building successful strategic client relationships and managing complex projects

Compensation Range and Benefits

Salary: $190,000
This role offers a variable component of $190,000
This role is equity eligible
This role offers a competitive benefits and wellness package

*Subject to location, experience, and education

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What do we offer to the ideal candidate?

A chance to improve the U.S. healthcare system at a high-growth company! Our leading healthcare financial platform is scaling rapidly, helping millions of patients per year
Unless stated otherwise, most roles have flexibility to work from home or in the office, depending on what works best for you
For exempt employees: Unlimited PTO for vacation, sick and mental health days–we encourage everyone to take at least 20 days of vacation per year to ensure dedicated time to spend with loved ones, explore, rest and recharge
16 weeks paid parental leave with health benefits for all parents, plus flexible re-entry schedules for returning to work
Diversity initiatives that encourage Cedarians to bring their whole selves to work, including three employee resource groups: be@cedar (for BIPOC-identifying Cedarians and their allies), Pridecones (for LGBTQIA+ Cedarians and their allies) and Cedar Women+ (for female-identifying Cedarians)
Competitive pay, equity (for qualifying roles), and health benefits, including fertility & adoption assistance, that start on the first of the month following your start date (or on your start date if your start date coincides with the first of the month)
Cedar matches 100% of your 401(k) contributions, up to 3% of your annual compensation
Access to hands-on mentorship, employee and management coaching, and a team discretionary budget for learning and development resources to help you grow both professionally and personally

About us

Cedar was co-founded by Florian Otto and Arel Lidow in 2016 after a negative medical billing experience inspired them to help improve our healthcare system. With a commitment to solving billing and patient experience issues, Cedar has become a leading healthcare technology company fueled by remarkable growth. "Over the past several years, we've raised more than $350 million in funding & have the active support of Thrive and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).

As of November 2024, Cedar is engaging with 26 million patients annually and is on target to process $3.5 billion in patient payments annually. Cedar partners with more than 55 leading healthcare providers and payers including Highmark Inc., Allegheny Health Network, Novant Health, Allina Health and Providence.

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