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    VP of Sales, Health Insurance Vertical

    Gradient AI

    Remote
    SaaS
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    Posted 1 week ago
    Work Type

    On-site

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

    jobscollider

    About this role

    This is a fully remote opportunity.

    Gradient AI:

    Gradient AI is revolutionizing Group Health and P&C insurance with AI-powered solutions that help insurers predict risk more accurately, improve profitability, and automate underwriting and claims. Our SaaS platform taps into one of the industry’s largest data lakes—tens of millions of policies and claims—to deliver deep, actionable insights.

    Trusted by leading carriers, MGAs, TPAs, and self-insured employers, Gradient AI has grown rapidly since our founding in 2018. Backed by $56M in Series C funding, we’re scaling fast—and it’s an exciting time to join the team.

    About the Role

    We are searching for a results-driven VP of Enterprise Sales to lead and grow a team of enterprise sales reps selling our AI-powered SaaS underwriting and analytics solutions to health insurance and

    benefits organizations. In this role, you’ll own your team’s pipeline, forecasting, and quota attainment while instilling a consultative selling mindset across the group. The ideal candidate has led or coached sales teams before, brings credibility across the health insurance ecosystem, and has experience rolling out new sales methodologies that actually stick.

    They thrive coaching reps through complex, multi-stakeholder deals and are comfortable representing their team’s results to leadership.

    How You Will Make an Impact

    Recruit, coach, and manage a team of enterprise sales reps, setting clear expectations around pipeline, forecasting, and consultative selling standards Own regional sales targets, ensuring the team hits, achieves, and exceeds monthly and annual quotas, with accurate forecasting and pipeline reporting in Salesforce Conduct regular 1:1s and pipeline reviews with each rep to identify coaching opportunities, remove blockers, and reinforce consultative selling as the standard, not a one-time initiative Lead by example on key deals, stepping into complex or strategic opportunities to model consultative

    Tools & Tech Stack

    Salesforce

    Selling Motion

    Sales Cycle

    Enterprise

    6–18 month cycles, complex multi-stakeholder deals

    Buyer Persona

    C-Suite

    Selling to executive decision-makers

    Territory

    Geographic

    Region-based territory assignment

    Requirements at a Glance

    Bachelor's Degree·Required
    Consultative Selling·Required skill

    Typical Day — Sales Manager

    Executive deal support3–5/week
    Forecast & commit2×/week
    Strategic deal coaching3–5/week

    Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.

    Role Signals

    Green Flags

    ✓
    Remote Friendly

    Location flexibility

    SaaS — Interview Intel

    Typical Sales Cycle

    30–90 days (SMB) · 3–9 months (Mid-Market) · 6–18 months (Enterprise)

    Common Buyer Objections

    • "We're locked into a contract with [competitor]"
    • "We built something in-house already"
    • "We don't have budget until next quarter"
    • "Our team won't adopt another tool"

    Key Industry Metrics

    ARR / MRRNet Revenue Retention (NRR)CAC Payback PeriodLogo Churn vs Revenue ChurnACV (Avg Contract Value)Magic Number

    Hot Topics to Reference

    • • AI-native product disruption
    • • PLG vs sales-led motion debate
    • • Vertical SaaS consolidation
    • • Usage-based pricing models

    Use these insights to speak the buyer's language in interviews.

    Tags

    sales
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    How do you coach underperforming reps?

    Template question
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    Describe your forecasting methodology.

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    How do you structure onboarding for new hires?

    Template question
    Research Gradient AI's product, recent news, and key competitors
    Prepare metrics: quota attainment %, average deal size, win rate
    Practice a 2-minute product demo pitch for a mock discovery call
    Review the job description and map your experience to each requirement
    Role Insights

    Sales leadership roles require balancing individual contributor revenue with team performance management.

    SaaS sales roles typically involve consultative selling with longer deal cycles.

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