Vice President, Growth
Job Summary
The Vice President Growth will lead MHKs sales sales enablement and marketing functions. This role will be responsible for developing and executing an integrated growth strategy that expands MHKs market presence increases new-logo and existing-client revenue strengthens competitive positioning and supports the companys strategy toward AI-enabled healthcare technology.
The ideal candidate is a proven healthcare technology executive with deep experience working with health plans payers pharmacy benefit organizations and care management leaders. This individual will bring a strong understanding of payer operations including care management utilization management member administration pharmacy quality compliance complaints appeals and grievances and interoperability.
The Vice President Growth will report to the COO and will partner closely with Product Client Experience PMO Strategic Consulting Engineering Finance and Operations to align market demand sales strategy product capabilities and commercial execution.
Position Responsibilities:
Growth Strategy and Execution Leadership
- Execute MHKs enterprise growth strategy across new business existing-client expansion cross-sell up-sell and strategic market opportunities.
- Execute on clear revenue bookings pipeline win-rate average contract value and client-expansion objectives.
- Maintain a qualified measurable pipeline that supports the companys financial and growth targets.
- Translate market trends customer needs competitive intelligence and industry changes into actionable commercial priorities.
- Strengthen MHKs market positioning and differentiation across its legacy platforms interoperability capabilities and SmartProminence AI-enabled workflows.
- Represent MHK with senior executives industry leaders strategic partners analysts and prospective customers.
- Regularly update the executive team regarding pipeline health market conditions sales performance competitive activity and growth risks.
Sales Leadership
- Lead the sales organization including enterprise sales account growth strategic accounts and executive selling.
- Enforce a disciplined repeatable sales methodology from prospecting and qualification through solution design proposal negotiation and close.
- Increase sales forecasting accuracy pipeline inspection opportunity qualification deal progression and close rates.
- Build trusted relationships with CEOs CIOs COOs clinical executives population health leaders pharmacy executives and other decision-makers within health plans and payer organizations.
- Drive executive-level engagement in strategic pursuits and major client expansion opportunities.
- Partner with Client Experience and Product leadership to develop account plans for strategic customers and protect long-term revenue.
- Ensure sales activity is aligned with MHKs product strategy pricing models and customer commitments.
Sales Enablement
- Further enhance our scalable sales enablement program equipping the sales team to sell MHKs business value clinical expertise technology and AI strategy.
- Update and maintain sales playbooks buyer personas competitive battlecards discovery guides value propositions proposal and RFP content case studies and demonstration standards.
- Ensure sales team is proficient in MHKs products payer workflows industry trends competitive landscape and approved sales tools.
- Partner with Product Strategic Consulting Solutions Architecture and Client Experience teams to improve demonstrations and solution presentations.
- Enhance onboarding coaching certification and ongoing development programs for the growth organization.
- Improve collaboration and handoffs across Marketing Sales Solutions Consulting Legal Finance Professional Services and Client Experience.
- Use sales performance data to identify skill gaps process friction and opportunities to improve productivity and win rates.
Marketing Leadership
- Lead the execution of MHKs marketing strategy brand messaging demand generation content events public relations and digital presence.
- Clarify MHKs market identity competitive advantage and value proposition for health plans PBMs and other payer organizations.
- Develop integrated campaigns that generate qualified demand and support strategic sales priorities.
- Position MHK as a trusted partner in payer transformation care management modernization interoperability workflow automation and responsible AI adoption.
- Oversee thought leadership industry participation client advocacy customer stories webinars conferences and executive events.
- Align marketing programs with target accounts priority markets product launches competitive campaigns and revenue objectives.
- Establish meaningful marketing performance metrics including marketing-sourced pipeline campaign conversion engagement cost per opportunity and revenue contribution.
- Ensure all marketing and sales materials accurately reflect MHKs capabilities customer outcomes security posture implementation approach and product roadmap.
Customer Market and Product Alignment
- Cultivate a deep understanding of payer business challenges regulatory requirements clinical operations financial pressures and technology buying criteria.
- Bring customer and market insights back into Product Clinical Engineering and executive planning processes.
- Partner with Product leadership to refine packaging positioning pricing and go-to-market plans for new capabilities.
- Support commercialization of MHKs AI-enabled solutions SmartProminence interoperability offerings and workflow-specific solutions.
- Identify opportunities to improve customer outcomes reduce operating costs increase operational efficiency and demonstrate measurable return on investment.
- Participate in strategic client meetings executive business reviews industry events and customer advisory activities.
Position Requirements:
- 10 or more years of progressive experience in healthcare technology payer services enterprise software consulting or a related industry.
- At least 7 years of sales marketing business development or commercial leadership experience.
- Demonstrated experience selling technology and services to health plans managed care organizations PBMs government programs or other payer organizations.
- Deep knowledge of healthcare payer operations particularly care management utilization management member administration pharmacy quality compliance and appeals and grievances.
- Proven success leading enterprise sales cycles with complex buying groups and lengthy procurement processes.
- Experience building and managing high-performing sales marketing or revenue organizations.
- Demonstrated ability to develop pipeline improve sales discipline close complex transactions and grow existing accounts.
- Strong understanding of healthcare technology trends interoperability cloud platforms workflow automation analytics and artificial intelligence.
- Experience developing sales enablement programs commercial playbooks and market-facing messaging.
- Exceptional executive presence communication negotiation presentation and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively across Product Clinical Engineering Client Experience Professional Services Finance Legal and Operations.
- Bachelors degree in business healthcare administration marketing technology or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
Education/Certification Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in business healthcare administration marketing technology or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
Additional Requirements:
- Experience with care management utilization management pharmacy enrollment complaints appeals and grievances or population health platforms.
- Experience selling SaaS managed services technology-enabled services or enterprise healthcare solutions.
- Experience commercializing healthcare technology products.
- Established relationships with health plan and payer executives.
- Experience leading growth in a mid-sized healthcare technology company.
- Familiarity with CMS programs Medicare Advantage Medicaid commercial insurance PBM operations and healthcare interoperability requirements.
At MHK we help health plans and pharmacy benefit managers deliver optimal care management across every members health journey. We do this through state-of-the-art technology that provides critical insights from member enrollment and maintenance through every stage of care and compliance. We believe that long-term partnerships are built on trust. Our team members are expected to build trusted advisory relationshipswith MHK clients and one anotherthrough responsive transparent communication while honoring commitments and tying that trust to outcomes.
Benefits Snapshot:
Medical vision and dental plans for full time employees
401(k) offered with a generous match
Generous Paid Time Off and Holiday policy
Benefits begin on first day of the month following employment
Exercise/Health Club reimbursement opportunity
Monthly dependent care reimbursementopportunity
Short-Term and Long-Term disability
Basic Term Life and AD&D Insurance
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About Company
Hearst Television (HTV) owns and/or operates 35 television and two radio stations serving 27 media markets across 39 states reaching over 22 million U.S. television households. HTV is recognized as one of the industry's premier broadcasting companies and has been honored with numerous ... View more