Account Executive – Columbia, MD

At UnitedHealthcare, we’re simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and equitable. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. 

We believe in making a difference on a scale you couldn’t imagine. That’s us in a nutshell. As an Account Executive, you’ll work with an elite team to promote health care sales and market products through a defined list of agents and brokers. You’ll help write the history of UnitedHealthcare and UnitedHealth Group and help heal the health care system. 

The toughest part of this job? Working through ambiguity as you build relationship with some of our most focused and intense business leaders. We operate a complex, matrixed business and you’ll need to earn credibility within a demanding business environment. You’ll be expected to use your solid knowledge of competitive products and solid convictions to help small businesses. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Identify potential health care business customers
• Develop business relationships with agents and/or brokers to increase sales
• Promote sales of health care and ancillary products to Mid-Market Employers through brokers. This includes educating and keeping brokers up to date on products and pricing, evaluating, and discussing with brokers, developing recommendations on which products to market against competing product

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.  

Required Qualification:

• Sales insurance license must be maintained as required by state law or obtained within 30 days
• 2+ years of experience in sales in the insurance industry, selling HMO, POS, PPO, and ancillary products
• Develops business relationships with customers and brokers/consultants within the Market
• Commutable to Columbia, MD

Preferred Qualifications:

• Intermediate level of proficiency with MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Demonstrate solid underwriting, financial and analytical skills
• Proven solid organization and planning skills necessary to balancing multiple priorities, objectives, and customer obligations

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.    

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.      

UnitedHealth Group is a drug – free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.