Description & Requirements
Come join Maximus if you have a proven track record for proactively building client relationships, deal shaping, pipelining and influencing client decisions and deal structure. The sales focus on new client and new add-on business with existing client (State & Local government sectors). This position will require working the entire sales cycle from prospecting through deal closure.
Sales experience in the State & Local Government Health and Human Services Sector is preferred.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Partner with the line of business P/L owners in the regions to identify sales / growth goals for the states.
- Maintain direct and verifiable contacts in each state throughout assigned territory at levels including but not limited to the agencies, the Executive Branch and the Legislature.
- Conduct opportunity pursuit in health and human services markets.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to identify, verify, qualify and deliver revenue generating deals.
- Collaborate with practice leads and solution experts to close sales.
- Determine value propositions, win themes, and key differentiators that matter to the buyer.
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
- 7 years of relevant experience required.
- Must be a consultative account manager and seller who has the ability to develop deep relationships for long term value creation
- Must be able to forge relationships with key government contacts to shape opportunities.
- Must be a team player who has ability to partner across Maximus.
- General knowledge of government procurement practices is required. Knowledge of health and human service BPO programs in the region is preferred,
- Knowledge of solutions that state government purchases.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience developing opportunities.
- Strong leadership skills.
- Skilled at account strategy, account planning and relationship management.