Payer Business Development Lead driving relationships with payer organizations and supporting product discovery for healthcare AI. Focused on business development and commercialization strategies in a hybrid role.
Responsibilities
Build and maintain strong relationships with payer organizations to drive new business and expand adoption of Abridge’s payer products.
Support pipeline development by researching payer prospects, setting a sales strategy, and tracking engagement progress.
Develop value propositions, pricing inputs, and ROI analyses for emerging payer offerings.
Partner with Marketing to support payer-specific content, messaging, and conference preparation.
Gather, organize, and synthesize payer feedback, market insights, and internal inputs to support product discovery.
Track assumptions, dependencies, and open questions to drive cross-functional alignment and customer follow-up.
Support testing and learning by helping coordinate pilots, early feedback loops, and documentation of outcomes.
Support 0→1 product launches by coordinating across internal teams and customers to ensure smooth execution.
Assist with refining early implementation needs, success criteria, and product experience as offerings mature.
Identify recurring friction points and opportunities for process, communication, or tooling improvements.
Help build and manage key internal processes such as payer pipeline to ensure understanding of key dependencies, risks and executive and operational alignment and prioritization.
Act as a central point of coordination for payer-related work, helping ensure the right teams are engaged at the right time.
Proactively identify gaps, bottlenecks, or misalignment across payer initiatives and surface them with recommendations.
Represent the payer vertical internally by helping ensure alignment on priorities, timelines, and customer needs.
Requirements
5+ years in healthcare with experience spanning business development, product, partnerships, or strategy roles
Deep understanding of the payer landscape: health plan economics, value-based care, quality programs (HEDIS, Stars), utilization management, and revenue cycle management processes.
Experience with revenue cycle management infrastructure and the knowledge of the tools, challenges and opportunities to innovate.
Track record of building and closing complex enterprise healthcare deals with measurable revenue impact
Experience selling 0 to 1: you've shaped what gets built, not just sold it
Relationships with health plan executives and/or health IT platform leaders
Experience building new business lines or verticals at growth-stage companies
Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to move fluidly between strategy, execution, and closing
Benefits
Generous Time Off: 14 paid holidays, flexible PTO for salaried employees, and accrued time off for hourly employees
Comprehensive Health Plans: Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage for all full-time employees and their families.
Generous HSA Contribution: If you choose a High Deductible Health Plan, Abridge makes monthly contributions to your HSA.
Paid Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave for all full-time employees.
Family Forming Benefits: Resources and financial support to help you build your family.
401(k) Matching: Contribution matching to help invest in your future.
Personal Device Allowance: Tax free funds for personal device usage.
Pre-tax Benefits: Access to Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Commuter Benefits.
Lifestyle Wallet: Monthly contributions for fitness, professional development, coworking, and more.
Mental Health Support: Dedicated access to therapy and coaching to help you reach your goals.
Sabbatical Leave: Paid Sabbatical Leave after 5 years of employment.
Compensation and Equity: Competitive compensation and equity grants for full time employees.
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