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- Pay
- $150,000 — $185,000 USD per year
Employer job description
From AKASA's posting. “We” and “our” refer to the employer.
About AKASA
AKASA is building the future of healthcare by developing AI-native solutions for some of healthcare’s most complex, consequential work. Our customers include the most innovative health systems in the country, like Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, NewYork-Presbyterian, Duke, Stanford, and Johns Hopkins. Our customer base represents 1 in 10 inpatient discharges across the United States and more than $180B+ in net patient revenue.
Our products help health systems comprehensively capture and communicate the full patient clinical journey. By empowering health systems to streamline their operations, they can focus on what matters most - delivering quality patient care.
We train internal models and build domain-specific harnesses to power our products and best capture clinical nuance for each customer. We hire people with high agency and good judgment. Everyone here is an owner and builder who is looking to help solve high stakes challenges every day.
We have raised over $250M in funding from investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, BOND, and Coatue. Our deployments have been recognized nationally as "one of the most comprehensive real-world uses of GenAI in healthcare finance to date" ( link
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Some of our recent recognitions include being named one of America's Top Startup Employers 2026 by Forbes, a Top Healthcare Technology Company of 2026 by Healthcare Technology Report, the #1 most promising healthcare RCM startup of 2025 by Black Book Market Research, and we have been certified as a “Great Place to Work” for the past 6 years in a row.
About the Role
We are looking for a full-time, US-based Sales Director to join our team. The Sales Director will report to the VP, Sales, and will prospect, build, and close a pipeline of new business by partnering with health system executives and mapping their needs to our revenue cycle management platform solutions.
What You'll Do
- Build relationships with C-Level health system executives to discuss their strategic and operational challenges, and present best practice solutions
- Drive business development and sales strategy to achieve sales targets
- Conduct consultative onsite and virtual presentations to educate prospective clients on industry best practices and AKASA products
- Work closely with BDR team to prospect new sales opportunities
- Lead entire sales cycle from initial opportunity creation to finalizing opportunity outcome (including prospecting, driving the discovery process, developing and presenting proposed solutions, navigating procurement and legal processes, and closing the deal)
- Provide insights from prospecting visits to inform future research initiatives and new product development inquiries
- Engage with prospective and existing customers at trade shows and industry events
- Collaborate closely with product, marketing, finance and legal teams to drive sales outcomes and support accurate forecasting
- Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree
- 5+ years consultative, enterprise sales experience
- Proven track record selling to executive-level healthcare providers such as hospitals and health systems
- Ability to recognize the needs of the customer and develop solutions that exceeds expectations
- Dynamic and engaging presentation skills; ability to break down complex or abstract ideas into simpler concepts
- Ideally, deep experience in health system revenue cycle, specifically mid-cycle (coding, clinical documentation improvement) sales, consulting, or delivery
- Excellent writing, critical thinking, and negotiation skills
- Ability to travel domestically up to 60%
What We Offer
- Flexible paid time off (PTO)
- Expansive coverage for health, dental, and vision
- Employer contribution to Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
- Generous parental leave policy
- Full employee coverage for life insurance
- Home office stipend
- Cell phone/internet reimbursement
- Commuting benefits
- Company-paid holidays
401(K) plan
Compensation
Compensation
Based on market data and other factors, the salary range for this position is $150,000 - $185,000 + Commission + Equity. However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.
The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.
We’re committed to doing the best work of our lives, together. Come see if we're the right team for you.
AKASA is a proud equal opportunity employer and we believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is an imperative. We welcome people of different backgrounds, genders, races, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and perspectives, just to name a few. We do not discriminate based upon any protected class and we encourage candidates of all identities and backgrounds to apply. AKASA considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
AKASA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at recruiting@akasa.com.
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