Account Manager (Hybrid) Chicago, IL
The American Medical Association (AMA) is the nation's largest professional Association of physicians and a non-profit organization. To be part of the AMA is to be part of our Mission to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health. At AMA, our mission to improve the health of the nation starts with our people. We foster an inclusive, people-first culture where every employee is empowered to perform at their best. Together, we advance meaningful change in health care and the communities we serve.
We have an opportunity at our corporate offices in Chicago for an Account Manager on Marketing and Membership Experience our team. This is a hybrid position reporting into our Chicago, IL office, requiring 3 days a week in the office.
Responsibilities :
- Account Management and Development
- Build and nurture relationships with current, new, and prospective group partners
- Create and implement account plans that support membership retention and growth
- Gain access to C-Suite and Executive Leadership to monitor customer satisfaction, gather insights to meet customer goals and objectives, and communicate updates on benefit fulfillment, new resources, and invitations to added-value programs or events
- Create and foster AMA relationships within each business section to successfully deliver and execute benefit fulfillment; facilitate delivery of AMA-wide offerings based on needs of groups and members
- Retain and increase membership levels at all accounts; inform Director of any retention risks and establish plans to mitigate the risk
- Business Development
- Provide competitive insights and new and enhanced product ideas captured during customer account interactions and industry conferences
- As the voice of the target audience, assist in identifying existing and emerging needs to maximize future acquisition opportunities and customer satisfaction
- Cultivate contacts from networking opportunities at meetings / conferences / events
- Navigate to influencers and decision makers within accounts to cross-sell additional AMA products and resources
- Contribute to roster expansion through discovering opportunities via insights from C-Suite leadership and their employed physicians; coordinate and collaborate with Account Executives to develop opportunities at new accounts
- Assist in creating / identifying AMA resources to grow membership within each assigned account
- Engage account participation in AMA-invested speaking opportunities and related thought leadership initiatives
- Program Administration
- Ensure account plans, reports, Scorecard data and Salesforce activities are executed and updated accurately
- Work with management and Operations to support continual improvement of account management processes
- Provide support to Operations team with regards to membership processing, contracts, invoicing, and physician rosters
Requirements :
Bachelor's degree in business administration, marketing, or healthcare requiredAdvanced degree a plus7+ years of sales and account management experience within a large health system requiredExperience with C-Suite and decision makers preferred5+ years of experience in leading, influencing, and interacting with external stakeholders required; experience with managing physicians, academic leaders, or other professionals preferredEstablished industry contacts within health systems and large group practices preferredEstablished knowledge of issues and concerns within the health system and large medical group environmental landscape highly preferredExcellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including presentation skills, requiredDemonstrated history of organization, prioritization, and management skills to handle a variety of multi-faceted projects in a fast-paced, high volume team environmentMust meet deadlines with minimal supervision in a changing, fast-paced environmentPolished interpersonal, decision-making, and diplomatic skills to interface and communicate with all levels of leadership, staff, and management, and build sustainable, trusting relationships with membersAbility to react quickly, calmly and with sound judgmentExcellent multi-tasking skills, with high-quality standards and strong attention to detail and excellent troubleshooting skillsProficiency in MS Office Suite and Salesforce requiredAbility to identify issues, recommend resolutions, and escalate appropriately for management attentionSome travel required