Strategic Account Executive, Insurance

About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About the role

As an Account Executive at Anthropic, you'll join the foundational team at the forefront of introducing our cutting-edge AI productivity SaaS solution to the Insurance industry, driving the adoption of safe, frontier AI. You'll leverage your consultative sales expertise in the Insurance sector to propel revenue growth while becoming a trusted partner to Enterprise stakeholders, helping them embed and deploy AI while uncovering its full range of capabilities. In collaboration with GTM, Product, and Marketing teams, you'll continuously refine our value proposition, sales methodology, and market positioning to resonate with Insurance decision-makers.

Responsibilities:

• Win new business and drive revenue for Anthropic within the Insurance sector. Navigate complex institutions to reach key decision-makers, educate them about our services, and help them succeed with Anthropic. You'll own the full sales cycle, from first outbound to close

• Design and execute innovative sales strategies tailored to Insurance procurement cycles and budgeting processes to meet and exceed revenue quotas. Analyze market landscapes, trends, and dynamics to translate high-level plans into targeted sales activities and campaigns

• Spearhead market expansion by identifying new use cases within Insurance departments, research centers, and administrative offices. Collaborate cross-functionally to differentiate our offerings for Insurance applications

• Navigate complex stakeholder ecosystems including executives, administrators, IT departments, and procurement offices to build consensus

• Inform product roadmaps and features by gathering feedback from users and conveying Insurance market needs. Provide insights that strengthen our value proposition for Insurance

• Continuously refine the Insurance sales methodology by incorporating learnings into playbooks, templates, and best practices. Identify process improvements that optimize sales productivity and consistency

You may be a good fit if you have:

• 5+ years of B2B sales experience in Insurance technology, preferably in SaaS or emerging technologies

• A track record of managing complex sales cycles within Insurance organizations and securing strategic deals by understanding both technical requirements and use cases

• Demonstrated ability to navigate Insurance bureaucracies and procurement processes, building consensus among diverse stakeholders including executives, administrators, and IT departments

• Extensive experience negotiating complex agreements within Insurance procurement frameworks and policies

• Proven experience exceeding revenue targets in the Insurance sector by effectively managing an evolving pipeline and sales process

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to present confidently to various audiences within Insurance

• Deep understanding of Insurance buying cycles, decision-making processes, and key pain points

• A strategic, analytical approach to assessing the Insurance market combined with creative, tactical execution to capture opportunities

• A passion for and/or experience with advanced AI systems and their applications in Insurance. You feel strongly about ensuring frontier AI systems are developed safely and ethically

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below. 

For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.

Annual Salary:$290,000—$435,000 USD

Logistics

Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience

Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position

Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.

Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However,