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Enterprise Sales Manager, Insurance

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hybrid senior Full time $240K - $252K New York City

First indexed 10 Jul 2026

Description

Compensation

The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The salary range for this position is $240K - $252K, with additional compensation including equity, performance-related bonuses, and benefits.

Benefits include:

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
  • Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
  • Paid parental leave, paid medical and caregiver leave
  • Flexible PTO and paid company holidays
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
  • Annual learning and development stipend
  • Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits
  • Relocation support for eligible employees

About the Role

As Enterprise Sales Manager, Insurance, you will build and lead a team of Account Directors focused on driving strategic growth across the world's largest insurance carriers and financial protection organizations. You will be a hands-on front-line leader responsible for helping your team navigate complex enterprise sales cycles, deepen executive relationships, and drive adoption of OpenAI's platform across highly regulated insurance environments.

Key Responsibilities

  • Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing team of Insurance Account Directors
  • Create a strong coaching culture with frequent deal reviews and account strategy sessions
  • Define and refine the GTM strategy for insurance accounts
  • Drive disciplined pipeline generation and forecasting accuracy
  • Guide teams through highly consultative, multi-stakeholder opportunities
  • Help customers translate AI and API capabilities into measurable business outcomes
  • Lead teams selling into highly regulated environments
  • Partner closely with Product, Solutions Architecture, and Finance to deploy AI at enterprise scale
  • Provide structured feedback to Product and leadership teams
  • Partner with Marketing on insurance-focused events and campaigns

What We're Looking For

  • 15+ years of enterprise sales, GTM, or sales leadership experience
  • Proven track record building and scaling enterprise sales teams
  • Deep understanding of the insurance landscape and regulated environments
  • Experience leading consultative, multi-product sales motions
  • Strong operational rigor and comfort managing forecasting and performance management
  • Ability to operate effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
  • Strong executive presence and low-ego, culture-first leadership style

Skills & Experience

Non-Negotiables

  • Proven experience leading enterprise sales teams focused on large insurance or broader financial services customers
  • Strong understanding of regulated enterprise selling and navigating complex compliance processes
  • Track record building new GTM motions and helping organizations scale
  • Technical fluency across APIs, platform technologies, AI/ML concepts, and enterprise software architecture
  • Demonstrated ability to coach senior enterprise sellers

Strong Preferences

  • Experience selling platform, cloud, infrastructure, or consumption-based technology solutions
  • Experience influencing product roadmap, pricing strategy, or enterprise commercial structures
  • Experience working with large global insurance carriers and enterprise transformation initiatives

Nice to Have

  • Prior exposure to AI, developer platforms, or emerging technology categories
  • Experience across both high-growth technology companies and scaled enterprise organizations
  • Familiarity with modern insurance transformation priorities
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