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Sr. Strategic Account Executive; U500 - Houston, TX (Hybrid)

The Cigna Group

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Location
Houston, TXHybrid
Work Authorization
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Health And Life Insurance License

Job overview

Manages a portfolio of up to 85 clients, executing strategies to support client retention, rate execution, earnings, and growth. The role partners with underwriting and internal stakeholders, builds relationships with clients and producers, and may guide less experienced account managers. It covers assigned clients in South Texas and Louisiana and represents Cigna Healthcare through consultative analytics presentations.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Sales ExperienceMedical UnderwritingFinancial PrinciplesCommunicationPresentationSales Negotiation

Qualifications

College Degree or Equivalent Related Experience5+ Years Health Benefits ExperienceHealth and Life Insurance License

Full job description

Role Summary

Responsible for managing a portfolio of up to 85 clients with a focus on implementing and executing tactical plans and strategies to achieve exceptional client retention, rate execution, earnings and growth targets.

Work closely with underwriting partners and other key internal stakeholders to drive execution on key metrics and recommendations in order to meet client retention and market earnings objectives.

Cultivate strong relationships with key clients and producers to foster collaboration and client loyalty.

May provide guidance or expertise to less experienced account managers.

Responsibilities

  • Overall account management responsibility for Cigna assigned clients in the South Texas/Louisiana geographical area.

  • Meet and exceed rate execution, client retention and earnings growth key performance indicators.

  • Demonstrate medical underwriting and financial acumen with experience in analyzing financial experience reports to drive strategic decisions.

  • Create and execute portfolio strategies that positively impacts financial results.

  • Represent Cigna Healthcare as a subject matter expert to drive value within the market through consultative analytics presentations.

  • Oversees and mentor team client service team members to ensure an optimal client experience.

Qualifications

  • Sales experience.

  • Strong understanding of medical underwriting and financial principles.

  • College Degree or equivalent related experience.

  • Minimum 5 years’ experience in health benefits.

  • Excellent communication/presentation/sales negotiation skills.

  • Health and Life Insurance License.

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

About Cigna Healthcare

Cigna Healthcare, a division of The Cigna Group, is an advocate for better health through every stage of life. We guide our customers through the health care system, empowering them with the information and insight they need to make the best choices for improving their health and vitality. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete the online application process, please email [email protected] for assistance. Please note that this email inbox is dedicated to accommodation requests only and cannot provide application updates or accept resumes.

The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.

How this job compares

Set against the 11,962 open Account Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Texas median$94–141K/yr433 salary ranges
  • Texas median$24–31/hr33 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 829 open Account Management jobs in Texas and 11,962 across the US. 13% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Account Management postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (9,057 postings).
Education
2,959 of the 11,962 open Account Management jobs (25%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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