Associate, Commercial Strategy

Our healthcare system is the leading cause of personal bankruptcy in the U.S. Every year, over 50 million Americans suffer adverse financial consequences as a result of seeking care, from lower credit scores to garnished wages. The challenge is only getting worse, as high deductible health plans are the fastest growing plan design in the U.S.

Cedar’s mission is to leverage data science, smart product design and personalization to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. Today, healthcare providers still engage with its consumers in a “one-size-fits-all” approach; and Cedar is excited to leverage consumer best practices to deliver a superior experience.

The role: 

The Associate, Commercial Strategy role’s primary goal is to provide collateral support for commercial teams and to identify and implement tools/processes to enhance the Sales Engineering team's effectiveness. This role will report to the Senior Director, Commercial Strategy, and work with internal and external partners to deeply understand our prospective and current clients’ specific problems to collaboratively drive Cedar’s business growth.  This is not a client-facing role today.

Our ideal candidate has experience in a commercial role and has demonstrated the ability to work cross-functionally with various teams. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are vital, as is proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint (or Google Sheets and Slides). Given our expanding client base, the ideal candidate must be comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment. A genuine passion for Cedar's mission to improve the healthcare financial experience is highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally to support Cedar’s sales efforts including but not limited to supporting RFPs, pitch decks, ROI/pricing analyses, etc. 
• Identify and act on opportunities to enable the Sales Engineering team, including documenting best practices, organizing team training, and maintaining cross-team channels for feedback and information sharing
• Create and improve workflows and systems used by the Sales Engineering team, such as RFP tools, knowledge repositories, and ROI templates 
• Develop subject matter expertise of Cedar’s core value proposition, product offerings, integrations and delivery approach and competitive landscape
• Exemplify Cedar’s values of focusing on our vision, using good judgment, applying a growth mindset, and rejecting mediocrity

Required Skills & Experience

• 2+ years of experience in an analyst or operations role
• Management consulting, investment banking, or other commercial role experience a plus
• Healthcare and/or technology experience a plus
• Self-motivated and comfortable working in an entrepreneurial environment
• An analytical attitude, extremely strong attention to detail, and passion for problem solving
• Experience working with cross-functional teams
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written)
• Excellence with Excel and Powerpoint (or Google Sheets and Slides)
• Passionate about Cedar’s mission of improving the healthcare finance experience

Compensation Range and Benefits

• Salary Range*: $ 76,500 - $ 100,000
• This role is also equity eligible 
• This role offers a competitive benefits and wellness package

*Subject to location, experience, and education

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What do we offer to the ideal candidate?

• A chance to improve the U.S. healthcare system at a high-growth company! Our leading healthcare financial platform is scaling rapidly, helping millions of patients per year
• Unless stated otherwise, most roles have flexibility to work from home or in the office, depending on what works best for you
• For exempt employees: Unlimited PTO for vacation, sick and mental health days–we encourage everyone to take at least 20 days of vacation per year to ensure dedicated time to spend with loved ones, explore, rest and recharge
• 16 weeks paid parental leave with health benefits for all parents, plus flexible re-entry schedules for returning to work
• Diversity initiatives that encourage Cedarians to bring their whole selves to work, including three employee resource groups: be@cedar (for BIPOC-identifying Cedarians and their allies), Pridecones (for LGBTQIA+ Cedarians and their allies) and Cedar Women+ (for female-identifying Cedarians) 
• Competitive pay, equity (for qualifying roles) and health benefits that start on the first of the month following your start date (or on your start date if your start date coincides with the first of the month)
• Cedar matches 100% of your 401(k) contributions, up to 3% of your annual compensation
• Access to hands-on mentorship, employee and management coaching, and a team discretionary budget for learning and development resources to help you grow both professionally and personally

About us

Cedar was co-founded by Florian Otto and Arel Lidow in 2016 after a negative medical billing experience inspired them to help improve our healthcare system. With a commitment to solving billing and patient experience issues, Cedar has become a leading healthcare technology company fueled by remarkable growth. "Over the past several years, we've raised more than $350 million in funding & have the active support of Thrive and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).

As of November 2024, Cedar is engaging with 30 million patients annually and is on target to process $3.5 billion in patient payments annually. Cedar partners with more than 55 leading healthcare providers and payers including Highmark Inc., Allegheny Health Network, Novant Health, Allina Health and Providence.