Founding Account Executive / Director of Sales

Basalt Health

$100K — $130K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of B2B SaaS sales experience, ideally in healthcare software sales.
  • Familiarity with post-acute care and clinical workflows preferred.
  • Experience in early-stage startup environments necessary for success.
  • Ability to think strategically about pricing and market positioning.
  • Self-starter with a proactive approach to generating sales opportunities.

Responsibilities

  • Prospect, qualify, negotiate, and close sales with post-acute care facilities.
  • Collaborate with leadership on refining the Go-To-Market strategy.
  • Develop essential sales materials and outreach processes.
  • Provide customer feedback to influence the product roadmap.
  • Conduct tailored product demonstrations to healthcare leaders.

Benefits

  • First sales hire at a company tackling significant healthcare challenges.
  • Opportunity to shape company strategy and product development.
  • Career growth potential with the chance to build and lead a team.
Full Job Description
The Role: As our first dedicated sales hire, you will be the tip of the spear in bringing Basalt's technology to the post-acute market. This is a rare opportunity to be a foundational member of a growing startup. You won't just be executing a sales playbook; you will be instrumental in writing it.

Operating in a fast-paced, agile environment, you will take ownership of the full sales cycle-from prospecting to close-while acting as a critical feedback loop to leadership and product teams. The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity, possesses a deep understanding of healthcare software sales, and is excited by the challenge of translating early-stage momentum into scalable, repeatable revenue.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Full-Cycle Sales Execution: Prospect, qualify, negotiate, and close new business with post-acute care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, and behavioral health centers.
  • Go-To-Market Partnership: Collaborate closely with leadership to test, iterate, and refine the overarching Go-To-Market strategy, value proposition, and ideal customer profile (ICP).
  • Build the Playbook: Develop the foundational sales assets, outreach sequences, and objection-handling frameworks that will eventually scale the sales organization.
  • Product Feedback Loop: Act as the voice of the customer. Synthesize market feedback, workflow objections, and feature requests to help prioritize the product roadmap.
  • Evangelism: Deliver compelling, highly tailored product demonstrations that show clinical and operational leaders exactly how Basalt streamlines their specific intake and referral workflows.


Qualifications & Experience:

  • Healthcare Tech Expertise: 5+ years of B2B SaaS sales experience, with a proven track record of selling software into the healthcare space. Selling into hospitals and hospital systems is preferred.
  • Domain Knowledge: Familiarity with post-acute care, facility admissions, clinical intake workflows, or revenue cycle management (prior authorizations/appeals) is preferred.
  • Startup DNA: Demonstrated experience (or a strong desire to work) in an early-stage startup environment. You must be comfortable operating without a massive support infrastructure and be willing to roll up your sleeves to build processes from scratch.
  • Strategic Thinker: Ability to look beyond the immediate deal and understand the broader strategic implications for pricing, market positioning, and scalable growth.
  • Self-Starter: High degree of autonomy, resilience, and a proactive approach to pipeline generation.
  • On-Target Earnings (OTE): $200,000 - $260,000


Why Join Us?

  • Be the first sales hire at a company solving a massive, painful problem in healthcare operations.
  • Directly influence company strategy and product direction.
  • High growth potential with the opportunity to build and eventually lead a team as the company scales.


Compensation

The base pay range for this role is $100,000 - $130,000 per year.

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