Business Development Manager – Corporate Life and Pensions

The Business Development Manager – Corporate Life and Pensions reports to the Head of Life and Pensions. This role is crucial for driving the organization’s corporate business development strategies, enhancing its current portfolio, and actively exploring new business opportunities within the corporate life and pensions sector.

Main Responsibilities

• Design and implement marketing and sales strategies geared towards business growth and retention.
• Sourcing, negotiating, and procuring business in line with the set targets/budgets.
• Develop the market with the focus to build and maintain a strong presence in the country.
• Set up strategic alliances with various key business drivers.
• Carry out market intelligence to ensure the company is in tandem with the industry trends and adopt product pricing mechanisms that ensure profitability.
• Put in place control mechanisms that enable a measure of service satisfaction by agents, brokers, customers, and the regulator.

Knowledge & Experience

The candidate must demonstrate and possess the following skills and qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Commerce, Marketing, Insurance or equivalent from a recognized university.
• Professional certification in Insurance, sales, marketing or any other relevant field.
• At least 5 years’ managerial experience developing and maintaining business growth with tangible results.
• Ability to work at both the strategic and tactical levels.