Business Development Officer – Structured Products, Digital Sales and Strategic at GA Insurance

Job Summary:

• To ensure sales through direct Structured Products, Digital Sales and Strategic Partnerships and creating relations with insurance aggregators

Duties and Responsibilities: Job Holder Specifications:

• Implement and execute the Structured Products, Digital Sales and Strategic Partnerships strategy.
• Develop a  digital  business  strategy,  including  research,  technology  horizon  scanning  and competitor analysis.
• Identify new opportunities for the use of digital technologies and stimulate new business growth by incorporating digital products and services.
• Identify the strategic partnerships that need to be created, implemented and supported
• Liaise with the communication team in creating targeted social campaigns to drive digital sales
• Implement projects to grow Digital Insurance through direct sales and reseller sales channels
• Ensure that any new innovations comply with various industry standards including Information Security, Data Protection
• Hold joint meeting with partners to enhance and drive the strategy via aggregators and other partners
• Building and maintaining links with relevant business partners and stakeholders outside of the organization
• Develop a credible pipeline of prospective clients and growth strategies that enable you to achieve targets
• Clearly articulate value propositions for segments and industries for existing and prospective clients
• Understanding client needs and be able to tailor solutions to address them
• Actively keep- up to date with relevant knowledge, legislation & developments within the business unit & insurance industry that may have an impact on the business advantage.

Education/Qualifications:

• Diploma in Business / COP
• ACII is an added advantage
• University Degree is essential.
• A recognized professional qualification Digital Marketing would be a distinct advantage
• Working knowledge of data & digital analytics tools

Working Experience:

• At least 3 years working experience in a similar role.

Skills & Attributes;

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong business acumen
• Ability to operationalize strategy into action for the function.
• Intelligence Data Reporting and analytics competencies.
• Excellent planning and organization skills.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Scanning skills – to search for new ideas, trends and principles
• Results driven, and customer focused
• Customer centric and a good team player
• Detail-oriented.