Business Development Manager

Job description / Role

Business development manager KSA

We are hiring for a Business Development Manager (Saudi National) to join our team in Saudi Arabia. The role reports to Commercial Lead KSA.

The role

As a Business Development Manager, you will play a key role in expanding our portfolio by directly acquiring new customers. You will leverage your skills to identify opportunities, build relationships, and drive growth.

Responsibilities

• Build pipeline and enhance relationships with prospects
• Ensure long-term profitability and quality of customer portfolio through proper policy terms and conditions
• Reach targets of portfolio growth and quality
• Create a pipeline (self prospection) in line with target profile
• Convert leads generated/received
• Take personal responsibility for the implementation of group-wide quality of service standards
• Analyze prospect needs and business model to build the policy properly
• Collect all necessary information and follow up with commercial and risk underwriting on quotation and prechecks
• Ensure that the prospect has full understanding of policy coverage and processes before signing
• Comply with commercial underwriting standards to ensure profitability and quality of customer portfolio

Qualification

Bachelor's degree in business related discipline.

What you bring

Previous experience in sales or business development, preferably in insurance. Other sectors such as corporate banking, financial services is an advantage.

Market knowledge

• Expert know-how in the specifics of the market
• Ability to build extensive network with close contacts to mid-large clients, market players and opinion leaders
• Strong business acumen

Business expertise

• Ability to generate and convert leads
• Results-driven, ability to work with targets and KPIs
• Sound understanding of finance and accounting
• Basic understanding of commonly used generative AI / GenAI / generative artificial intelligence platforms such as ChatGPT, as well as an awareness of best practices and the potential risks associated with AI in the workplace to apply

Interpersonal skills and personal attributes

• Ability to liaise with members of other core functions
• Strong negotiation skill
• Fluency in English and Arabic
• Motivated, passionate, and driven to succeed
• Willingness to learn and adapt
• Proactive, creative, goal-oriented and hands-on

Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.

We at Allianz believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love or what you believe in. We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

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