Business Development Manager - Pensions

Royal London is the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions, and investment company, and they are seeking a Business Development Manager to deliver new business targets from a strong panel of Intermediaries. The role focuses on building relationships within the UK financial adviser channel to promote long-term savings and pension products.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver personal sales targets from a panel of Intermediaries and develop new Intermediary relationships, growing your panel through building strong relationships
• By developing strong consultative led business relationships, you will champion Royal London’s propositions, representing Distribution in front of external customers
• You will work with colleagues across the business to maximise opportunities for profitable new business production, providing meaningful insight to help develop our proposition and ensuring it meets the evolving needs of customers and financial advisers
• Deliver sales presentations to Intermediaries promoting new and existing sales opportunities, using these sessions to broaden and deepen our reach to customers
• You will become a trusted partner to your panel by adding value, improving outcomes, and ensuring a smooth, efficient, and professional sales process guided by consumer duty principles
• Identify, measure, assign appropriate ownership, manage, and monitor all risks and controls in line with the RCSA methodology
• Support and follow-up central sales campaigns and National Partnership events, aligning colleagues and resources to maximise profitable new business production

Requirements:

• Experience within a Business Development role with a demonstratable and successful track record in Financial Services is essential
• Ability to deliver sales through a consultative approach using strong verbal and written communication
• The knowledge to discuss and debate industry issues, technical and legislative updates, with the ability to present these in a competent and influential manner
• Level 4 qualified equivalent within the required timeframe or a desire to meet them
• A proven track record in establishing rapport and building strong relationships in a face-to-face or video conferencing environment
• A strong understanding of the competitive landscape to ensure that Royal London remains a 'partner-of-choice' and proactively identify ways to create new relationships