Business Development Manager – London Market Real Estate

Are you passionate about growing profitable relationships with brokers? We're seeking an experienced and highly organised individual to join our Business Development team. You'll build and maintain a robust pipeline of new business opportunities and support in retaining our existing book of business.

You'll take full ownership for generating profitable business. You'll use your expertise to build, manage and maintain strong relationships with all internal and external stakeholders, including all key customers and networks to deliver strategy and increase opportunities for the business.

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) in the future. Away from home means either attendance at our London office, visiting clients or attending industry events. We're also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.

What you'll be doing:

• Proactively develop relationships with a designated panel of London brokers, taking full ownership for the generation and retention of profitable business.
• Build, manage and maintain effective relationships with all internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop a robust pipeline of new business opportunities and ensure a long-term pipeline and broker engagement.
• Understand the nature of the brokers' business, the marketplace and the potential of the relationship. Communicate this to AXA colleagues.
• Plan, forecast and set the operational targets to achieve the strategic development plan.
• Identify new deals and markets, assess feasibility and project manage the implementation.
• Promote and deploy AXA's strategy, product range, propositions and key differentiators to leverage commercial opportunities.
• Undertake profit reviews to identify areas for improvement and lead conversations with brokers to agree actions to optimise profitability.

Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we're able to effectively manage interest. Therefore, if you're interested in joining us at AXA, please don't hesitate to apply.

What you'll bring:

• Business development experience, ideally within London Market Real Estate.
• Good understanding of underwriting and risk management principles.
• Established networking and relationship building skills.
• Strong product knowledge.
• Mid-market knowledge and generation experience.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to develop reciprocal relationships with intermediaries.
• Awareness of profitability of business within the broker channel.

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

This position has been defined as an Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) role under the IDD regime which means that in addition to pre-employment screening checks, the successful candidate will be subject to background screening every 4 years with an annual declaration in interim years.

What we offer:

At AXA UK, we're appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:

• Competitive annual salary of up to £60,000 dependent on experience
• Annual company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
• Private medical cover
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
• Wellbeing services & resources
• AXA employee discounts

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Who we are:

AXA Commercial protects businesses, from multinationals to micro start-ups, giving them the confidence to

road. Our people are vital to us becoming more digital, faster and easier to access. We're a dynamic team of experts completely committed to making sure our customers 'get back to the good stuff' when the unexpected happens.