Business Development Director

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Business Development Director

Competitive Salary

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Business Development Director to join our Workplace Business Development team. This is a great job for someone with a deep understanding of the Workplace Savings and Benefits environment, who can effectively communicate these insights to drive growth while advancing their career with the UK's leading Insurance, Wealth, and Retirement business.

A bit about the job:

The Business Development Director will be responsible for a panel of Employee Benefit Consultancies, managing new business leads from tender enquiry, through to provider selection presentations and site visits. You will be expected to develop an excellent understanding of each adviser's drivers and operating model. You will work closely with other teams within the Workplace business to ensure consistent and high quality communications and tender responses. Additionally, you will lead on the development and direction of Aviva's Workplace Benefits proposition and sales strategy.

Skills and experience we're looking for:

• Excellent communication skills
• A deep understanding of Workplace Savings and Benefits environment, and to be able to articulate this both internally and externally.
• Ability to establish, maintain and manage excellent relationships with key stakeholders within your panelled consultancies and within the wider Aviva business.
• Strong planning skills with a very good understanding of internal processes and governance.
• Financial analytic skills, excellent understanding of profit drivers and very good commercial appreciation of cost/benefit of client activity.

What you'll get for this role:

• Company Car
• Competitive Starting salary (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity - annual sales bonus as a percentage of annual salary. Actual amount depends on individual and team performance against target, as well as Aviva's overall business performance.
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer's leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

Aviva is for everyone:

We're inclusive and welcome everyone - we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don't, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working - spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you've applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we'll interview you.

To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here

We help our 19.5 million customers to save for the future and manage the risks of everyday life. To give these customers the best possible products and service we know we must make Aviva the most attractive choice for talented, entrepreneurial people with diverse backgrounds and an evolving range of expertise and insight.

So, we're passionate about helping our 23,000 people to do the best work of their lives, to enable them to make a positive difference to the lives of our customers.