Senior Business Development Director

About the Job

This role is responsible for driving the Bancassurance business and supporting bank partnerships to boost sales, strengthen relationships through proactive engagement, and contribute to the organization's overall growth.

 

• Responsible for developing new business through the assigned Sales Team by implementing effective sales strategies and collaborating with business partners to achieve sales targets.

• Establish and maintain strong professional relationships with all assigned Sales Teams across the respective segments by facilitating joint sales meetings and sales hurdle sessions, delivering structured engagement and related sales training, and participating in joint sales appointments with Bankers.

• Monitor sales performance and key initiatives to produce accurate and timely sales activities/reports update.

• Provide support in the planning, coordination, and execution of Bancassurance event activities for the designated branches.

• Provide comprehensive and accurate marketing support to the assigned branches and sales teams.

• Address enquiries from Bankers and customers promptly and professionally.

• Provide strategic direction, leadership, and oversight to the Junior Business Development Director and the Banca Advisory to ensure alignment with organizational objectives and performance excellence.

We are looking for people who

•    Minimum Bachelor Degree and above.
•    Minimum 8 years of sales experience in Banking or Insurance Industry.
•    Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
•    Highly motivated and success driven.
•    Willing to adapt the challenging environment.

How you succeed
•    Champion and embody our Core Values in everyday tasks and interactions.
•    Demonstrate high level of integrity and accountability.
•    Take initiative to drive improvements and embrace change.
•    Take accountability of business and regulatory compliance risks, implementing measures to mitigate them effectively.
•    Keep abreast with industry trends, regulatory compliance, and emerging threats and technologies to understand and highlight potential concerns/ risks to safeguard our company proactively.

Who we are
Founded in 1908, Great Eastern is a well-established market leader and trusted brand in Singapore and Malaysia. With over S$100 billion in assets and more than 16 million policyholders, including 12.5 million from government schemes, it provides insurance solutions to customers through three successful distribution channels - a tied agency force, bancassurance, and financial advisory firm Great Eastern Financial Advisers. The Group also operates in Indonesia and Brunei.

The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited and Great Eastern General Insurance Limited have been assigned the financial strength and counterparty credit ratings of "AA-" by S&P Global Ratings since 2010, one of the highest among Asian life insurance companies. Great Eastern's asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors Limited, is one of the leading asset management companies in Southeast Asia.

Great Eastern is a subsidiary of OCBC, the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932. It is the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world's most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody's and AA- by both Fitch and S&P. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World's Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker.
 

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