Senior Advisor, Business development and sales support

Relevance; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

4 weeks vacation

Defined benefit pension

Group insurance incl. telemedicine

Telework equipment reimbursement

Job summary

Desjardins is seeking a senior sales and business development support advisor in Montreal, Canada, to strengthen client relationships and expand strategic partnerships across multiple channels. You will drive initiatives that boost profitability while maintaining satisfaction among members and stakeholders.

The role requires eight+ years of relevant experience, a related bachelor's degree, and strong bilingual communication in French and English.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field is required.
• Eight years of relevant experience preferred.
• Other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered.
• Strong communication skills in both French and English are essential.

Responsibilities

• Advise practitioners and help evaluate business and partnership opportunities to boost development and profitability.
• Help members, clients and stakeholders position, plan, develop, execute and monitor strategic initiatives.
• Ensure member, client and stakeholder development, retention and satisfaction; develop retention tactics.
• Monitor the industry to understand and anticipate trends in your specialty area and make recommendations.

Skills

Bilingual French-English

Strategic mindset

Interpersonal savvy

Networking

Customer focus

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Job description

As a senior sales and business development support advisor, you help serve and maintain business relationships with members and clients. You help sell products and services through multiple distribution channels based on member/client needs and current strategies and practices. You lead and influence clients and practitioners on sales and service development projects, initiatives and activities that significantly impact the entire organization. You take a strategic mindset to boost the organization’s development and profitability while retaining clients and stakeholders and ensuring their satisfaction. You draw on your networking skills and interpersonal savvy to develop and maintain business partnerships with prestige and key clients who have complex, diverse needs. Your highly complex, strategic initiatives require extensive knowledge of sales and service. You analyze highly complex problems and develop and implement personalized solutions tailored to client needs. You serve as expert for your unit, members and clients and represent your unit before senior management committees and decision-making bodies. You represent Desjardins and enter the organization into important agreements with clients. You have considerable leeway and many opportunities to establish and negotiate product and service terms. More specifically, you will be required to :

• Advise practitioners and help evaluate business and partnership opportunities to boost the organization’s development and profitability
• Help members, clients and stakeholders position, plan, develop, execute and monitor strategic initiatives
• See to member, client and stakeholder development, retention and satisfaction. Develop retention tactics and strategies
• Monitor the industry to understand and anticipate trends in your specialty area and make recommendations.

Action oriented, Customer Focus, Differences, Interpersonal Savvy, Networks, Nimble learning, Strategic mindset

What we offer*

• Competitive salary and annual bonus
• 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
• Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
• Group insurance including telemedicine
• Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

*Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.

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What you bring to the table

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• A minimum of eight years of relevant experience
• Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
• Strong communication skills in both French and English, both oral and written due to the nature of the duties or work tools or because the position involves interactions with english-speaking partners, members and/or clients

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility

At Desjardins, we believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. We're committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all. At Desjardins, we have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind. We believe our teams should reflect the diversity of the members, clients and communities we serve.

If there's something we can do to help make the recruitment process or the job you're applying for more accessible, let us know. We can provide accommodations at any stage in the recruitment process. Just ask!

Job Family

Member/client sales and service (FG)

Unposting Date

2026-10-26