Business Development Manager

LV=; Bournemouth; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company is seeking a Business Development Manager to drive growth in their protection product portfolio. The role involves building relationships, identifying market opportunities, and developing strategies with a strong focus on business development within financial services. This remote, area-based position requires periodic client visits and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Benefits

30 days' holiday

Competitive bonus scheme

Car allowance

Flexible benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Group Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

24-hour virtual GP service

Qualifications

• Proven experience in business development within financial services.
• Strong understanding of the UK protection market.
• Ability to develop strategic relationships.

Responsibilities

• Develop a business development strategy for protection products.
• Build relationships with financial advisors and brokers.
• Identify market opportunities and trends.

Skills

Business development experience

Knowledge of protection products

Excellent communication skills

Strategic thinking

Negotiation skills

Job description

About The Role

We’re seeking a strategic Business Development Manager to drive growth in our protection product portfolio. This role is pivotal in driving commercial performance through targeted business development, market engagement, and relationship management. You’ll be responsible for identifying new opportunities, developing distribution channels, and enhancing our market positioning. Working cross-functionally with the product, marketing, and compliance teams, you’ll ensure our protection offerings remain competitive, relevant, and aligned with client needs. This is a high-impact role, suited to a commercially astute professional with robust knowledge of protection products and a strong network across the financial services landscape.

Within this role, you\'ll cover the business areas of the South West and Northern Ireland.

This is a remote, area-based role in which you\'ll work from home, but also be expected to visit clients in person, attend events and occasionally visit our LV= offices.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing and implementing a business development strategy focused on protection products.
• Building and maintaining positive relationships with financial advisors, brokers, and other distribution partners.
• Identifying new market opportunities and emerging trends within the protection space.
• Collaborating with the product, marketing, and compliance and risk teams to ensure alignment and delivery.
• Representing the company at industry events, conferences, and networking opportunities.
• Providing feedback, insights and MI data on product development and enhancements.

About You

• Have proven experience in business development within financial services, ideally with a focus on protection products (e.g. income protection, critical illness).
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of the UK protection market and distribution channels.
• Possess excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
• Be a strategic thinker with a results-driven mindset.
• Competently work independently and collaboratively across teams.

Rewards & Benefits

• 30 days\' holiday.
• A competitive bonus scheme based on company and personal performance.
• Car allowance.
• Flexible benefits, including a cycle to work scheme, personal accident insurance, critical illness cover, private medical insurance, and dental insurance.
• Competitive pension scheme - LV= Life and Pensions will double-match the amount you pay, up to 14% (subject to National Minimum Wage requirements).
• Group Life Assurance of four times your basic pay to your dependents (you\'ll have the option to increase this to 8 x cover).
• Group Income Protection, if you enroll into the pension scheme and reach 5 years of service.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) service for support when you need it.
• 24-hour access to our virtual GP service.
• Shared parental leave.
• Up to 20% discount on our life products for you and your immediate family.

If you are offered this role as an internal secondment, please note your base band benefits will not change during the secondment.

About Us

We’re proud of our inclusive culture at LV= and, as an equal-opportunity employer, we continually work to remove unconscious bias from our recruitment process. We value our colleagues for what they bring to our team regardless of any protected status or characteristics they may have. Talk to us about flexible working as part of your application; if it’s right for you, our members and customers, and our business, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen.

Please note that we are unable to offer Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship for this role. Therefore, you must ensure that you are eligible to work in the UK without our sponsorship in order for your application to be considered.