Regional Managing Director, Greater London

Brown & Brown UK; Billericay; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent insurance firm in the Greater London Region seeks a Regional Managing Director to lead operations and ensure strategic alignment with company objectives. The role involves driving growth, overseeing P&L performance, and managing multi-location teams. Applicants should have extensive experience in senior leadership roles within insurance broking, a track record of profitable growth, and strong financial acumen. This position offers a negotiable compensation package along with a car allowance and bonus.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a senior leadership role, ideally within insurance broking.
• Proven track record in delivering profitable growth.
• Experience managing multi-office/location regional teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement regional strategy aligned with Retail strategic goals.
• Drive organic growth and profitability across the region.
• Lead new business, retention, and relationship management strategies.

Skills

Leadership and management acumen

Strong financial acumen

Excellent relationship management skills

Strong understanding of UK insurance markets

Job description

Built on meritocracy, our unique company culture rewards self-starters and those who are committed to doing what is best for our customers.

Regional Managing Director

Location: Greater London Region

Package: £Negotiable + Car Allowance + Bonus

We're looking to add to our vibrant team across the Greater London Region with the appointment of a Regional Managing Director to lead and manage the regional operations, ensuring strategic alignment with group objectives, driving growth, profitability, compliance and client excellence across the region.

You’ll play a pivotal part in driving regional performance across some wonderful locations and some satellite ones.

Core Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Develop and implement regional strategy aligned with Retail strategic goals.
• Provide strategic advice and report performance to the Retail Leadership Team.
• Lead regional business planning and monitor progress against KPIs.
• Act and participate as part of the Brown & Brown Regional Leadership team, working collaboratively with other Senior Leaders, departments and functions to ensure a unified and effective organisational strategy (e.g. ‘One Retail’, regional target operating model etc.)

Commercial & Financial Management

• Drive organic growth and profitability across the Region.
• Lead and support teams to deliver against the budgeted Renewal Retention and New Business targets, contributing towards Retail’s overall budget targets & KPI’s.
• Oversee P&L performance and cost management.
• Understand your budget and communicate progress to your team(s).
• Identify and implement initiatives to improve operational effectiveness and efficiency and client service.

Client & Market Engagement

• Lead new business, retention, and relationship management strategies across the Region.
• Visit clients (prospective and existing) and listen to calls to provide insight in to customer experience.
• Represent and promote the B&B brand to customers, markets, industry bodies, regulators and teammates.
• Monitor market trends and competitor activity to identify opportunities and threats.

Operational Excellence

• Ensure high standards of service delivery and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with central functions (Team Resources, Finance, Marketing, Risk & Compliance) to support regional operations.
• Promote continuous improvement and innovation in service delivery.
• Collaborate and share best practices with your peers.

People Leadership

• Multi-location leadership & P&L ownership within the Retail estate.
• Attract, retain, and develop talent to ensure high-performing teams.
• Creating a customer-led culture where sales and customer experience, discipline, activities, and best practice are delivered.
• Promote a culture of integrity, transparency and personal responsibility, welcoming challenge.
• Foster a positive, inclusive, and compliant working environment.
• Lead by example in client service, ethics, and professionalism.

Governance & Compliance

• Ensure adherence to FCA regulations and B&B Compliance frameworks.
• Maintain data integrity and quality across systems (e.g., Acturis).
• Promote risk management and business continuity planning.

Specific Experience

• Extensive experience in a senior leadership role, ideally within insurance broking.
• Experience managing multi-office/location regional teams.
• Proven track record in delivering profitable growth.
• Proven track record of dealing with the management of large groups of multi-disciplined colleagues often within a matrix organisation.
• Experience of leading a function or business under a comparable legal and regulatory regime.

Skills And Competencies

• Leadership and management acumen.
• Analysis, judgement, and decision making.
• Strong financial acumen and commercial mind‑set.
• Excellent relationship management skills.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and strategic planning skills.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across senior stakeholder groups.
• Planning, organisation, and management.
• Direction, tone and leadership; team working; people development, coaching and management, motivation and objective setting.
• Challenges the status quo; open to new ideas.
• Communication, influencing, and negotiation skills.
• Ability to manage difficult messages.
• Aware of own strengths and limitations; desire to learn.
• Strong understanding of UK insurance markets and regulatory landscape, and insurance broking in particular.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We take pride in the diversity of our team and seek diversity in our applicants.