Saga Relationship Manager

Ageas Insurance Limited; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company in the UK is seeking a Senior Portfolio Manager to lead strategic initiatives and manage key partnerships. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in portfolio management within the insurance sector, strong analytical skills, and the ability to manage senior-level relationships effectively. This position offers a flexible working environment with numerous benefits, including extensive holidays and health support.

Benefits

Flexible Working

Minimum of 35 days holiday

Dental Insurance

Annual Bonus Schemes

Employee Savings

Qualifications

• Solid experience in senior portfolio or partnership management, ideally within insurance.
• Strong understanding of the Personal Lines market and regulatory landscape.
• Proven ability to develop and deliver strategic plans and commercial targets.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and negotiation skills at senior levels.
• Proficient in data analytics and performance reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of joint strategic business plan.
• Manage the Saga portfolio, delivering against agreed targets.
• Oversee partnership governance framework for performance monitoring.
• Build relationships across Saga and Ageas at all levels.
• Provide timely reporting across agreed KPIs and initiatives.

Skills

Senior portfolio management

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of the joint strategic business plan with Saga, ensuring alignment with Ageas UK objectives.
• Manage the Saga portfolio (c. £400m+ GWP), delivering against agreed GWP and COR targets.
• Oversee the partnership governance framework, ensuring robust performance monitoring and issue resolution.
• Build and maintain strong relationships across Saga and Ageas, from operational teams to executive level.
• Provide timely and insightful reporting across agreed KPIs and strategic initiatives.
• Represent Ageas in key committees and forums, including Pricing, Risk, Audit, and Projects.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in senior portfolio or partnership management, ideally within insurance.
• Strong understanding of the Personal Lines market and regulatory landscape.
• Proven ability to develop and deliver strategic plans and commercial targets.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and negotiation skills at senior levels.
• Proficient in data analytics and performance reporting.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with executive presence.

Benefits

• Ageas offers a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve Top Employer status in the UK.
• Flexible Working – Smart Working gives employees flexibility around location (within the UK) and within the working day to manage other commitments.
• Minimum of 35 days holiday (incl. bank holidays); days can be bought/sold.
• Supporting your Health – Dental Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well‑Being Activities – Mindfulness.
• Supporting your Wealth – Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.
• Supporting you at Work – Well‑being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.
• Supporting you and your Family – Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay; paternity/non‑pregnant parent/co‑adopter at 8 weeks' full pay.

About Ageas

We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our People help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers. As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We are a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, member of iCAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. That means if you are applying for a job with us, you will have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment experience. If the list does not cover the support you need, please contact our Recruitment Team to discuss how they can help. We also guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role. For more information, please see Ageas Everyone. We have a zero‑tolerance approach towards any form of harassment.