Assistant Manager, Agency Business Development (Life Insurance)

Hong Kong Job Consulting; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Hong Kong Job Consulting, based in Hong Kong, seeks an Assistant Manager for Agency Business Development in Life Insurance to drive growth by managing agency portfolios, strengthening relationships with agents, and executing strategic plans across sales and marketing initiatives.

The role requires at least 5 years in business development or related fields, with strong negotiation and communication skills and a preference for candidates with Mainland China experience within the insurance sector.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing or related field.
• Minimum 5 years in business development, sales, or strategic partnerships.
• Strong market understanding and industry dynamics.
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage small to medium-scale of agency portfolios and maintain strong relationships and rapport with agents through frequent interaction
• Contribute to the sales channel practices to improve agent's productivity and efficiency
• Be involved with sales and marketing activities to increase submission activities and sales penetration
• Support cross-sell and up-sell business opportunities
• Improve sales penetration through such marketing initiatives
• Assist agents to map out production goals and strategies
• Track and monitor agents' performances and to recommend appropriate solutions if they encounter difficulties.
• Promote training to increase agents' product proficiency and enhance skills set
• Execute recruitment strategies and plans for growing the sales force
• Support company's promotion, publicity and bulletin materials and carry out the launch of campaigns.
• Work with internal department to ensure quality service and underwriting/product standards are maintained

Skills

Negotiation

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration/Marketing or related field

MBA (preferred)

Job description

Assistant Manager, Agency Business Development (Life Insurance)

A foreign-based Insurance Company is looking for an agency business development talent to execute strategies to drive the business of agency force and achieve sustainable growth.

Responsibilities

• Manage small to medium-scale of agency portfolios and maintain strong relationships and rapport with agents through frequent interaction
• Contribute to the sales channel practices to improve agent's productivity and efficiency
• Be involved with sales and marketing activities to increase submission activities and sales penetration
• Support cross-sell and up-sell business opportunities
• Improve sales penetration through such marketing initiatives
• Assist agents to map out production goals and strategies
• Track and monitor agents' performances and to recommend appropriate solutions if they encounter difficulties.
• Promote training to increase agents' product proficiency and enhance skills set
• Execute recruitment strategies and plans for growing the sales force
• Support company's promotion, publicity and bulletin materials and carry out the launch of campaigns.
• Work with internal department to ensure quality service and underwriting/product standards are maintained

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or a related field; MBA is a plus
• A minimum of 5 years experience in business development, sales, or strategic partnership roles
• Strong understanding of the industry and market dynamics
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Results-oriented with a track record of achieving or exceeding targets
• Able to use PTH as working language (writing and speaking)
• Candidate with Mainland China background, especially in insurance industry is highly preferred