Assistant Vice President, Business Development

Marsh; Kuala Lumpur; Hybrid; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Marsh in Kuala Lumpur is seeking an Assistant Vice President, Business Development to drive sales and manage large accounts within a hybrid work setup. You will build a strong client network, craft strategic marketing plans, and collaborate with colleagues across Marsh to win opportunities and deliver value to clients.

The role emphasizes relationship management, market insight, and disciplined execution in a professional services environment within the financial services sector.

Qualifications

• Degree holder with 6–8 years of sales experience, preferably in financial services or from a professional services firm.
• Strong communication, articulation and persuasive abilities.
• Outstanding interpersonal and organizational skills; able to handle multiple priorities.
• Strong business acumen and project management skills; analytical mindset.
• Proven ability to secure large accounts through strategic networking and referrals.

Responsibilities

• Achieves sales goals by maintaining and gaining large, high-yield accounts, referrals, cold calls, RFP follow-ups and market exposure.
• Maintains awareness of market developments, trends, competitors, and contract status to identify opportunities.
• Drafts due-diligence reports and presentations for RFP responses or to assist senior colleagues.
• Constructs targeted marketing plans for basic offerings and contributes to more complex plans for senior colleagues.
• Belongs to professional organizations, attends conferences to expand a large network and represent the company.
• Collects insights on relationship satisfaction and reports results with context and suggestions to aid retention.

Skills

Sales experience

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Business acumen

Project management

Analytical skills

Networking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Assistant Vice President, Business Development

We are seeking a talented senior manager to join our Business Development division in Marsh. This role will be based in Kuala Lumpur. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working as per respective team's arrangement.
You can expect to be part of a diligent division where you will enhance your sales expertise and data-driven insights to help clients tackle some of the world’s most challenging and complex risks . There will be opportunities to collaborate with diverse colleagues and stakeholders across various lines of business within Marsh.

Assistant Vice President, Business Development

We will count on you to:

• Achieves sales goals by maintaining and gaining large, high- yield accounts through referrals, conducting strategized cold calls, following up on RFPs, general market exposure and frequent interactions with existing accounts.

• Maintains a thorough awareness of market occurrences including important developments, trends, competitors' positioning and the status of business contracts to assist in identifying potential business opportunities.

• Under minimal supervision drafts comprehensive due diligence reports and presentations containing fundamental qualitative and quantitative assessments in response to a request for proposal or to assist a senior colleague to gain business.

• Constructs targeted standard marketing plans for business offerings and/or concepts directed at small, straight-forward potential accounts and aspects of complex marketing plans for use by senior colleagues.

• Belongs to various professional organizations and attends conferences and events to expand and maintain a large professional network and represent the company.

• Collects insights and information on relationship satisfaction and reports results to senior colleagues offering context and suggestions when needed to best ensure account satisfaction and retention.

What you need to have:

• A Degree holder with at least 6-8 years of sales experience preferably within financial services industry or from a professional services firm.

• Passion for sales and networking with corporate professionals

• Excellent communication skills including articulation, grammar and persuasion

• Outstanding interpersonal and organizational skills, ability to handle diverse situations, multiple projects, and rapidly changing priorities

• Strong business acumen and project management with exceptional analytical skills.

What makes you stand out:

• Proven experience in securing large accounts by strategic association efforts

• Have excellent communication skills with the drive to expand your knowledge

• Self-motivated, highly organized, resourceful and meticulous

• Innovative and technically inclined to drive solutions using system applications

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.

• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.

• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Company:

Marsh

Description:

We are seeking a talented senior manager to join our Business Development division in Marsh. This role will be based in Kuala Lumpur. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working as per respective team's arrangement.
You can expect to be part of a diligent division where you will enhance your sales expertise and data-driven insights to help clients tackle some of the world’s most challenging and complex risks . There will be opportunities to collaborate with diverse colleagues and stakeholders across various lines of business within Marsh.

Assistant Vice President, Business Development

We will count on you to:

• Achieves sales goals by maintaining and gaining large, high- yield accounts through referrals, conducting strategized cold calls, following up on RFPs, general market exposure and frequent interactions with existing accounts.

• Maintains a thorough awareness of market occurrences including important developments, trends, competitors' positioning and the status of business contracts to assist in identifying potential business opportunities.

• Under minimal supervision drafts comprehensive due diligence reports and presentations containing fundamental qualitative and quantitative assessments in response to a request for proposal or to assist a senior colleague to gain business.

• Constructs targeted standard marketing plans for business offerings and/or concepts directed at small, straight-forward potential accounts and aspects of complex marketing plans for use by senior colleagues.

• Belongs to various professional organizations and attends conferences and events to expand and maintain a large professional network and represent the company.

• Collects insights and information on relationship satisfaction and reports results to senior colleagues offering context and suggestions when needed to best ensure account satisfaction and retention.

What you need to have:

• A Degree holder with at least 6-8 years of sales experience preferably within financial services industry or from a professional services firm.

• Passion for sales and networking with corporate professionals

• Excellent communication skills including articulation, grammar and persuasion

• Outstanding interpersonal and organizational skills, ability to handle diverse situations, multiple projects, and rapidly changing priorities

• Strong business acumen and project management with exceptional analytical skills.

What makes you stand out:

• Proven experience in securing large accounts by strategic association efforts

• Have excellent communication skills with the drive to expand your knowledge

• Self-motivated, highly organized, resourceful and meticulous

• Innovative and technically inclined to drive solutions using system applications

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.

• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.

• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.Marsh is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one \"anchor day\" per week on which their full team will be together in person.

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As the leading global insurance broking and risk advisory firm, Marsh, a joint venture between Marsh Inc. and Zulayang Sdn Bhd, has been servicing clients in Malaysia since 1982. Marsh works with many successful multinational corporations, local Malaysian companies as well as Malaysian global ventures. We provide clients and partners a comprehensive range of insurance and risk management services for virtually every type of industry and profession.

Our 120 professionals, based in Kuala Lumpur and Penang, are dedicated to creating and implementing innovative risk management and insurance solutions to help clients succeed. Marsh and its predecessor companies have been in Asia for 60 years, with over 1,800 professionals in 13 countries. Marsh earned several accolades such as Innovation Award by Business Insurance five years running 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014; named \"Broker of the Year\" in Asia in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 by the Asia Insurance Review; received 6 consecutive years award as Global Infrastructure Insurance House of the Year 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 making Marsh the most awarded broker in Asia.

Marsh in Malaysia has specialist divisions within a multidisciplinary team environment to meet clients\' specific

needs. These include:

Affinity

Employee Benefits

Energy

Financial and Professional Liability (FINPRO)

Infrastructure

Marine

Takaful

Technology

Trade Credit and Political Risk

As the leading global insurance broking and risk advisory firm, Marsh, a joint venture between Marsh Inc. and Zulayang Sdn Bhd, has been servicing clients in Malaysia since 1982. Marsh works with many successful multinational corporations, local Malaysian companies as well as Malaysian global ventures. We provide clients and partners a comprehensive range of insurance and risk management services for virtually every type of industry and profession.

Our 120 professionals, based in Kuala Lumpur and Penang, are dedicated to creating and implementing innovative risk management and insurance solutions to help clients succeed. Marsh and its predecessor companies have been in Asia for 60 years, with over 1,800 professionals in 13 countries. Marsh earned several accolades such as Innovation Award by Business Insurance five years running 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014; named \"Broker of the Year\" in Asia in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 by the Asia Insurance Review; received 6 consecutive years award as Global Infrastructure Insurance House of the Year 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 making Marsh the most awarded broker in Asia.

Marsh in Malaysia has specialist divisions within a multidisciplinary team environment to meet clients\' specific

needs. These include:

Affinity

Employee Benefits

Energy

Financial and Professional Liability (FINPRO)

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