Manager, Strategic Business Development Unit

Great Eastern Life; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading insurance firm as a Manager in Strategic Business Development. This role offers the chance to lead product development initiatives, drive sales strategies, and enhance agency performance. With a focus on integrity and innovation, you'll work collaboratively to shape the future of insurance solutions. If you have a strong background in the insurance industry and a passion for business development, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in insurance or financial services, with focus on product development.
• Strong analytical and detail-oriented skills with a proactive approach.

Responsibilities

• Manage product development, sales analysis, and agency transformation.
• Develop strategies to enhance recruitment and productivity of agents.

Skills

Insurance Industry Knowledge

Financial Planning

Analytical Skills

Interpersonal Skills

MS Office Proficiency

Sales Strategy Development

Product Development

Training and Development

Education

Tertiary Qualification in any field

Insurance-related Certifications

Job description

Job Description - Manager, Strategic Business Development Unit (210001V8)

Manager, Strategic Business Development Unit (

Job Number:

210001V8 )

Discover the GREAT in your career.

As a LIFE company, our customers are at the heart of all that we do. Being one of Asia’s leading insurer for over a century, we have built a long-lasting legacy of trust with our customers over many generations. At the foundation of this trust is Integrity, Initiative, and Involvement – from the way we treat every customer relationship with honesty and transparency, to our proactive approach of delivering the best possible solutions in both life and general insurance.

Integrity, Initiative, and Involvement is what guides us. It is what makes us do the right thing, take the lead, and choose ‘we’ over ‘me’. Our mission is to make life great for our customers because we understand what matters most to them, and we know how to help them protect it.

If you are looking to grow in an exciting career that empowers you to achieve the organisation’s business development objectives, we are seeking an experienced insurance professional to join our team as Manager, Strategic Business Development Unit.

The Role:

• Manage and work with other departments for new product development, launches, training, and communication to agency force
• Manage product sales analysis, monitoring, and reporting
• Promote and drive sales-related initiatives
• Manage business development support in Northern and Sarawak region
• Develop strategy to increase recruitment and productivity of agents in respective regions
• Manage agency transformation and adoption of technology in sales and agency management
• Take accountability in considering business and regulatory compliance risks and takes appropriate steps to mitigate the risks
• Maintain awareness of industry trends on regulatory compliance, emerging threats and technologies in order to understand the risk and better safeguard the company
• Highlight any potential concerns /risks and proactively shares best risk management practices
• Other tasks as assigned

The Person:

• Possess tertiary qualifications in any field, with financial planning or insurance-related certifications
• Has at least 10 years of working experience in insurance or financial services industry, preferably in Product Development, Marketing, Digital, Training or Business Development
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Analytical and detail-oriented
• Independent and proactive
• Proficient in MS Office
• High level of integrity, takes accountability of work and good attitude over teamwork
• Takes initiative to improve current state of things and adaptable to embrace new changes

Great Eastern Malaysia is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, and all qualified applicants shall receive a fair and equal consideration for employment.

Entity: Great Eastern Life Malaysia

Employment Type: Permanent

To all recruitment agencies: Great Eastern does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our email or our employees. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

About Great Eastern

Established in 1908, Great Eastern places customers at the heart of everything we do. Our legacy extends beyond our products and services to our culture, which is defined by our core values and how we work. As champions of Integrity, Initiative and Involvement, our core values act as a compass, guiding and inspiring us to embrace the behaviours associated with each value, upholding our promise to our customers - to continue doing our best for them in a sustainable manner.

We work collaboratively with our stakeholders to look for candidates who exhibit or have the potential to embrace our core values and associated behaviours, as these are the key traits that we expect from our employees as they develop their careers with us.

We embrace inclusivity, giving all employees an equal opportunity to shine and play their role in exploring possibilities to deliver innovative insurance solutions.

Since 2018, Great Eastern has been a signatory to the United Nations (UN) Principles of Sustainable Insurance. Our sustainability approach around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations play a key role in every business decision we make. We are committed to being a sustainability-driven company to achieve a low-carbon economy by managing the environmental footprint of our operations and incorporating ESG considerations in our investment portfolios; improving people’s lives by actively helping customers live healthier, better and longer; and drive responsible business practices through material ESG risk management.