The Senior Business Development Manager will be responsible for establishing and maintaining long-term relationships with clients, ensuring they view IGP as a professional, knowledgeable, and strong service provider.

This role involves meeting sales goals, visiting clients and key advisors, coaching/mentoring junior colleagues, and participating in various meetings and training sessions (lifelong learning).

Position Responsibilities:

• Drive the productivity for IGP’s Captive proposition by creating pipelines and closing on new business deals.

• Own the continued evolution of IGP’s Captive proposition, bringing it to a higher level in terms of value, visibility, and market relevance,

• Creating and maintaining long-term working relationships with clients and advisors to ensure they view IGP as the number one Employee Benefits Network for Multinational Corporations of any size.

• Meet with clients, prospects, and advisors in-person, to build and maintain a strong professional network. Cross border travelling will be required.

• Meet challenging yet achievable sales and conservation goals as set by management.

• Conduct enhanced/refresher workshops of products and services to advisor community, as well as the wider HR/Finance/Risk community.

• Pro-Actively collaborate with IGP Network Partners to ensure a drive of new business and conservation of the existing business.

• Attending/Speaking at IGP and industry events.

• Actively contributing and participating in a wide variety of internal projects across the different departments.

• Excel at Global RFP’s and subsequent finalist presentations.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree majoring in Marketing, Finance, Business, Insurance.

• Minimum 5 years of sales and strategic client relationship management experience in Global Employee Benefits. Elaborate experience in the Captive market is a strong pre.

• Dynamic personality with good ability to interact with different people and level.

• Systematic and structured to understand systems and processes.

• Fluent in English, spoken and written.

• Proven professional network in the Employee Benefits industry.

• Being able to work both independently and in a wider team (cross-departmental)

• Knowledge of Pooling, Reinsurance to Captives and Global Underwriting.

Thank you for your interest in the opportunity. Please note there is one position available which is open to candidates located in Boston, Toronto, or Brussels, and we are considering talent from all three locations.

When you join our team:

• We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want. 

• We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being, and inclusion are more than just words. 

• As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

The role being advertised is an existing vacancy.

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us, visit https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our-story.html.

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Referenced Salary Location

The compensation for this role includes salary and sales incentives and is expected to be between 

Employees participate in sales incentive programs and earn incentive compensation based on role-specific criteria. Actual compensation will vary depending on individual performance, sales results, local market conditions as well as relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training.   If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact [email protected] for the compensation range for your location.

Manulife offers eligible employees a market competitive benefits package, including health, dental, short- and long-term disability, life insurance coverage, and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans, along within generous paid time off program includes holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days.

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