Business Development Manager

Overview

As Senior Business Development Manager you will drive strategic growth for UK & Ireland Life by building senior client partnerships and guiding cross-functional delivery. You will align opportunities with Ambition 2030, shaping a profitable, long-term relationship with key clients. You’ll lead major client discussions, coordinate pricing, underwriting, and product experts, and mentor others while acting as a trusted adviser to senior decision-makers. This role offers influence across the business, a chance to raise Munich Re’s profile, and a path to develop strategic market leadership.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive compensation package
• on-target bonus
• 25 days annual leave (plus purchase option)
• private medical insurance
• employer’s pension (10%)
• fully paid 6 months family leave

Responsibilities

• Own and nurture senior client relationships to build trust and long-term value
• Develop and execute business development strategies aligned with Ambition 2030 and client priorities
• Identify, prioritise, and convert profitable new business opportunities across product lines
• Ensure profitability of existing business; review terms, rates, and treaty structures when needed
• Act as trusted adviser to clients, understanding their strategy and reinsurance needs
• Use market, competitor, and client insights to identify opportunities and differentiation
• Lead complex client discussions and negotiations balancing growth, risk, and relationships
• Coordinate pricing, underwriting, claims, operations, legal, product, and leadership to deliver outcomes
• Support Head of Business Development, provide client insight, and represent the function
• Contribute to raising Munich Re’s market profile through high-quality client engagement and relationship-building
• Mentor and coach other Business Development Managers
• Maintain disciplined CRM records of client meetings, actions, opportunities, and decisions

Key requirements

• Strong business development and strategic client relationship experience in financial services, insurance or reinsurance
• Deep commercial judgement balancing opportunity, profitability, risk appetite and long-term value
• Proven ability to lead senior client conversations, influence decision-makers, and negotiate robust outcomes
• Strong understanding of the UK protection market
• Excellent communication skills for senior audiences
• Strong internal influencing skills to mobilise technical experts and stakeholders
• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• Comfort with autonomy, ambiguity and accountability in a senior commercial role
• Actuarial, underwriting, pricing, product, or broader protection market experience would be advantageous

• Strategic mindset
• Accountability
• Managing complexity
• Actuarial/underwriting/pricing/product/reinsurance experience (advantageous)
• Commercial negotiation and client leadership
• Stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration

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