Overview
Job Introduction
Job Title: Business Development Manager
Contract: Permanent – Full Time
Location: Leeds(Hybrid)
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
The Business Development team are responsible for acquiring members across our student and early years pipeline, whilst having a strong focus on retention of members to support our corporate objectives.
As our new Business Development Manager, you will be a confident individual with a genuine interest in sales activity. You will play a pivotal part in to implementing appropriate sales strategies within the UK market to optimise member acquisition, retention, satisfaction and brand engagement across specifically identified dental segments, life-stages, and geographical areas.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants exposure to a member facing role, loves to get involved in improving processes for our members, and is self driven to achieve volume and income targets.Â
This would be a full-time, home-based role, with occasional travel in to the Leeds. It is essential that you have a driving license as you will be required to attend events throughout the year.
Package Description
Alongside a competitive salary, you will also receive:
- Up to 20% discretionary annual bonus
- 11% pension contribution (3% from you, 8% from us optional additional matched 3% contributions, e.g. 6% from you, 11% from us)
- 25 days annual leave plus flexible bank holidays (option to buy/sell 5 days)
- Private Medical Cover
- Car allowance
- Healthcare cash plan
- 6x salary death in service
- Paid volunteering day
- A personal GP service enabling you to get a video consultation with an NHS-registered, private GP
- Employee Assistance Programme
- A range of shopping discounts from major high-street retailers
Role Responsibility
- You will be looking after the acquisition activity by recruiting new members and managing the existing pipeline.
- You will onboard & support new and existing members.
- Achieve retention targets by preparing and implementing business development plans that meet MPS objectives whilst maintaining a responsible approach to risk for the company.
- Identify opportunities to engage with prospective members / target audiences to promote the MPS brands, working closely with Marketing, product, underwriting and the segment planning team  where appropriate.
- Manage internal & external stakeholder relationships to support the role.
The Ideal Candidate
We are looking for someone who has:
- Experience in implementing activity plans and managing & achieving targets
- Ability to work collaboratively and influence across organisations / functions
- Ability to build long lasting relationships with stakeholdersÂ
- Ability to seek new business
- A full clean driving license
- Sales & solution focusedÂ
- Enthusiasm for face-to-face events and member interactions
Package Description
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About the Company
Medical Protection Society (MPS) is the world’s leading protection organisation for doctors, dentists and healthcare professionals. We protect and support the professional interests of almost 300,000 members around the world, in countries as diverse as the United Kingdom, South Africa and Hong Kong.
Our philosophy is to support safe practice in medicine and dentistry by helping to avert problems in the first place. We also actively campaign for regulatory and legal reforms that benefit members and the wider healthcare professions. Membership provides access to expert advice and support together with the right to request indemnity for complaints or claims arising from professional practice.
We continue to invest in our team to ensure that we are delivering the best possible service for members. This was recognised in 2016 when we were awarded an Investors in People Silver award.
