Job Introduction

We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Development Executive to join our UK Dental Business Development team on a 12-month fixed term contract.

The Business Development team are responsible for acquiring members across our student and young dentist pipeline and established dental market whilst having a strong focus on retention of members to support our existing member base.

You will play a pivotal part in to implementing appropriate sales strategies within the UK dental market to optimise member acquisition, retention, satisfaction, and brand engagement across specifically identified dental segments, life-stages, and geographical areas. This will involve engaging with members via telephone, emails or through face to face events and conferences where appropriate.

This will be a full-time, home-based role, with occasional travel into the Leeds / London office. It is essential that you have a driving licence as you will be required to deliver face to face activity.

Role Responsibility

• Achieve retention targets by preparing and implementing business development plans that meet MPS objectives whilst maintaining a responsible approach to risk for the company.
• Proactively manage sales pursuits in accordance with process and internal regulatory requirements (where appropriate) ensuring required actions are delivered on time and within agreed SLAs.
• 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.
• You will be supporting across our three dental segments: pipeline, young dentists, and the established market, focusing on retention of members.
• Manage internal and external relationships to ensure a clear flow of communication between the member and the business where appropriate.
• Seek opportunities to continuously improve ways of working and meeting member needs.

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience of working within a targeted, sales or business development role
• 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 stakeholders
• Ability to manage own workload and time effectively with strong organisational skills
• A full clean driving license
• Sales & solution focused
• Enthusiasm for face-to-face events and member interactions
• Understanding of UK Dental market adventitious

Package Description

• Up to 15% 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 additional 5 days)
• Company car 
• Private Medical Cover
• Healthcare cash plan
• 6x salary death in service
• A personal GP service enabling you to get a video consultation with a NHS-registered private GP
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A range of shopping discounts from major high-street retailers

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.

Medical Protection Society