Job Introduction

Job Title: Business Development Manager

Contract: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Home Based

Salary: Competitive + company car

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. 

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 stakeholders 
• Ability to seek new business
• A full clean driving license
• Sales & solution focused 
• Enthusiasm for face-to-face events and member interactions

About the Company

The Medical Protection Society Ltd (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.

We are a not-for-profit organisation, meaning member’s subscriptions are either invested into bettering the organisation, colleagues and products, or kept safe should members require support for complaints or claims arising from professional practice.

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.

To do this, we need colleagues who are trusted and supported to deliver their best work, whether that be through leadership development, fully funded training courses or peer-to-peer support. We want colleagues to feel empowered to deliver positive change, display ambition to push themselves and be determined when faced with a challenge, whilst ensuring members best interests are at the core.

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