Partner Relationship Exec
£30-£40k basic + 20% bonus potential Fantastic benefits - some of the best in the area! Staff shares allocation, up to 1 x salary Monday-Friday with hybrid working option Excellent holiday allocation + extra days B-Corp organisation Amazing forward-thinking organisation in Cheltenham!
Insurance... sounds slow, old-fashioned and boring, right?! Exactly. It really can be so much better!
My client is a new, innovative, technology-first insurance company, backed with funding from a US organisation. They are creating the go-to business insurance for high-growth companies.
They are doing this by making insurance fast, responsive and focused on the customer - high growth and innovative companies. My client is building new technology to solve real problems, writing policies that actually cover relevant startup scenarios and designing simple experiences in an otherwise frustrating industry.
Role responsibilities:
As a Relationship Exec, you will be responsible for finding prospective clients and reaching out to them via LinkedIn, e-mail & telephone. You will aim to; book meetings with stakeholders at these businesses, build rapport, pitch the services to win them as clients and work with the Broking team to take them through the whole sales process.
Duties:
- Identify prospective companies that we would like to insure
- Reach out to prospective clients via e-mail, LinkedIn and calls with the aim of booking initial meetings with them
- Pitch services to prospective clients either by virtual or face to face meetings
- Manage your pipeline of leads by having regular communication with the Broking team on progress with your prospects
- Attend industry wide events to find potential businesses
- Encourage operational excellence of other team members by monitoring certain process adherence elements through the CRM and other workstreams
- Deliver consistent and timely responses, follow-through and follow-up in response to partner requests and issues
About you:
- 2+ years of sales or customer service experience
- Strong communication and organisational skills
- Dependable, positive and detail-oriented with excellent follow-through skills
- Able to deal with stakeholders at all levels externally
Nice to have:
- Exposure to and passion for early-stage startups and/or high growth environments
- Knowledge related to risk management and insurance
- Experience with public speaking and presentations
We would provide the following to help you bring your best self to work:
Salary: Your basic pay is £30,000-£40,000 per year which shall accrue from day to day and be payable directly into your account.
Bonus: 20% of salary (but paid quarterly) - This will be based on a range of targets to be agreed upon at the beginning of each quarter. Some will be financial, whereas others will be more around issues close to our heart and in keeping with our ESG values.
Equipment: We will provide you with a laptop and iPhone, as well as anything required to perform your job.
Holidays: 30+ days: 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and we think you should get your birthday as a holiday too! The office is also closed over Christmas, which doesn't affect your 25 days allowance.
Pension: A company pension scheme where we contribute 5% of your salary, with a minimum 3% contribution from you.
Training: We are committed to developing our team, so we would like to offer you access to a few highly impactful training courses. We would also cover the cost of any future CII qualifications that you choose to pursue.
Volunteering: We will be encouraging all team members to commit to at least two days a year of volunteering work (supporting our ESG values).
Interested? Send your most up-to-date CV to Cat at i2i recruitment today!
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