Business Development Manager

Role Overview

Lead and deliver the South African commercial plan, translating strategic direction into executable market plans, and ensuring commercial activity converts into realised income.

What You Will Do

Translate strategic direction into executable market plans, lead a high-performing Business Development Executive team, and ensure commercial activity converts into realised income.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The role requires a commercially driven Business Development Manager with experience leading sales or business development teams, strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, and high-level commercial acumen.

Requirements

• Experience leading sales or business development teams with full performance accountability
• Proven commercial experience within financial services, insurance or healthcare
• Track record of delivering income growth, retention and commercial targets
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across internal and external partners
• High level of commercial acumen with the ability to interpret data and translate insight into action
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• Experience working in complex, cross-functional, multi-stakeholder environments