Director, Business Development

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About the role

  • Business development director expanding UV Insurance’s life insurance and investment products across Ontario. Building advisor and MGA partnerships, delivering training, and driving market growth.

Responsibilities

  • Drive growth and expand brand presence for individual life insurance and investment product lines across Ontario
  • Build, nurture, and grow relationships with advisors and Managing General Agencies across the assigned territory
  • Prospect, schedule, and lead individual and group presentations
  • Represent UV Insurance at industry conferences, professional events, and networking functions
  • Promote individual life insurance, living benefits, and investment products
  • Create, adapt, and tailor sales concepts to advisors’ informational needs
  • Design, organize, and deliver training on insurance solutions, sales concepts, and technology platforms
  • Support advisors with case analysis and problem-solving for complex or specialized files
  • Monitor market trends and competitive offerings and provide strategic recommendations
  • Collect partner feedback to optimize product competitiveness and marketing
  • Participate in go-to-market strategies to achieve sales targets
  • Coordinate files and follow-up between field partners and internal head-office teams
  • Uphold privacy, compliance, and personal data protection standards
  • Report to the National Vice-President, Business Development

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Actuarial Science, or a related field (an asset)
  • Life License Qualification Program (LLQP) certification
  • 3 to 5 years of business development experience in individual life/health insurance and/or retirement savings
  • Proven track record building and maintaining relationships with Managing General Agencies (MGAs) and independent advisors
  • In-depth knowledge of life insurance, living benefits, and wealth/savings products
  • Willingness and ability to travel frequently by car within the territory
  • Complete professional fluency in English, oral and written
  • High comfort level with digital tools and sales technologies
  • Entrepreneurial mindset, autonomy, and strong organizational skills
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
  • Customer-focused and driven to achieve measurable results

Benefits

  • Flexible schedule management
  • Full-time remote work based in Ontario
  • Defined benefit pension plan
  • Preferred rates on insurance products
  • Comprehensive group insurance plan, including telemedicine
  • Annual $485 wellness allowance
  • “Healthy Enterprise” certification
  • 4 weeks of paid vacation starting upon hire
  • 8 personal days per year
  • Continuous investment in professional development
  • Mentorship
  • Opportunities for career advancement
  • Paid occasional trips to the Drummondville head office, approximately 4 times per year

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

CA$96,989 - CA$145,483 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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