Business Development Director - Casualty Claims (Northeast Region)

Overview

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Business Development Director - Casualty Claims (Northeast Region)

As a Business Development Director at Sedgwick, you’ll have the opportunity to take on new challenges and help solve complex problems for the world’s best brands.

Responsibilities

• Deliver innovative customer-facing solutions to clients who represent virtually every industry and comprise some of the world’s most respected organizations.

• Be a part of a rapidly growing, industry-leading global company known for its excellence and customer service.

• Leverage Sedgwick’s broad, global network of experts to both learn from and to share your insights.

• Take advantage of a variety of professional development opportunities that help you perform your best work, grow your career and your profile.

• Enjoy flexibility and autonomy in your daily work, your location, and your career path.

• Build a meaningful career that will take you places with the ability to travel and deploy at a moment’s notice.

• Access diverse and comprehensive benefits to take care of your mental, physical, financial and professional needs.

Primary Purpose

To expand and enhance the company's top line for the casualty line of business through diligent relationship building and maintenance with prospective clients across an area, specifically the northeast region; to identify and address prospective and existing client opportunities for marketing the company's programs; and to ensure sales goals, objectives and profit margins are met.

Essential Responsibilities

• Identifies, develops and maintains internal and external relationships/partnerships.

• Builds relationships with prospects.

• Facilitates the development of new partnerships and the company; facilitates and remains involved in the implementation process ensuring a smooth transition of new client programs.

• Develops the detailed knowledge of individual prospect operations targeting specific needs which may be opportunities for marketing company programs.

• Ensures the identification of expertise required addressing individual prospect requirements; identifies resources for prospect solicitation and service teams.

• Utilizes the appropriate national resources to facilitate responses and pricing for RFPs, proposals, and presentations.

• Manages the design of service programs ensuring client need fulfillment.

• Develops and implements an annual sales and service plan including identification of potential client prospects, their needs, and the methodology of presenting company's ability to fulfill those needs.

• Travels as required within designated region and additional areas as needed.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university required. Bachelor’s degree with major in Business Administration, Finance or Risk Management preferred.

• P&C Professional Designation a plus, not required.

Experience: Ten (10) years of relationship building in the claims management or risk management area or equivalent combination of education and experience required.

• Must have industry specific knowledge of casualty claims (workers compensation, managed care, auto & general liability, professional liability, etc.)

• Must have background working for or with insurance TPA's, carriers, brokers, etc.

• Must have experience prospecting and handling small to large accounts.

Skills: Excellent oral and written communication, including presentation skills, excellent interpersonal skills, PC literate, including Microsoft Office products, strong organizational skills, excellent negotiation skills.

Taking Care of You

• Career development and promotional growth opportunities

• A diverse and comprehensive benefits offering including medical, dental vision, 401K, PTO and more

Note: Credit security clearance, confirmed via a background credit check, is required for this position.

The statements contained in this document are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a colleague assigned to this description. They are not intended to constitute a comprehensive list of functions, duties, or local variances. Management retains the discretion to add or to change the duties of the position at any time.

Sedgwick is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace.

Sedgwick is the world’s leading risk and claims administration partner, which helps clients thrive by navigating the unexpected. The company’s expertise, combined with the most advanced AI-enabled technology available, sets the standard for solutions in claims administration, loss adjusting, benefits administration, and product recall. With over 33,000 colleagues and 10,000 clients across 80 countries, Sedgwick provides unmatched perspective, caring that counts, and solutions for the rapidly changing and complex risk landscape. For more, see sedgwick.com