Distribution Manager

at  SiriusPoint Ltd

DISTRIBUTION MANAGER

Location: London
Reporting to: Head of Distribution and Sales
Direct Reports: None
Working Arrangements: 35 hours per week, hybrid

WHO WE ARE

SiriusPoint is a global underwriter of insurance and reinsurance. We utilize deep risk capabilities to protect our customers SiriusPoint is a global underwriter of insurance and reinsurance. We utilize deep risk capabilities to protect our customers and provide intelligent risk solutions to clients and brokers around the world. Bermuda-headquartered and listed on the New York Stock Exchange (SPNT), we work as ‘One SiriusPoint’, to apply expertise and underwrite risks across our four operational areas - International Insurance, North American Insurance, Global Accident and Health, and Global Reinsurance.
We have underwriting hubs in Bermuda, Liege, London, New York, Stockholm and Zurich, and licenses to write Property & Casualty and Accident & Health insurance and reinsurance globally.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Managing the portfolio pipeline, ensuring all documentation is ready for meetings
• Organising and chairing the portfolio and deals pipeline meetings and deals committee
• Ensuring that all actions are followed up by product leads, coordinating updates.
• Maintaining business relationships with business partners while deals are being designed

TECHNICAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• A good understanding of the Insurance, Underwriting or Broking environment
• Tenacity and drive to seek new business and meet or exceed targets
• Interpersonal skills for building and developing relationships with clients
• Written and verbal communication skills - needed for communicating with a range of people, both internally and externally, as well as presentation skills
• IT skills, including the use of spreadsheets, and PowerPoint
• Teamworking skills and a collaborative approach to work
• Decision-making skills
• The ability to multitask and prioritise your workload
• Project management and organisational skills
• The ability to motivate yourself and set your own goals
• Negotiating skills
• The ability to think strategically
• The ability to analyse sales data, create insight and write reports
• A flexible approach to work with the ability to adapt to a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
• Initiative and the confidence to start things from scratch.

• Research and identify new business opportunities to support the building of our partnerships pipeline- including new markets, growth areas, trends, customers, partnerships, products and services.
• Meet with customers/clients face to face or over the phone with the senior team
• Foster and develop relationships with customers/clients
• Understand the needs of your customers and be able to respond effectively with a plan of how to meet these
• Think strategically - seeing the bigger picture and setting aims and objectives in order to develop and improve the business
• Work strategically - carrying out necessary planning in order to implement operational changes
• Have a good understanding of the businesses’ products or services and be able to advise others about them
• Ensure key stakeholders are on board throughout the organisation, and understand the need for change and what is required of them
• Discuss promotional strategy and activities with the marketing department
• Keep abreast of trends and changes in the business world
• Help to plan sales meetings, deal and portfolio pipeline meetings and deal committee