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o you have an interest in London market Real Estate? If you're brilliant at relationship management with brokers, this could be the role for you. We're looking for a Business Development Manager to join AXA Commercial’s Real Estate Distribution team.
You’ll grow profitable long-standing relationships with a designated panel of brokers. You’ll have similar experience of taking full ownership for the generation and retention of profitable business, transferring these skills to manage an aligned panel of brokers.
At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least 60% of your week away from home, moving to the majority of your working week from September 2025. Away from home means either attendance at one of our London office, visiting clients or attending industry events.
What you’ll be doing:
- Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships.
- Prepare, design, implement and review agreed business development plans.
- Develop a robust pipeline of appropriate new business opportunities for UK and multi-national placements.
- Share the nature of a broker’s business, the marketplace and potential of the relationship with AXA colleagues.
- Identify new deals, assess feasibility and project manage their implementation.
- Promote our strategy, product range, propositions, and key differentiators to leverage opportunities using Media Fly.
- Undertake profit reviews and lead conversations with brokers to agree actions. Support underwriters with rate actions as necessary.
- Seek broker feedback on AXA Commercial’s performance and delivery.
Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we’re able to effectively manage interest. Therefore, if you’re interested in joining us at AXA, please don’t hesitate to apply.
What you’ll bring:
- Strong understanding of underwriting and risk management principles - essential.
- Good Real Estate product knowledge – essential.
- London Market Real Estate experience - essential.
- Mid-market knowledge and generation experience, both for UK and multi-national placements.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Time management and prioritisation skills.
- Established networking and relationship building skills.
- Ability to develop reciprocal relationships with Brokers.
- ACII qualification preferred but not essential
As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.
This position has been defined as an Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) role under the IDD regime which means that in addition to pre-employment screening checks, the successful candidate will be subject to background screening every 4 years with an annual declaration in interim years.
What we offer:
At AXA UK, we’re appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:
- Competitive annual salary dependent on experience
- Annual company & performance-based bonus
- Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
- Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
- 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
- AXA employee discounts
- Gym benefits
To apply, click on the ‘apply for this job’ button, you’ll then need to log in or create a profile to submit your CV. We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and don’t discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics. If you have a long-term condition or disability and require adjustments during the application or interview process, we’re proud to offer access to the AXA Accessibility Concierge. For our support, please send an email to adi.stapletonberry@axa-uk.co.uk.
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Who we are:
AXA Commercial protects businesses, from multinationals to micro start-ups, giving them the confidence to thrive. We’re currently making our biggest ever investment to develop the expertise and skills we need to be the best. We’re a vibrant community where everyone is supported to learn, develop, and take ownership of their work.
