Health and Business Development Director

Position: Health and Benefits Business Development Director
Join our Health & Benefits team as a Business Development Director, based in our London office on a hybrid basis. As part of our Solution Advisors (Large Corporate) team, you’ll drive growth by commercialising complex health, wellbeing and protection solutions. Using your employee benefits expertise, you’ll build pipelines, lead opportunities from development to close, and deliver innovative solutions to our largest corporate clients.

Working closely with consulting teams and WTW colleagues, you’ll address complex people and risk challenges, identify new opportunities, strengthen client relationships and generate referrals across the organisation.

The Role As a Business Development Director, you will lead our efforts to develop a strategic sales culture that will include the following:
Leading on business development opportunities for Health & Benefits GB Working with our Health & Benefits consultants in a collaborative manner to develop and identify growth opportunities. Supporting RfP responses from clients and prospects. Promote WTW services and propositions to include healthcare, group risk, wider wellbeing services, technology solutions. Develop and manage your own pipeline of new business. Manage prospects through the sales process from discovery to contractual agreements.

Influence stakeholders at multiple relevant levels of the prospect organisation to promote new business. Research prospects' businesses, buying habits, competitive landscape and leverage that data/insights to inform business planning and creation of pursuit teams within WTW. Network internally/externally and represent WTW at industry events as appropriate. Responsibilities:
Identify, and pursue with a selected team, cross-sell opportunities within Health & Benefits existing clients and those of the wider firm. Drive measurable consultative sales growth and broking opportunities using a strategic consulting approach. Support GB teams with large/complex regional and global sales opportunities. Drive a disciplined approach to bid management, optimizing the use of resources and increasing conversion. Be an individual contributor in seeking new sales opportunities and closing deals.

Understand the current Health & Benefits propositions and bridge the gap between the 'what' and the customer "need" by creating appropriate sales and marketing material. Seek opportunities to cross pollinate Health & Benefits GB's contact centre approach to generate relevant leads. Drive the reporting of sales and pipeline on a consistent basis globally and locally to increase accountability. Key individual contribution in continuing to develop surveys and research material that sales campaigns will be based around.

Create a feedback loop for solution leaders to reshape/refine and adapt the solution. To be the Health & Benefits Champion and the face of the company whilst living the One WTW ethos. What you'll bring Deep expertise in the UK Health & Benefits market and a strong record of driving sustainable business growth. Capable of diagnosing complex client issues, aligning them with the full spectrum of HWC solutions, and articulating tailored, practical recommendations to senior buyers across multiple disciplines.

Proven success selling complex, enterprise level solutions into sophisticated organisations, engaging multiple buyer hubs across HR, Risk, and Finance, and developing long term partnerships that deliver measurable value. Demonstrated ability to generate revenue, expand market share, and drive strategic commercial outcomes. Skilled in managing multiple stakeholders, people, and projects simultaneously, consistently delivering high quality outputs on time and within budget.

Adept at diagnosing complex client challenges and designing strategic, cross functional solutions that leverage the full breadth of organisational capabilities. Actively engaged in market developments and contributes to the creation of new tools, methodologies, and innovative approaches. Strong executive presence, with highly developed written and verbal communication skills. Influence senior executive stakeholders, both internally and externally, through…