Senior Vice President Business Development Jobs

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PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE ROLE: The Senior Vice President of Business Development is a key senior leader responsible for driving organizational growth, expanding market presence, and developing longterm strategic partnerships. This role leads part of the business development function, identifies highvalue opportunities, and collaborates with senior leadership to execute the company's growth strategy. The SVP provides visionary direction, builds strong external relationships, and ensures alignment between business development initiatives and overall organizational goals.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES MAY INCLUDE

Strategic Leadership

• Develops and leads the company's business development strategy to support longterm growth and competitive positioning.

• Evaluates market trends, emerging opportunities, and industry shifts to inform strategic decisionmaking.

• Partners with the executive team to set revenue goals, growth targets, and organizational priorities.

Business Growth & Market Expansion

• Identifies, pursues, and secures new business opportunities, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, and acquisitions.

• Oversees pipeline development and ensures consistent advancement of highvalue opportunities.

• Expands the company's footprint in existing and new markets by building relationships with key stakeholders and industry leaders.

Relationship Management

• Cultivates and maintains strong executivelevel relationships with clients, partners, investors, and external organizations.

• Represents the company at industry events, conferences, and business forums to elevate brand visibility.

• Negotiates highimpact contracts, agreements, and partnerships that align with organizational goals.

Team Leadership & Development

• Leads, mentors, and develops a highperforming business development team with a focus on accountability, innovation, and results.

• Fosters crossfunctional collaboration with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Operations, and Product teams.

• Establishes performance metrics, monitoring systems, and reporting mechanisms to drive team success.

Financial & Operational Excellence

• Oversees budgeting, forecasting, and resource allocation for business development initiatives.

• Uses datadriven insights to evaluate opportunity viability, ROI, and strategic risks.

• Ensures compliance with organizational policies, legal standards, and industry regulations.

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, risk management, or a related field, from an accredited college or university preferred. Possession of, or progress towards, CPCU and/or ARM designation required.

Ten plus (10+) years of related experience, to include relationship building in the claims management or risk management area, or equivalent combination of education and experience required. Proven track record of leading large scale growth initiatives and securing high value partnerships. Executive Senior leadership experience within a complex, high growth, or multi-unit organization.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

When applicable and appropriate, consideration will be given to reasonable accommodations.

Mental: Clear and conceptual thinking ability; excellent judgment, troubleshooting, problem solving, analysis, and discretion; ability to handle work-related stress; ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously; and ability to meet deadlines

Physical: Computer keyboarding, travel as required

Auditory/Visual: Hearing, vision and talking

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.

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