Business Development Manager
Core
Recruit and retain crop insurance agents in South Dakota and Iowa to place profitable business with ProAg, requiring extensive travel.
Role type
Business Development Manager (Sales)
Builds
Agent relationships and premium growth for crop insurance products
Domain
Insurance / Agriculture
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
sales, relationship building, cold calling, networking, strategic partnerships, competitor analysis, data tracking, compliance, cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
crop insurance experience
Technologies
CRM/database management
Responsibilities
Recruit prospective crop insurance agents; work with current agents to increase business placement; identify agents fitting culture and profitability goals; conduct targeted sales outreach; cultivate long-term agent relationships; monitor competitors and industry trends; track sales metrics (quote ratio, close ratio, persistency, loss ratio); ensure regulatory compliance; collaborate with sales, marketing, product, finance, and operations teams.
Seniority
Mid-Senior, individual contributor