Commercial Director & Head of Placement

Role Overview

Reporting to the AE CCO, the Commercial Director & Head of Placement is responsible for the delivery of the AE CCO placement strategy, the delivery, development and servicing of AE key carrier strategic partnerships, acting as the key business contact for all internal stakeholders within AE (& wider Ardonagh) in relation to placement. The Commercial Director & Head of Placement is the lead position in the Ardonagh Europe placement community. This role will assist with the delivery of the company’s placement objectives and plans in areas such as Placement, Strategic Carrier Management, Premium Finance, Cross Sell, New Product Development, Organic Growth and other Central Strategic Initiatives.

Competency

Excellent team player with strong communication & relationship building skills

• Experienced in managing various stakeholders concurrently to collate key content from across the business
• Strong results and solution orientation with strong decision-making skills
• Ability to manage a diverse range of topics including interdependency identification and management
• Flexible approach with an ability to work on own initiative in an agile changing environment.
• Willing to constructively challenge, critique and assist in the improvement of existing processes, colleagues and culture.
• Open to opportunities to demonstrate their skills and grow into a role and company that has huge potential
• Ability to interpret data in numerous ways and provide recommendations.
• Strong attention to detail and learning agility
• Lead, manage, motivate, support and develop the placement team and initiative
• Possesses strong communication, influencing and leadership skills
• Strong relationship builder and capable of credibly managing internal and external executive stakeholders.
• Proactively seeks out innovative ways to drive performance improvements.
• Aligns readily with the customer first approach in and Arachas culture
• Has ability to prioritise competing workloads and adapt to unforeseen events
• Possesses a can-do attitude and the ability to adapt to and embrace change

Experience &/or Skillset

• 5-10 years’ experience in a similar role within financial services (preferably insurance)
• Proficient in MS Excel and PowerPoint

About us

The Ardonagh Group is one of the world’s largest independent insurance distribution platforms and a top 20 global broker.

In Europe, Ardonagh invests in local independent advisory and specialist enterprises, partnering with management teams to drive their growth ambitions and leverage the scale and expertise of the wider Group. Beginning in 2021 with the acquisition of Arachas, the Republic of Ireland’s largest commercial insurance broker, today the Group’s in-country presence extends to the Netherlands, Greece, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and France.

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