Head of Partnerships & BD , UK
battleface
about us: battleface is building a humanity-focused travel insurance company to bring people and the world together. Why? Because for far too long travel insurance has focused on the company, not the customer. But we’re changing that. How? By connecting travellers to embedded, customised insurance solutions that deliver the right insurance at the right price—right where and when they need it.
battleface, a fast-growing insurtech travel provider, is looking for a Head of Partnerships and Business Development to help us in our mission. Stop reading now if you don’t love travel, sales, partnerships, tech, and smart strategy—not to mention amazing people, culture, and benefits.
about you: New rules, new roles: this position is for team players who embrace innovation and tech. The perfect candidate plays well with others, keeps an eye out for sales and development, and has a hunger to help us expand our growth goals. Creative, personable, and ready to shake up boring old insurance with innovative and exciting new methods. Sound like you?
Specifically, we’re looking for someone who can:
- Find and establish new relationships with distribution partners, including insurance brokers, MGAs, OTAs, financial institutions/banks/credit card programs, travel suppliers, traveltech, insurtech and fintech companies
- Conduct market research and analysis to inform sales strategy and create detailed business plans, test them and revisit them regularly
- Execute on sales strategies in line with battleface’s growth objectives.
- Build a focused pipeline and aggressively work it
- Set and exceed sales goals
- Work with underwriting, product, engineering, and operations to ensure partner success
- Travel, speak up, network, and produce!
essentials:
- Demonstrated success in insurance direct partner sales and key account management roles
- Management skills, including the ability to lead and motivate others
- Full understanding of b2b and b2b2c acronyms, with experience executing both
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Travel Insurance / Traveltech, Fintech or Insurtech background preferred
- Initiative, enthusiasm and the ability to think strategically
- Relevant and fresh contacts within the target companies
- Proven track record of driving a company’s growth
- The ability to network confidently, creatively and flexibly with a wide variety of people and organisations
- Fluent in current and emerging customer needs and travel insurance industry opportunities
- Hungry!
even better:
- Startup experience in tech
- Implementation experience
- Worldwide travel
- CII qualifications
And, most importantly about your focus on impact:
- Aims to surpass continually evolving and relevant goals
- Intentional when setting goals that are ambitious, realistic, and geared toward objectives that move the needle
- Focuses on partnerships that enable our mission of building a humanity focused travel insurance company to bring people and the world together
the perks:
- Insurance, Health, Life, Pension,100% of premiums are covered by battleface
- You’ll never work on your birthday
- 28 days of Annual leave plus bank holidays
- Travel – All international travel is insured by battleface
- 100% Remote working