Why work with Assurant?

At Assurant, we work with the world’s top brands to safeguard and service connected devices, homes, and automobiles. With over a century of experience, our unwavering commitment to excellence has allowed us to build strong partnerships across various industries.

When you join Assurant, you become part of a global community that values curiosity, collaboration, and bold thinking. Our culture empowers individuals to challenge convention, elevate performance, and make meaningful contributions to our clients, partners, and one another. You’ll be supported by a diverse, inclusive environment, world‑class development programs, and benefits designed to help you thrive personally and professionally.

What's the role about?

As a National Business Development Manager (NBDM) at Assurant, you will play a pivotal role in leading and aligning Assurant’s aggressive growth plan across Australia & New Zealand. You will own, build, lead, and launch ‘Win Strategies’ to accelerate and scale the growth of the business with existing and new partners.

The NBDM will create and manage a pipeline of new client opportunities for all Connected Living products and services. They will focus on identifying and executing profitable, revenue-generating initiatives. The pipeline of new clients will include but not be limited to; MNO, MVNO, OEM’S, Retail & eCommerce and other LOBs as required.

You will create and present clearly defined ‘Win Strategies’ for each opportunity; as well as ensuring all identified opportunities are within our scope for success and Assurant has the right partnerships and operational capabilities to deliver this new business as expected.

Based in either Sydney or Melbourne, and reporting to the Commercial and Sales Director,



the role will see you:

- Creating and growing effective client relationships by sourcing new clients and developing opportunity within existing clients.
- Work closely with the leadership team to build and manage a robust pipeline of potential new clients with Win Strategies delivering profitable revenue growth.
- Partner with product and marketing teams to develop and manage customer strategies and define differentiated offerings to attract new business and grow existing accounts.
- Manage and ownership of RFP processes, bid management and tender initiatives for Australia & NZ.
- Provide consumer, market, and competitor insights to wider leadership team to influence regional strategy.
- Coordinate the various cross-functional roles associated with client program delivery throughout the company to ensure alignment on customer goals, systems, data, assumptions, and delivery timing.

Does this sound like you?

- Proven seniority, experience and a successful track record in a similar Business Development focussed role. .
- Previous experience in the insurance and/or telco industry will be highly regarded.
- Sales professional who thrives in high-stakes, fast-paced situations and who enjoys strategic, long-term thinking.
- Demonstrable experience of driving and achieving growth within large complex accounts.
- Solid interpersonal skills,



an ability to convey complex ideas in easy language that connects and inspires, and a good instinct for business.
- Experience working directly with senior stakeholders/C-suite executives & fostering multi-level relationships.
- Strong track record of initiating, winning & delivering cross-sell or recent business opportunities.
- Leadership, business acumen, commercial awareness, networking, strong communication and interpersonal abilities, and analytical thinking.
- Commercially astute with understanding of key P&L; drivers.

If you’re a driven and dynamic business development leader who thrives on achieving exceptional growth results, we’d love to hear from you!

Submit your resume and cover letter detailing your experiences and suitability for the role. The successful applicant will be subject to relevant background checks such as reference checks and a police check.

At Assurant, we celebrate the differences that make us who we are. By assembling extraordinary teams from a variety of races, religions, sexual orientations, gender identities, ages, experiences, and abilities, we’re able to better reflect the global communities where we live and work. By working to remove barriers, we ensure equity for everyone.

The pursuit of inclusion rests with each of us. Because it’s only by listening to and representing the unique voices of every individual that we can innovate for all.

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📌 National Business Development Manager (New South Wales)
🏢 Assurant Services Australia Pty
📍 New South Wales