Introduction At RSA, we believe insurance is about people, not things. We provide our inspiring colleagues the support and opportunity to grow together, shape the future, and win as a team. We are going through a transformation journey, providing our people with opportunity to be integral to improving our service and delivering better products to brokers and customers. We are a proud member of the Intact family, we feel part of something bigger, with a presence in North America, the UK and Europe. We have a bold ambition to become the best Commercial Lines business in the UK, demonstrated by our recent acquisition of NIG and Farmweb, allowing us to scale by leveraging our combined financial strength and importantly ensure our people feel the benefits of our joint capabilities. We are currently recruiting for an Area Development Manager to join our established and experienced Broker Development team here at RSA on a hybrid basis. Your Role The purpose of this role is to successfully support the Regional Management team to deliver outperformance in profitability, customer service and employee satisfaction within the commercial lines businesses. You will have overall accountability for delivery of the P&L for the regions in your area spanning both the RSA mid-market and NIG regional business lines. You will lead a team of Senior Business Development Managers to achieve the required results for the region. Working with the regional manager, you will be responsible for understanding the landscape of other companies and developing an appropriate strategy to provide best possible outcomes. You will assess business opportunities and constraints with each brokerage, deploying regional resource to align accordingly. This will be done by working closely with your direct reports to formulate impactful broker partnerships agreements, comprising the best mix of profit and growth. Through your market knowledge and understanding of RSA appetite, you will identify, prospect and ultimately win significant strategic opportunities both for the region and across the wider RSA business. About You To be successful in this role, it is essential that you have experience of managing strategic, broker or client partnerships within Commercial Insurance in London and the Home Counties. You will be able to articulate and be accountable for the underwriting result including the ability to interpret loss ratio curves, trends and market opportunities. You will need to understand underwriting processes, looking for opportunities to optimise performance, managing inner Key Performance Indicators to ensure the best shape of the book. It would also be useful to hold or have held a Personal Underwriting authority to help steer decision making at regional level. You will need to have the ability to lead and motivate a regional sales team, guiding them through change and building engagement along the way What we offer you At RSA we put our people first. We have adopted hybrid working as standard, to give you a better work/life balance and an excellent flexible working mindset. That is on top of a comprehensive range of benefits, including pension contributions of up to 11% looking after you now, and in the future. We will give you countless opportunities to continuously develop, alongside a diverse and passionate community of experts, the best the industry has to offer. You will be empowered to be your best self, do your best work, and make a meaningful impact. Our employee promise allows you to shape the future, win as a team, and grow with us. This role also comes with a competitve bonus scheme and company car. About Us We celebrate individuality and it is important to us that we have a culture where our people feel respected and valued for who they are. We pride ourselves on being accessible and encourage inclusive environments where our people can always give and show the very best of themselves. We understand that home life is a priority and are happy to consider reduced hours or job shares. If you think you would be a great fit for us, but do not meet all the requirements of the role, please contact us as we would love to discuss how RSA could be the next step in your career journey. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. If you wish to be considered under the scheme then please answer yes to the question Do you wish to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme? in RSAs application form. Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact our recruitment team so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.