Head, Public Sector Sales at Coronation Insurance Plc

Coronation is a leading financial service partner that helps build enduring legacies for sustainable wealth creation in Africa. Having established a 30-year record of achievements in banking across Africa and beyond, our founders established a Pan-African platform focused on building a better financial future for Africa. Today, our businesses are entrusted with our over $1billion of clients’ assets and are recognized as Nigeria's fastest-growing investment managers. Our purpose at Coronation is to create a prosperous future for our clients and the African continent. Coronation is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We enable an inclusive workplace by identity, disability, and other statuses protected by law.

Coronation Insurance Plc– an affiliated company to Coronation Group Ltd - is a leading insurance provider of a diverse range of products and services covering general and special risk businesses to individuals and corporate entities.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head, Public Sector Sales

Location: Lagos 
Employment Type: Full-time

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead business development activities for public sector related clients or partners
• Develop the company’s penetration or market share on all business lines for the public sector
• Lead complex and major sales presentations and negotiations with clients
• Mitigate situations where the organization/department is at fault in an appropriate way.
• Oversee the process of data collection, assessing, understanding and integrating primary quantitative and qualitative customer data
• Cross-selling Insurance products to the company’s customers.
• Evaluate organisational capability to respond quickly to consumer demand for products and/or services based on research outcomes
• Prioritize channel characteristics by how well they help Coronation meet channel objectives and desired customer experience
• Educate customers on the digital products and services offered by the coronation.
• Analyse business development principles, best practices, and full range of business development techniques for public sector clients
• Use specialist knowledge of insurance products and services to meet client needs
• Analyse and evaluate which insurance products and services could meet complex client needs

Key Requirements
Education and Work Experience:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Insurance, Marketing and Finance or equivalent
• Minimum of eight (8) years of prior experience in Insurance Sales-related roles.
• Professional certification in Insurance, sales, marketing or any relevant field.

Skills and Competencies:

• Must have or willing to learn a broad-based insurance-related exposure and background in order to multi-task within a small team.
• Industry Knowledge – well versed with product knowledge and industry trends.
• Advanced selling skills
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholder relationships and priorities
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong supervisory and people management skills.
• General understanding of the financial markets and investment vehicles
• Strong networking and relationship management skills.

Application Closing Date
20th June, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CVs to: careers@coronationinsurance.com.ng using the Job Title as the subject of the email.