Business Development Director - D2C, Retail Platforms and Fintech
Business Development Director - D2C, Retail Platforms and Fintech
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Please note this position is based in London and this will be the contractual location of the successful candidate other locations cannot be considered.
Business Development Director - D2C Retail Platforms and Fintech
This is a great job for someone with a strong understanding of digital distribution retail investment behaviours and financial products.
A bit about the job:
We are looking for a Business Development Director to join the Aviva Investors Wealth Team to drive growth and expansion in the Direct Wealth Business within Aviva Wealth as well with externally with emerging fintech and D2C platforms. You will work closely with the Direct Wealth team by supporting their ambitions to grow their business ensuring Aviva Investors can support their investment and client engagement needs. Additionally having strong market knowledge the role will ensure you see opportunities for Aviva Investors for emerging retail platforms. This role involves proactively engaging with partners to understand their investment needs identifying and cultivating strategic partnerships to expand distribution reach and staying ahead of market trends to inform new proposition development. Youll support marketing and client engagement initiatives contribute to digital distribution growth with external insights and tailor investment support to diverse client journeys. The position also includes managing day-to-day queries sponsoring client-focused projects such as new product development and taking ownership of business initiatives in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
Skills and experience were looking for:
Experience of business development sales partnerships commercial strategy within asset management fintech or financial services.
Strong understanding of retail products and UK regulatory investment and advice landscape.
Demonstrated success in driving D2C or B2B2C distribution models.
IMC or equivalent; CFA qualification desirable
Familiarity and experience with UK Wealth industry and products
What youll get for this role:
Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14% depending on what you put in
Eligibility for annual performance bonus
Family friendly parental and carers leave
Generous holiday entitlement plus bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days
Up to 40% discount for Aviva products
Brilliant flexible benefits including electric cars
Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme
21 volunteering hours per year
In this role youll be Certified under the Financial Conduct Authority / Prudential Regulation Authoritys Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR). This means that well need to complete some regulatory background checks on you before you take up your role and well need to ask you some questions on an annual basis to make sure you remain fit and proper and competent to carry out your role. Well provide training on what holding a SMCR role means when you join us and annually thereafter.
Aviva is for everyone:
We flex locations hours and working patterns to suit our customers business and you. Most of our people are smart working spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility with time together with colleagues.
To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here
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Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full Time
