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Sutherland

AVP - CDE - Insurance

RemoteUnited States only· UTC-8…UTC-5
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Role
Sales
Experience
Lead
Employment
Full-time
Company size
Enterprise
Salary not disclosed
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High-performing Client Development Executive to drive new logo acquisition in Life and P&C Insurance segments. Quota-carrying role responsible for originating, shaping, and closing new business with Insurance carriers. Requires insurance domain credibility, industry connections, and consultative sales mindset.

Core skills

new logo acquisitioninsurance domainconsultative sales

Required skills

digital transformationcustomer experienceAI solutionsBPO

What you'll do

  • Drive business development with Insurance accounts with responsibility to identify new business opportunities, digital transformation, lead end-to-end sales pursuit, manage client relationships while collaborating with the broader organization to bring forth the best of Sutherland to meet customers’ needs.
  • Driving end-to-end pursuit cycle
  • Consistently generate $3M of revenue from net new logos every year, before transitioning to the account management team to scale further
  • Identify, create and qualify opportunities (sole sourced, RFPs).
  • Shape and solution engagements in collaboration with subject matter experts as relevant
  • Develop and communicate compelling value propositions and advance sales conversations
  • Drive pricing and MSA negotiations with clients as well as internal approvals to drive to closure
  • Forging strong relationships
  • Build trusted advisor relationships and influential partnerships based on a strong foundation of business and technology expertise; build on top of and leverage existing client relationships from past work
  • Work with vertical heads and account management teams in existing Sutherland accounts to ensure year-over-year revenue growth
  • Invest in social selling – own and Sutherland’s brand
  • Collaborate to bring forth best of Sutherland
  • Collaborate closely with solutioning studios / CoEs, delivery, vertical sales team, other horizontals incl. analytics, Sutherland labs, PSG team, as needed to build customized solutions for end clients
  • Staying ahead of the curve
  • Track industry developments – implications of macro-economic moves, new business models, industry disruptors (regulations, new offerings, new players); track technology developments
  • Track competitors – investments, footprint, new offerings; develop account-specific deep insights
  • Develop and own sales plan for winning priority new accounts for Sutherland; review sales plan/ business pipeline with leadership to ensure target achievement

What they require

  • Bachelor’s degree, MBA preferred
  • 15+ years of experience in business development with depth in the Insurance industry
  • Experience selling digital transformation, customer experience focused services with hands-on experience of pursuing, shaping & closing $10M+ deals
  • Experience and examples of engaging senior stakeholders on business problems and ability to match those with relevant service offerings
  • Well networked, with strong references from key buyers, influencers in F500 enterprises
  • Experience in growing and sustaining long-term customer relationships
  • Resourceful, understands and leverages “The-art-of-the-possible”
  • Proven track record of delivering excellence through informal experience
  • Confident communication/ active listener with top tier skills in “telling the story” and facilitating conversation
  • Will win “or die trying” attitude towards goals
  • Top tier capacity for reasoning, logic, critical thinking & problem solving
  • Looks to research, learn & understand on relevant topics
  • Strong understanding of pre-sales, solutioning, and pursuit management.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple complex bids simultaneously.
  • Strong analytical skills to assess client needs and shape tailored solutions.
  • Experience with large, multi-tower and structured deals (e.g., BOT, asset takeovers, partnerships).
  • Executive-level communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Demonstrated hunter mindset with consistent success in new logo acquisition

Benefits

  • All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
  • During employment, employees are treated without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or handicap, or any other legally protected status.
  • At times, government agencies require periodic reports from employers on the sex, ethnicity, handicap, veteran and other protected status of employees.
  • The purpose of this Administrative EEO Record is for statistical analysis only and is used to comply with government record keeping, reporting, and other legal requirements.
  • Periodic reports are made to the government on the following information.
  • The completion of the Administrative EEO record is optional.
  • If you choose to volunteer the requested information, please note that all Administrative EEO Records are kept in a Confidential File and are not part of your Application for Employment or Personnel file.
  • Please note: YOUR COOPERATION IS VOLUNTARY.
  • INCLUSION OR EXCLUSION OF ANY DATA WILL NOT AFFECT ANY EMPLOYMENT DECISION.

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