Partner Engagement Manager - London Wholesale

Job Title:                   Partner Engagement Manager – London Wholesale

Division:                    Distribution and Marketing

Reports To:                Head of Partner Engagement, Wholesale

Key Relationships:      Partner Engagement and Marketing teams, underwriters and brokers.

Job Summary

Manage Beazley’s strategic broker partnerships within the London wholesale market, championing Beazley as a leading specialty insurer and supporting underwriting teams in their distribution and growth strategies. Drive profitable growth through structured, data-led broker engagement and joint strategic planning with key partner brokers.

Key Responsibilities

Broker Relationship Management

• Act as the primary relationship lead for a defined portfolio of priority wholesale brokers (SPA and Growth).
• Ensure Beazley is consistently front of mind through structured, proactive engagement.
• Develop and deliver clear broker plans with defined objectives, actions, ownership and tracking.
• Lead regular strategic discussions with brokers aligned to underwriting priorities and growth areas.
• Identify and progress opportunities to increase share of wallet
• Use broker feedback and survey insights to challenge and improve service, access and positioning.
• Represent broker perspectives internally to inform prioritisation and decision-making.

Business Development & Distribution

• Work closely with underwriting teams to align broker focus with growth priorities and risk appetite.
• Drive new business through active pipeline management and targeted broker engagement.
• Support cross-sell initiatives across classes, ensuring opportunities are visible, owned and progressed.
• Contribute to panel and RFP activity, ensuring coordinated, high-quality, and competitive responses aligned with governance requirements.
• Support delivery of targeted broker events aligned to relationship priorities and growth objectives.

Data, Insight & Performance Management

• Monitor broker performance, identifying trends, gaps and opportunities for action.
• Use data to prioritise effort and focus on highest-value relationships and opportunities.
• Track delivery against broker plans, ensuring actions are progressed and followed through.
• Establish clear performance measures (e.g. growth, pipeline, cross-sell activity, engagement quality).
• Provide concise, regular updates on performance, pipeline and key issues to senior stakeholders.
• Support Distribution Leadership by preparing high-quality executive and committee reports, providing data analysis and actionable insights.

General:

It is important that within all your interactions both internally and externally you adhere to Beazley’s core values - Being Bold, Striving for Better, and Doing the Right Thing – as they contribute to an internal environment of teamwork and promote a positive brand image and experience to our external customers. We also expect Beazley employees to: 

• Comply with Beazley procedures, policies and regulations including the code of conduct which incorporates the PRA and FCA Conduct.  Undertake training on Beazley policies and procedures as delivered by your line manager, the Culture & People or assurance teams (compliance, risk, internal audit) either directly, via e-learning or the learning management system.  
• Display business ethics that uphold the interests of all our customers.
• Ensure all interactions with customers are focused on delivering a fair outcome, including having the right products for their needs.
• Comply with any specific responsibilities necessary for your role as outlined by your line manager, the People & Sustainability or assurance teams (compliance, risk, internal audit) and ensure you keep up to date with developments in these areas. This may include, amongst others, Beazley’s underwriting control standards, Beazley’s claims control standards, other Beazley standards and customer relationship management.
• Carry out additional responsibilities as individually notified, either through your objectives or through the learning management system. These may include membership of any Beazley committees or working groups.

Personal Specification:

Skills and Abilities

• The ability to establish close working relations with a range of professionals who operate under constant time pressure
• Ability to negotiate and influence at all levels
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Strong organisation skills with the ability to manage own time, meet deadlines and prioritise
• Excellent database interrogation capabilities with the ability to drive meaningful insights
• Excellent report presentation skills allowing for the clear presentation of key facts

Essential Criteria

• Good understanding of the drivers of insurance markets
• Good understanding of the financial drivers of insurance companies
• Ability to think through the long-term impact of potential options
• Use of various analysis and strategic frameworks to enable opportunities to be researched and assessed
• Proven experience with client service

Aptitude and Disposition

• Shows initiative and self-motivated
• Interested in understanding and helping others
• Outcome focussed
• Determination, persistence and strength of mind
• An interest and passion for data and insight

Competencies

• Technical competence
• Significant Excel experience
• Self-motivated
• Collaboration
• Problem solving
• Purposeful communication
• Broad-based thinking
• Business awareness
• Creativity
• Innovation