VP, Business Development Financial Services

The VP, Business Development is a senior commercial hunter responsible for securing net-new Financial Services client partnerships that drive profitable revenue and EBITDA growth for Assurant. This role is focused on identifying, originating, shaping, negotiating, and closing complex, multiyear commercial agreements with targeted Financial Services prospects across card benefits, retail travel, legal services/insurance, identity theft protection, and adjacent customer value-added services.

This is not a transactional sales role. This is a new-sales leadership role, not an account management or renewal ownership role. The VP will own the external pursuit strategy and full deal lifecycle for prospective clients — from target identification, executive outreach, discovery, solution development, commercial structuring, negotiation support, contracting, and close. The role will partner closely with the appropriate Line of Business leader, Finance, Legal, Product, Operations, and other internal stakeholders to structure economically sound, executable client solutions.

The VP serves as a commercial architect and closer — building senior-level prospect relationships, creating urgency, aligning Assurant’s enterprise capabilities to client growth priorities, and positioning Assurant as a strategic partner for new Financial Services clients.

What will be my duties and responsibilities in this job?

Financial Services Growth & New Client Acquisition

• Originate and close new partnerships across targeted net-new Financial Services prospects across card benefits, retail travel, legal services, identity theft protection, and adjacent customer value-added services.
• Personally build and own a targeted prospecting strategy, including market mapping, target lists, outbound executive outreach, industry networking, referrals, and pursuit prioritization
• Own the full deal lifecycle: prospecting, discovery, solution design, executive engagement, negotiation, contra...