Commercial Development Executive

The Commercial Development Executive role at Marsh is a hybrid position based in Birmingham, Harrogate or Leeds. You will work at least 3 days a week in the office or with prospective clients, with the option to work from home up to 2 days after successful onboarding.

As a Commercial Development Executive, you will lead the commercial sales team, focusing on small to mid‑commercial businesses across the West‑Midlands and Yorkshire. You will generate new business, nurture relationships, and support cross‑selling initiatives.

• Reach out to prospective clients via email, phone, post, attend meetings with prospects and secure them as new clients.
• Align yourself to one or two industry sectors to work on prospects in those sectors.
• Manage a prospect pipeline; keep our CRM database up to date with all activity.
• Build strong working relationships within the business to increase internal referrals and cross‑sell additional Marsh services.
• Attend relevant networking events and build centres of influence both internally and externally.

• A minimum of 1-3 years sales or customer service experience – over phone or face to face.
• The ability to generate leads and follow these up to build a strong pipeline of potential insurance clients.
• A can‑do attitude; self‑starter who can manage their own time effectively.
• Strong organisational skills and a good work ethic.
• Good at relationship building; strong interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Stakeholder management skills up to and including senior executive level.
• Motivation to complete the Certificate in Insurance – all sales professionals should achieve CERT CII as a minimum.

• Looking to develop an insurance career with a growth mind‑set approach.
• CERT CII or higher.

• Earn bonus from day one – there is no hurdle; bonus paid quarterly.
• Professional development support, proven career pathways and supportive leaders.
• Vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Range of career opportunities, benefits and rewards to enhance your well‑being.

Marsh, a business of Marsh McLennan, is the world’s top insurance broker and risk advisor. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses:
Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With an annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective.

Marsh McLennan is committed to a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at rea