# Head: Business Development (Readvertised)

Reporting to: Chief Underwriting Officer Number of Subordinates: Four Job Grade: D4 PURPOSE OF THIS ROLE The purpose of this role is to generate deal flow and build a robust pipeline of prospective transactions for underwriting across various sectors. The incumbent of this role will also be responsible to coach & mentor junior staff. This role is instrumental in ensuring that new transactions align with ECIC’s mandate, risk appetite and strategic objectives. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES, MEASURES & INTERFACES The incumbent will among other things be responsible for the following: Develop and execute strategic business development plans aligned to the Corporation’s growth objectives Develop and sustain a robust pipeline of good quality projects/transactions through proactive origination/business development; Comprehensively map industry or sector opportunities in order to generate a list of prospects; Build and maintain strong relationships with clients global, regional and local private businesses, banking and multilateral partners and government officials to further develop specific underwriting opportunities; Work closely with the underwriting team to find innovative solutions to address

- **Id**: 4150995
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/ecic-head-business-development-readvertised>
- **Role**: Sales
- **Role family**: Sales
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: board_field
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T08:12:01Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T09:12:37Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7673
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Property & Casualty Insurance, Factoring & Trade Finance

## Company

- **Id**: 2287114
- **Name**: ECIC
- **Domain**: ecic.co.za
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ecic>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Breezy

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **South Africa** — Iso: ZA; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T09:12:37Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:26:51Z

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