Business Development Officer

Description

As a Business Development Officer at Askari Family Takaful, you play a crucial role in driving the company's growth by developing and executing comprehensive marketing and business strategies. You take full ownership of the end-to-end processes, from identifying potential partners and investors to pitching and onboarding them. Your efforts directly contribute to establishing a strong market presence and strengthening the company’s network through strategic partnerships and community engagement. You lead a team of three persons, guiding them in sales pipeline management, customer relationship management, and outreach campaigns, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and timely achievement of targets. In this fast-paced and dynamic environment, you use your creativity and self-motivation to build and maintain fruitful relationships with clients while navigating the challenges of client hunting and prospecting. You set up and manage all market-facing efforts, establish community channels, and oversee salesforce utilization to track leads and manage customer interactions effectively. Your role requires a hands-on approach to every aspect of business development and a proactive mindset to seize growth opportunities in the competitive financial services sector.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and monitor comprehensive marketing and business development strategies tailored to the company’s goals.
• Identify and evaluate potential partners, clients, and investors to expand the business network and drive growth.
• Lead the process of pitching, negotiating, and onboarding new partners and clients with professionalism and strategic insight.
• Build and manage community engagement platforms to enhance brand visibility and foster strong relationships with clients and partners.
• Oversee and execute outreach campaigns to generate leads and increase market penetration.
• Manage the sales pipeline by effectively utilizing CRM and Salesforce tools to track opportunities and progress.
• Provide leadership and direction to a team of three, ensuring clear communication, goal alignment, and performance optimization.
• Establish the company’s market presence from scratch by founding operational workflows and market entry strategies.
• Engage in client hunting activities to proactively identify and pursue new business opportunities.
• Collaborate with internal teams to gather market intelligence and feedback to refine business strategies continuously.
• Ensure timely reporting and documentation of business development activities to senior management.
• Maintain a self-driven and creative approach, adapting quickly to a fast-paced tech environment and taking full ownership of assigned projects.

Experience

1 Year

Apply By

Nov 15, 2026

Required Skills

• Lead Generation and Prospecting
• Sales Pipeline Management
• Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
• Strategic Partnership Development
• Salesforce
• build team
• Negotiation
• Client Acquisition

Nice to Have Skills

• Market Research
• Community Engagement
• Communication
• Project Ownership