Business Development Associate (Insurance & Financial Services)

Location: United Kingdom; workplace type: Hybrid

Company

hirify.global provides consulting and People Development services, including apprenticeships, professional qualifications, CPD pathways, and organisational development solutions.

What you will do

• Lead business development across apprenticeship-funded and professional qualification markets, with a focus on insurance and financial services.
• Identify and develop professional qualification, CPD, competence framework, and apprenticeship opportunities.
• Build relationships with employers, professional bodies, awarding organisations, and sector stakeholders.
• Engage HR, L&D, talent, and business stakeholders to translate workforce challenges into strategic commercial solutions.
• Develop tailored proposals and coordinate with Growth, Client Success, and People Development specialists through opportunity progression, handover, and onboarding.
• Contribute to go-to-market planning, pipeline management, forecasting, CRM accuracy, market intelligence, and external industry events.

Requirements

• Proven business development experience in apprenticeships, professional qualifications, CPD, or wider L&D.
• Strong understanding of the insurance and/or financial services sector, including workforce and talent challenges, role structures, professional bodies such as the CII, qualification routes, and competence evidence.
• Strong knowledge of apprenticeship funding models, policy requirements, and employer decision-making.
• Experience engaging employers and converting workforce and talent challenges into apprenticeship, qualification, or skills-based commercial opportunities.
• Strong stakeholder engagement across operational and senior levels, including HR, L&D, and talent leaders.
• Strong proposal writing, solution design, commercial awareness, opportunity qualification, pipeline management, forecasting, CRM use, and data-driven reporting.
• Ability to interpret market intelligence, funding developments, policy, and regulatory trends.
• Experience collaborating across teams to progress client opportunities, with excellent communication and presentation skills.
• High emotional intelligence, professional integrity, and a values-led approach to partnership.

Nice to have

• Background in L&D, talent, or organisational development in-house or in consultancy.
• Established connections with HR, L&D, and talent buyers in insurance and financial services.
• Experience developing apprenticeship or professional qualification opportunities in insurance or financial services, or working with professional bodies and employer-provider partnerships.
• Understanding of commercial L&D financing, client budgets, and procurement cycles.
• Awareness of emerging learning technologies, including AI, and professional development trends.
• Experience in strategic marketing, proposition development, thought leadership, external events, coaching, or mentoring.
• Passion for inclusive workforce development and social impact.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent, full-time employment in a hybrid working arrangement.
• Cross-functional collaboration across Growth, Client Success, and the wider People Development function.
• Values-led partnership approach with a focus on inclusive workforce development and social impact.