Chief Sales Officer Germany (m/w/d), Gerlingen

At BNP Paribas, we’re all on first-name terms and we wear appropriate clothing that makes us feel comfortable. We embrace diversity, team spirit and sustainability. With us, you’ll find a secure job, plenty of freedom to shape your role and a career path that suits your individual circumstances.

We are: The bank for a changing world. We – that’s around 180,000 employees across 64 countries.

Tasks

• Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer Germany and leading a team of around 35-40 people, including seven direct reports in Sales Distribution & Marketing.
• Full ownership of the business development strategy for Cardif Germany, from definition to successful execution.
• Driving growth in Germany across Consumer Finance, Retail Banking, Automotive and Mortgage Protection through an ambitious internal and external growth plan.
• Managing and expanding large strategic partnerships, maintaining CEO-Level relationships and continuously identifying new business opportunities.
• Designing and innovating value propositions and distribution models together with IT & Operations, based on Partner needs, market trends and strong commercial practices.
• Leading the transformations of the Sales Distribution & Marketing organization, ensuring effective hierarchical management and sharing best practices across countries.
• Steering key business-development initiatives (including expansion of the automative footprint, strengthening banking partnerships and building the mortgage protection market)
• Being accountable for achieving GWP and NBI targets

Profile

• Several years of experience in the German insurance market, combined with a strong professional network in consumer finance, retail banking, automative finance and mortgage markets.
• Ideally, proven experience in a CSO role (or a comparable Senior Sales position).
• A successful track record in business transformation projects within an insurance company (e.g. new market development, HR transformation).
• Strong ability to manage and further develop very large partnerships.
• Local presence in Germany, ensuring medium-term managerial stability.
• Preferably a German national, but we also welcome other nationalities with strong verbal and written communication and negotiation skills in both English and German, suitable for internal and external stakeholders.