About The Role
Join Doctors’ Health Fund, part of the Avant Group, and play a key role in growing Australia’s private health insurer dedicated to the medical community.
As our Business Development Manager, you’ll focus on expanding our reach across the healthcare sector by building relationships, developing new partnerships and creating referral opportunities through Avant’s established national network.
Based in Sydney, this permanent full-time role combines business development, relationship management and strategic thinking. You’ll work across Doctors’ Health Fund and the wider Avant Group to activate referral channels, identify new opportunities and drive sustainable membership growth.
This is a great opportunity for someone who is commercially minded, relationship-driven and comfortable working autonomously. You’ll have the opportunity to represent Doctors’ Health Fund across the healthcare industry and contribute directly to our future growth strategy.
Key Accountabilities
In this role, you will:
- Drive membership growth through Avant’s BDM network and your own business development activity.
- Identify and pursue new business, partnership and referral opportunities across the medical and healthcare community.
- Build strong relationships with hospitals, medical practices, allied health providers and other key industry partners.
- Equip Avant’s BDM network with the tools, knowledge and messaging needed to identify and refer Doctors’ Health Fund opportunities.
- Develop and improve referral pathways, sales tools and processes to increase lead quality and conversion.
- Partner with Marketing to deliver campaigns, training and sales enablement initiatives.
- Represent Doctors’ Health Fund at industry events, conferences and forums.
- Use market insights, performance data and competitor activity to identify opportunities and inform business development strategy.
- Work closely with sales, marketing, call centre and broader Avant teams to improve lead management and the member experience.
- Ensure business development activities are delivered in line with relevant regulatory and compliance requirements
Key Capabilities
To be successful in this role, you’ll bring:
- Demonstrated experience in business development, sales or relationship management, with a track record of achieving targets.
- Experience within private health insurance, healthcare, health services, financial services or another regulated industry.
- An understanding of the private health insurance landscape, including industry trends, regulation and competitive dynamics.
- Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to build credibility with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong communication, presentation and relationship-building skills.
- The ability to understand customer needs and develop solutions that create value.
- Confidence using performance data and market insights to inform decisions and identify opportunities.
- Strong commercial acumen and problem-solving skills.
- A proactive and organised approach, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Experience working with referral networks, partner channels or distributed sales teams will be highly regarded.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Avant supports doctors so they can serve Australia's diverse communities. Having diversity in our workforce brings valuable perspectives and strengthens our ability to support healthcare professionals.
We therefore welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, and those with caring responsibilities.
Our inclusive workplace is somewhere everyone can succeed.
Ready to join us? If you're passionate about supporting Australia's healthcare professionals, we'd love to hear from you. If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to contact us at [email protected]
Skills Required
- Demonstrated experience in business development, sales, or relationship management with a record of achieving targets.
- Experience in private health insurance, healthcare, health services, financial services, or another regulated industry.
- Understanding of the private health insurance landscape, including industry trends, regulation, and competitive dynamics.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to build credibility across internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to understand customer needs and develop valuable solutions.
- Confidence using performance data and market insights to inform decisions and identify opportunities.
- Strong commercial acumen and problem-solving skills.
- Proactive, organised approach with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Experience with referral networks, partner channels, or distributed sales teams.
What We Do
Avant is an Australian member-owned organisation founded by doctors in 1893. It is Australia’s largest medical indemnity insurer, protecting medical professionals against litigation and offering indemnity and health insurance, practice insurance, life and income protection, travel cover, medico-legal and risk advisory services, legal support, finance solutions, and practice management tools. It also provides resources, advice, and professional development materials to support doctors throughout their careers and the business of medicine.
