Technical Account Manager

Instanda ,
London, Greater London
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Description Based in the UK, INSTANDA is an insurance software provider challenging the status quo. We have built an exciting software tool which fundamentally changes how companies who sell insurance can design and deliver insurance products to the market. We work directly with Insurers, Managing General Agents (MGA's), and Brokers. Using leading-edge technologies, INSTANDA insurance software is entirely configurable from the ground up. It is not a one-size-fits-all model. We allow companies to use insurance software in the way they want to. We have many global clients using INSTANDA who confirm the game-changing benefits of the product - significant speed coupled with time and cost savings for the insurance sector. Founded in 2012, we spent several years designing and building the platform which is now being used globally by some of the world's largest insurance companies. Amongst our many achievements, we were recently chosen by Microsoft UK as a disruptive technology that their ventures program sponsored. With just 20 employees in the company in January 2017, INSTANDA now has over 60 employees based in the UK (London, Histon, and Huntingdon), in the US, and Canada. We are expanding globally and look forward to hiring employees throughout London, Europe, and North America to join our team. Learn more about us at JOB DESCRIPTION Based in London, we are seeking an intuitive and client focused Technical Account Manager to join our team. This is a customer facing role focusing on identifying and meeting clients, understanding our client's needs, and participating in gathering requirements while providing technical, product, and business knowledge to support sales processes and strengthen customer relationships. No prior experience of the INSTANDA platform is required but exposure to the insurance industry is a requirement. This person has the ability to clearly communicate, be intuitive in understanding client requirements, and be part of a team to deliver the solution our clients need. Our clients face technology and resource constraints which mean that new insurance products and/or offerings could take a very long time to launch and be very costly. With INSTANDA however, insurers can build their products, set their distribution networks, test and launch their products in unprecedented timescales - all without writing a single line of code. The person in this role will ensure our customers can successfully and easily do all these things and more! Responsibilities will include: * Identify and meet with prospective and existing clients in the insurance industry to understand their pain points while identifying ways our insurance SAAS product can help them * Promote INSTANDA's products and services while addressing and predicting our client objectives * Partner with INSTANDA employees to prepare sales contracts ensuring adherence to laws and guidelines * Maintain a realistic pipeline indicating the true status of prospective clients * Partner with other INSTANDA employees to manage, support, and retain key accounts * Conduct technical demonstrations of our software * Partner with our service delivery and engineering teams to support and configure the design of the product for the client * This role will require travel to client sites within the UK and Europe (Germany, France, and surrounding areas) with occasional travel to North America Requirements * A degree in Business, Maths, Computer Science, or equivalent degree is an asset * 3+ years of professional experiences in an account manager, business development or sales role in a B2B environment (internships count!) * Understanding of insurance terminology is a must * Intermediate to advanced working knowledge of Excel is a must * Must be commercially savvy with strong listening skills * Proven ability to be organized and prioritize * Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a flair to express technical concepts in an everyday language * Excellent PowerPoint and CRM skills (e.g.: Salesforce) * Confident presentations and negotiation skills (in English and German) * Ability to develop and maintain relationships with senior management at the client site * Ability to multi-task and handle competing deadlines in a fast-paced dynamic environment * A take ownership and client facing outlook * Process oriented outlook understanding when to involve other members of the INSTANDA team whether that be senior executives, engineers, or configuration analysts * Exposure to insurance product design, e-trading or TCF guidelines is an asset * Stakeholder management or workshop facilitation experience is an asset * Working knowledge of German or French is a major asset Benefits * You will get to work with one of the worlds best insurtech brands * You have the opportunity to be part of a brand new small team making big changes * We offer 25 vacation days but recognize that some people like more personal time! We offer the option of buying up to 5 additional vacati

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