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  • Posted: Nov 17, 2025
    Deadline: Nov 26, 2025
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  • Momentum Metropolitan Holdings, formerly MMI Holdings, is a South African-based financial services group was established on 1 Dec 2010, through the merger of Metropolitan and Momentum. We are specialists in long and short-term insurance, asset management, savings, investments, healthcare administration, health risk management, employee benefits and reward...

     

    Portfolio Manager (Life)

    Role Purpose    

    • Guardrisk Life is looking for a New Business Portfolio Manager to join our Affinities Life Marketing team.
    • You will play an instrumental part in growing the Guardrisk Life business by marketing Guardrisk Life products and value proposition in line with strategy.
    • The ideal candidate is a person that wants to actively drive new business and corporate transactions. This is a client-facing role and will involve collaboration with clients and technical teams to develop and take to market tailored risk solutions. 

    Requirements    

    • Relevant Degree and/or Insurance qualification.
    • Marketing team consists of individuals with various technical skills such as actuaries, attorneys, accountants.
    • Candidate will be required to obtain an RE5 designation.
    • 2 - 4 years’ experience in the insurance and financial services industries.
    • Strong life insurance knowledge with excellent people skills to negotiate optimal solutions with various stakeholders.
    • Preferred: Dealmaking experience a definite advantage.

    Duties & Responsibilities    

    • Identify, develop and drive new business opportunities, value propositions and proposals in line with Guardrisk Life’s strategy.
    • Identify and consult with prospective clients on their business goals to position insurance as a commercial opportunity that can grow their revenue. This engagement encompasses the full insurance value chain; the strategic objectives of the target company and commercial structures.
    • This includes taking responsibility for the following functions with assistance from the larger team and technical areas.
    • Deal structuring.
    • Advising clients on operating models in an outsourced insurance value chain.
    • Taking clients through the Guardrisk Life new business process.
    • Preparing business cases for consideration at the Guardrisk Life New Business and Product Management Committees.
    • Identify and consult with prospective clients on their business goals to position insurance as a commercial opportunity that can grow their revenue.
    • Managing opportunities from prospect to execution phase. This includes consulting with prospective clients to refine business cases (commercial viability; products, reinsurance etc.) and managing prospects through Guardrisk Life’s due diligence processes.
    • Marketing and cross selling of Guardrisk Life’s products and services to existing clients.
    • Assisting clients with product development for third-party risks.

    Competencies    

    • Results-driven in pursuing new business opportunities.
    • Well-developed people skills.
    • Ability to liaise and build relationships with different stakeholders at all levels of the value chain.
    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
    • Excellent presentation and negotiation skills.
    • Critical thinking skills.
    • Business acumen.
    • Deadline driven and an ability to work under pressure.
    • Ability and willingness to learn complex concepts and apply learnings to understand and interpret financial statements and insurance valuation reports.
    • Ability to operate both independently as well as play a role in the Guardrisk Life team and to contribute to the greater Guardrisk group.

    Deadline:20th November,2025

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