Business Development Specialist

• Take your career further than you ever imagined with diverse roles and opportunities for personal and professional development.  
• Join us in shaping the future of the insurance industry, driven by innovation and a 150-year legacy of protecting people 
• Our competitive benefits package includes everything from financial literacy to health and wellness initiatives, designed with your well-being in mind 

Welcome to TAL. As a leading life insurer, we’ve been protecting Australians for over 150 years. Backed by Daiichi Life, we're driven by big ambitions and empower to create better products and services. 

Together with our Partners, we’re helping millions of Australians live a life filled with choices, options, and freedoms. See the direct impact you make delivering support and financial security with care and expertise. Grow beyond expectations with diverse roles, global connections, and exclusive learning opportunities. 

Work with passionate, bright and capable colleagues. Feel inspired by supportive leaders. Collaborate with heart, where flexibility, wellbeing and inclusivity is valued. Together, we're reimagining insurance. 

So, bring a curious mind and an ambition to help us become the progressive, digitally enabled leading insurer. 

At TAL, this role plays a vital part in strengthening the relationships that help Australians protect what matters most. Partnering closely with financial advisers and practices, you’ll be the connection between TAL’s purpose and the advisers who bring it to life every day. Through meaningful conversations and smart use of digital technology, you’ll help advisers grow with confidence and champion TAL as a trusted partner. It’s a role that combines connection, influence and impact—supporting advisers to succeed while contributing to TAL’s mission to create brighter possibilities for our customers and communities.

In this role you will:

• Build and grow strong adviser partnerships that drive sustainable support for TAL across a defined panel.
• Identify and convert new adviser opportunities by representing TAL at industry, dealership and partner events.
• Position TAL’s value proposition through trusted product, service and business support conversations with advisers.
• Execute targeted growth plans aligned to regional priorities to increase adviser engagement and production.
• Strengthen adviser capability and advocacy through training, campaigns and tailored engagement initiatives.
• Share market and competitor insights to inform regional strategy and strengthen TAL’s competitive position.

• Bring a solid understanding of life insurance and advice frameworks, including how advisers operate and deliver compliant client outcomes.
• Communicate with confidence and credibility, building trust quickly through clear, engaging and professional conversations.
• Apply a proactive, commercially minded approach to identifying opportunities and solving adviser needs.
• Manage time and priorities effectively, working autonomously while staying aligned to broader team goals.
• Build strong relationships at pace, using resilience and adaptability in a fast‑moving sales environment.
• Act with integrity and accountability, contributing positively to team culture and TAL’s reputation with advisers and partners.

TAL is one of Australia’s leading life insurers, committed to inclusion, and supporting the career growth of our diverse workforce. We’re proud to be:  

• An Inclusive Employer – Recognised as Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and Bronze Tier Status within the Australian Workplace Equality Index  

• Diversity Champions – Member of Diversity Council Australia, Australian Disability Network, Pride in Diversity and Champions of Change  

• We welcome applications from people with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, caregivers, individuals living with disabilities, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community.  

• Need adjustments during the recruitment process? Let our team know by getting in touch with us here.—we’re here to support you. 

You’re always accountable for your actions. You never give up. You strive to find the best outcomes for customers and partners. And you value working together to find the best solutions for problems.   

As part of the recruitment process, there are several checks which may be conducted to demonstrate your eligibility for a role at TAL including Criminal History, Bankruptcy, Entitlement to Work, Regulatory and Reference Checks.  

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Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone’s responsibility.

If you are already a TAL employee please apply via the SmartRecruiters button in Workday and navigate to the Employee Portal. This is important to ensure that your application is recorded accurately.