General Manager - Growth Enablement

Looking for your next leadership move where you can truly shape growth?

At Aon, we’re in the business of better decisions — helping our clients protect what matters most while enabling them to grow with confidence.

We’re looking for a strategic and commercially savvy leader to take on our General Manager – Growth Enablement (including Aon Client Leader) role, leading how we drive growth, optimise our pipeline, and deliver exceptional client outcomes across New Zealand.

About the Role:

This is a senior leadership role with real influence across the business. You’ll operate at both a strategic and operational level, working closely with executive leaders to shape and deliver Aon’s growth strategy.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Leading and executing Aon’s New Zealand growth strategy, driving stronger pipeline visibility and performance
• Optimising our end-to-end revenue funnel, from new business opportunities through to conversion and onboarding
• Elevating our bid and proposal capability, ensuring we consistently deliver high-quality submissions that improve win rates
• Embedding the Aon Client Leader (ACL) model, ensuring clear client planning, execution, and accountability across key accounts
• Partnering with stakeholders across the business to enhance the client experience and drive retention
• Using data, analytics, and CRM insights to inform decision-making and drive performance
• Indirectly leading and influencing a national business development and bid function, fostering a strong “one team” approach

What you’ll bring

We’re looking for a seasoned leader who brings both commercial sharpness and strategic thinking, alongside the ability to influence at all levels.

You’ll likely have:

• Extensive senior leadership experience (typically 10–15+ years) in insurance, broking, or financial services
• A strong track record of driving growth, acquisition, and business performance
• Proven ability to lead and influence high-performing teams (including indirect leadership)
• Experience shaping and delivering a customer-centric or client experience strategy
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, with the ability to translate strategy into action
• Deep stakeholder management capability, with experience engaging executive leaders, clients, and industry partners
• Ideally, exposure to bid management, pipeline/CRM tools, and data-led decision making

Why this role?

This is a genuinely high-impact leadership opportunity where you can help shape the future of Aon NZ.

• Enterprise influence – work closely with senior leaders to drive growth strategy across the business
• Shape the journey – play a key role in evolving Aon’s growth, client, and bid capability
• Breadth of impact – from strategy to execution, across client experience, pipeline, and performance
• Autonomy and trust – lead with ownership in a highly collaborative environment
• Flexibility – hybrid working that supports you and your commitments

Why Aon?

At Aon, we exist to shape decisions for the better — to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

We’re driven by our values of being Committed, United and Passionate, and we work as one firm to deliver better outcomes for our clients, colleagues and communities.

What’s On Offer?

• Competitive base salary plus annual incentive
• Continuous learning and professional development opportunities
• Health and Life Insurance, plus Income Protection options
• Gym discounts
• Flexible working arrangements, Early finishes on Friday, 2 AON wellbeing days per year.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) services

Ready to make an impact?

If you’re looking for a role where you can combine strategy, leadership, and commercial impact — we’d love to hear from you!