Retirement Sales Director – Midwest Region

🕒 August 9

⛰️ Colorado, Iowa, +5 more states – Remote

⛰️ Colorado – Remote 🌾 Iowa – Remote 🌾 Nebraska – Remote ❄️ Minnesota – Remote 🏰 Missouri – Remote ⛷️ Utah – Remote 🧀 Wisconsin – Remote

💵 $215k - $480k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🤑 Sales

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Lincoln Financial

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1905

💼 Consulting

⚖️ Legal

💸 Finance

Consulting • Legal • Finance

Lincoln Financial is an organization dedicated to protecting the privacy and security of its job applicants. It actively informs candidates about potential recruitment scams and outlines its robust hiring procedures, making clear that they do not request sensitive personal information during the application process. The company offers a diverse range of career opportunities across various fields including actuarial, finance, legal, and customer service, and is committed to maintaining equal employment opportunities.

📋 Description

• Lead new retirement plan sponsor acquisition, focusing on plans with $50M+ in assets • Develop and execute territory and prospecting strategies to achieve sales and AUM targets • Identify, qualify, and cultivate prospective plan sponsors through outreach, referrals, networking, and consultant relationships • Manage the full sales cycle through presentations, pricing, contract negotiation, and close • Build and grow relationships with retirement plan consultants, advisors, brokers, and other influencers • Position Lincoln Financial as a preferred retirement provider through engagement, education, and thought leadership • Conduct needs-based discovery with plan sponsors • Present tailored retirement solutions including recordkeeping, investments, managed accounts, and financial wellness offerings • Manage a large geographic territory and execute external wholesale sales programs • Conduct in-person and virtual meetings and represent the organization at conferences and client events • Maintain pipeline, activity tracking, and forecasting in CRM and sales reporting systems • Manage expense budgets • Collaborate with operations, product, client service, market, and consultant relations teams • Ensure sold business is processed through implementation • Uphold professionalism, ethics, compliance, policies, procedures, and cultural expectations

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in Defined Contribution retirement plan sales and/or relationship management • Bachelor’s degree required, or equivalent professional experience (4 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree) • Ability to obtain FINRA Series 6, Series 63, and Life & Health licenses within 120 days of hire • Confident and effective communicator with strong written and verbal communication skills • Ability to communicate credibly and knowledgeably with senior leaders • Strong presentation capabilities and proven ability to influence stakeholders • Advanced relationship management skills • Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% • Strong working knowledge of ERISA rules and regulatory requirements governing retirement plans (nice-to-have)

🏖️ Benefits

• Clearly defined career tracks and job levels • Leadership development and virtual training opportunities • PTO/parental leave • Competitive 401K and employee benefits • Free financial counseling, health coaching and employee assistance program • Tuition assistance program • Flexible work arrangements • Effective productivity/technology tools and training • Annual Incentive Program eligibility • Long-term incentives • Sales incentives • Standard benefits package • Relocation assistance is not available