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Director, Business Development - Remote (Colorado, Utah, NM, AZ, KS). Lead sales, build advisor relationships & meet territory goals.
Drive revenue for retirement plan services, manage budgets, lead cross‑functional projects, and deliver comprehensive solutions within the company's remote location.
Job Description Summary
Contacts assigned customer accounts or prospects to sell company products within a designated geography or industry. Focuses on meeting personal sales targets, new business development, maintaining customer relationships, and troubleshooting specific customer problems. Has a solid knowledge of products, their characteristics, and market. Typically requires a good general education, excellent interpersonal skills and sales experience.
Job Description
Job Summary: Under general direction with a high level of autonomy, uses extensive knowledge and skills obtained through education and experience, to create new and manage existing relationships with retirement plan specialist, Registered Investment Advisors, financial advisors/brokers and agents to generate required production/sales revenue from service offerings throughout a given territory. Leads projects, programs or processes with significant business impact involving cross-functional teams. Development of tactical plans and completion of complex assignments with substantial latitude for unreviewed actions or decisions. Provides comprehensive solutions to complex problems or needs. End results are evaluated for achieving goals and objectives. Extensive contact with external clients is required to sell service offerings and generate revenue for the company.
The Director, Business Development will cover the Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and Kansas territory.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Responsible for building and maintaining relationships with financial advisors to generate revenue within a specific territory.
- Identify, qualify and engage with retirement plan specialist advisors in territory.
- Build mutually beneficial, long‑term business relationships with retirement plan specialist advisors in territory.
- Assists with educating financial advisors on the benefits of offered services for their clients through individual or group meetings presentations, including branch visits, seminars, and conferences/trade shows.
- Developing and implementing business plans for the territory to deliver on sales goals.
- Presents sales activities at weekly meetings.
- Maintains activity logs using Salesforce to create and maintain financial advisor profile levels and data on current and proposed sales activity.
- Achieve territory sales goals.
- Manages expense account within allotted budget.
- Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Knowledge of
- Fundamental concepts, principles and practices of the company sponsored retirement plan industry.
- How to build trusted relationships with partners and financial advisors.
Skill in
- Identifying the needs of plan sponsors through effective questioning and listening techniques.
- Supporting advisors in efforts to grow their business.
- Organize, manage, and track multiple detailed tasks and assignments with frequently changing priorities in a fast‑paced work environment.
- Preparing and delivering clear, convincing, and professional sales presentations to small and large audiences.
- Problem solving sufficient to effectively analyze, research and resolve inquiries and issues in a timely manner.
- Analyzing business processes and identifying process improvement opportunities.
- Operating standard office equipment and using required software application to produce correspondence, reports, electronic communication, and spreadsheets.
Ability to
- Represent the company in a highly professional manner.
- Organize, prioritize, and manage tasks and projects to complete work efficiently.
- Use appropriate interpersonal styles and communicate effectively and professionally, both orally and in writing, with all organizational levels to accomplish objectives and convince others to accept ideas or goals.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with team members, internal partners, and external parties.
- Assimilate and prioritize strategies into operational guidelines.
- Work independently as well as collaboratively within a team environment.
- Establish clear directions and priorities.
Educational/Previous Experience Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) in Finance or related field and a minimum two (2) years of experience in the financial services industry. Five (5) years of experience in the retirement plan services industry in strongly preferred. Or Any equivalent combination of experience, education, and/or training approved by Human Resources.
Please note
This role is not eligible for immigration Work Visa sponsorship, either currently or in the future.
Education
Bachelor’s: Business Administration, Bachelor’s: Marketing
Work Experience
General Experience - 6 to 10 years
Certifications
Other Certification Not Listed - Other
Salary Range
$100,000.00-$130,000.00
Travel
Up to 50%
Workstyle
Remote
Total Compensation
The total compensation for this position includes base salary or wages, and may include components such as additional compensation (cash or equity), discretionary bonuses, or commissions. This position is eligible for a benefits package that may include medical, dental, and vision; life insurance; critical illness insurance and accident insurance; disability benefits; retirement savings; paid time off (including vacation, holidays, and sick leave); and parental leave. Eligibility for benefits and specific offerings may vary based on position and employment status. To view more details of the benefits offered, visit Myrjbenefits.com.
Guiding Behaviors
At Raymond James our associates use five guiding behaviors (Develop, Collaborate, Decide, Deliver, Improve) to deliver on the firm's core values of client-first, integrity, independence and a conservative, long-term view.
Our Expectations
- Grow professionally and inspire others to do the same
- Work with and through others to achieve desired outcomes
- Make prompt, pragmatic choices and act with the client in mind
- Take ownership and hold themselves and others accountable for delivering results that matter
- Contribute to the continuous evolution of the firm
People-First Culture
At Raymond James – as part of our people‑first culture, we honor, value, and respect the uniqueness, experiences, and backgrounds of all of our Associates. When associates bring their best authentic selves, our organization, clients, and communities thrive.
Equal Opportunity Statement
The Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs.