Nuveen Retirement Investing (NRI) Internal Sales Associate

Nuveen, as the asset manager of TIAA, has been one of the fastest growing firms in the defined contribution market with top performing target date funds and industry leading in-plan annuity embedded retirement solutions. To advance our firm’s growth strategy, Nuveen Retirement Investing (NRI) is seeking highly self-motivated, resilient & goal oriented NRI Internal Sales Associates to join our team. 
The primary responsibility NRI Internal Sales Associate is to partner with NRI external sales team to identify, prospect, nurture grow and close opportunities to sell industry leading Nuveen retirement products to retirement plan advisors & intermediaries, including but not limited to: financial advisors, retirement consultants, and 401k recordkeeping wholesalers. 
This is a high impact role – Ideal candidates are ambitious, self-starting, analytical, and career driven professionals who want a longer-term path to external sales, or strategic client relationship management, or opportunities which may span across Nuveen’s global public-to-private investment teams. 


Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Partner with NRI external sales team to drive NRI asset growth within a defined sales territory 
• Proactively engage with retirement plan advisors, consultants, and 401k recordkeeping wholesalers to best serve their clients’ goals – dually identifying, prospecting, nurturing to grow opportunities to position & sell Nuveen retirement products 
• Apply discipline to gather & maintain high quality, accurate CRM (Salesforce) prospect/ client pipeline data 
• Coordinate with NRI external sales team to prepare for client meetings & promptly follow through on post meeting activities, including but not limited to: managing calendars & meeting invites, managing meeting logistics, coordinating meeting materials, preparing RFI/RFPs, supporting due diligence activities 
• Support NRI external sales team to develop, refine, and execute sales territory plans  
• Stay sharp on industry trends, competitor positioning, market flows & relevant developments to identify new opportunities and adapt territory sales execution accordingly 
• Consistently deploy sales toolkits, advisor reports & analytics, value add programs to maximize value to prospects / clients 
• Collaborate with NRI Internal Sales Associates, Internal Sales Desk Manager, and broader NRI team to share best practices, coach & enable continuous “leveling-up” high performance across all NRI sales territories 

Educational Requirements

• University (Degree) Preferred

Work Experience

• 2+ Years Required; 3+ Years Preferred

FINRA Registrations

• SRC Indicator: Series 7; Series 63

Physical Requirements

• Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work

Career Level
6IC

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in internal sales, or supporting external wholesaler, or related domains which make you keenly familiar with target date funds & DC retirement investment products 

• FINRA Series 7 and Series 63*  

Who You Are | Qualifications: 

• 5+ years experience in internal sales, or supporting external wholesaler, or related domains which make you keenly familiar with target date funds & DC retirement investment products 

• State & non-resident Life & Health insurance license* 

• Strong understanding & able to confidently discuss markets, products & performance, portfolio construction 

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