Mortgage Sales Manager- Emerging Market
First Financial BankAbout the role
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If you are interested and qualified for this role, we invite you to apply.
12Essential Functions/Responsibilities
- Market Entry & Growth Strategy
- Assist and execute go-to-market strategies tailored to a new, unfamiliar market
- Identify key customer segments and craft localized sales initiatives to drive brand awareness and growth.
- Team Leadership
- Hire, develop, and manage a high-performing branch based local sales team.
- Coach and motivate sales staff to meet and exceed performance targets.
- Business Development
- Develops sales campaigns in alignment with company goals and coordinates marketing activities.
- Cultivate relationships with community leaders, local businesses and strategic partners.
- Identify key opportunities and deposit relationships.
- Sales Execution and Performance
- Help establish, and monitor sales goals for branches and individual staff.
- Analyze market trends, competitive intelligence and customer feedback to help refine market sales processes.
- Encourages the use of technology and other tools to provide an efficient customer experiences.
- Brand Awareness and Community Engagement
- Partner with marketing to localize campaigns and branding strategies.
- Lead initiatives to establish the bank as a trusted local financial institution.
- Evaluate customer survey results and provide an efficient customer experience and congratulatory feedback.
- Compliance and Risk Management
- Ensure sales activity comply with bank policies, industry regulations, and ethical standards.
- Support risk mitigation efforts across the sales process.
Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Needed to Perform Essential Functions of the Job
- Must have NMLS
- Significant mortgage knowledge including knowledge of secondary market, regulatory compliance, government programs, and technology software and tools.
- 5+ years of sales management experience in retail banking or financial services.
- Demonstrated success in launching or growing business in a new or highly competitive market.
- Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Passion for recruiting and training mortgages sales professionals.
- Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills.
- Proven ability to develop strategic plans and drive execution in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong PC skills, specifically the Microsoft office suite (excel, word, access, PowerPoint).
Preferred Knowledge and Skills
- Bachelors degree preferred
Level of Complexity and Scope
- Operates in a newly acquired territory with limited brand awareness.
- Manages multiple branch locations or teams
- Collaborates cross-functionally with local line of business teams, operations, compliance, and executive leadership.
- Solves complex customer issues in conjunction with MLO.
Degree of Independence and Decision-Making
- Makes hiring decisions for local staff.
- Collaborates with Retail Lending Leadership to support strategic decision-making and ensure alignment with Bank strategies and goals.
Required Supervisory Responsibilities
- Manages a team of Mortgage Loan Originators
- Responsible for providing employees timely, candid and constructive performance feedback; developing employees to their full potential;
- Developing an appropriate talent pool to ensure adequate bench strength and success planning;
- Recognizing and rewarding employees for accomplishments.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to work on-site at branches and in the field as needed.
- Frequent local travel within the market.
- Occasional travel to corporate headquarters or other bank locations.
- Must be able to sit or stand for extended amounts of time, operate standard office equipment.
- Lift up to 25 lbs. occasionally.
Compliance Statement
The associate is responsible for meeting all compliance requirement
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