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Annuity Regional Director, MMFA National Sales
Remote - US
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Overview
A career with us means you’ll work alongside exceptional people and be empowered to reach your professional and personal goals. Our employees are at the foundation of what enables MassMutual to deliver on our purpose to help people secure their futures and protect the ones they love.
We embrace the idea that we all are stronger and better through our support for one another. We strive to create a culture where employees feel valued and are celebrated for who they are.
“Since our founding in 1851, mutuality has put our policyowners at the center of everything we do. At our core, we’re a company of people helping people in their time of need, and that spirit extends to the culture we’ve built at our company. Our employees support and rely on each other each day, collaborating to deliver the best solutions for our customers and help millions more secure their future and protect the ones they love.”
Job Description
The Opportunity
We have had great success in recent years distributing our individual annuity products through MassMutual Financial Advisors (MMFA). We're looking for a dynamic wholesaler to drive the sales of MassMutual’s individual annuity solutions within MassMutual Financial Advisors.
As an Annuity Regional Director, you'll build and grow relationships with our field partners to support MassMutual advisors, General Agents and MMFA Brokerage. You'll support our advisors with deep expertise in individual annuity solutions as they address the needs of their clients in their assigned agencies. You'll be paired with an internal wholesaler who will partner with you to help drive individual annuity sales.
The Team
We partner with advisors, to deliver exceptional financial solutions to their clients. We provide unparalleled expertise, guidance, advice and solutions to MMFA firms, their advisors, management teams, brokerage directors and broker partners, in planning for their clients’ financial future. We empower our advisors to grow and diversify their practices by collaborating with credentialed and experienced experts that address broad financial solutions.
The Impact:
As an Annuity Regional Director, your responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following:
- Provide advisors with tailored solutions to integrate MassMutual’s annuity portfolio into client solutions.
- Provide and communicate specific examples to highlight the various annuity products and their features.
- Ability to deliver content in both individual and group settings.
- Maintain proactive sales relationships with financial professionals of respective territory and/or assigned accounts through ongoing financial professional profiling, constant relationship building, and refining and refreshing financial professional base
- Execute on specific activity expectations to maximize opportunities to grow sales through financial professional relationships
- Provide sales management with weekly updates on activity within the assigned territory
- Monitors territory activities to assure they are meeting the overall company objectives
- Fully able to provide support virtually and in-person as required
- Effectively manage travel and expense budget
Minimum Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED
- 5+ years of experience in annuity wholesale distribution
- FINRA Series 6
- State Life and Health license
- Ability to travel 25-50% depending on current business needs
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree
- Industry Designations – CLU, ChFC, and/or CFP
- 2+ years of experience in an external wholesaling position
- Proven track record of success with career and brokers and in achieving territory sales objectives
- Demonstrated sales and presentation skills including strong negotiation skills
- Success in building and maintaining strong relationships with centers of influence
- Excellent knowledge of current annuity products and industry
- Superior verbal and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal, team-oriented, organizational skills
- Proven track record of developing sales results in assigned territory
Compensation: $60K-$70Kbase range plus sales-based incentive opportunity resulting in a total target compensation package of$200K-$300K
What to Expect as Part of MassMutual and the Team
- Regular meetings with the MMFA National Sales Annuity Team and the broader MMFA Advice and Client Solutions organization
- Focused one-on-one meetings with your manager
- Access to mentorship opportunities
- Networking opportunities including access to Asian, Hispanic/Latinx, African American, women, LGBTQ, Veteran and disability-focused Business Resource Groups
- Access to learning content on Degreed and other informational platforms
- Your ethics and integrity will be valued by a company with a strong and stable ethical business with industry leading pay and benefits
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MassMutual is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Individual with Disability/Protected Veteran. We welcome all persons to apply. Note: Veterans are welcome to apply, regardless of their discharge status.If you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us and share the specifics of the assistance you need.
MassMutual will accept applications on an ongoing basis until such time as a candidate has been offered employment. The job description includes the main duties of this position, which may evolve over time. You may be required to perform other duties not listed.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.
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By the numbers*
- 88% of employee respondents say they are proud to work at MassMutual
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% of employee respondents say they feel encouraged to bring forth new ideas - 86% of employee respondents say MassMutual cares about and supports the well-being of their employees
*Source: 2024 MassMutual employee engagement survey
Award-Winning Culture
MassMutual is guided by a single purpose: We help people secure their future and protect the ones they love. As a company operated for the benefit of our members and participating policyowners, we are defined by mutuality and our vision to provide financial well-being for all Americans. It’s more than our company structure — it’s our way of life. We are a company of people protecting people. Our company exists because people are willing to share risk and resources and rely on each other when it counts.
We strive to embrace diversity in every sense, focusing on building a thriving community where everyone is valued, included, and feels that they belong.
At MassMutual, we Live Mutual.
How We Work
MassMutual’s flexible workplace approach combines the importance of connecting in person and the flexibility of working remotely. Our hybrid model puts collaboration first with employees coming in at least three days per week to our spectacular campus settings and also enjoying the flexibility of remote Fridays, company-wide remote weeks, and a bank of flexible remote weeks to use throughout the year.
Benefits for the whole you (and your loved ones)
There’s more to your life than your job and there’s more to your aspirations than a paycheck. We take a holistic view of compensation and benefits that provides the flexibility to create a healthy balance in your life for work, family, and community. We offer the benefits you’d expect, like medical, dental, 401(k), and generous vacation time, but we also offer ones you might not expect, like three paid days for volunteering, a $1,250 annual Well-Being Wallet, and up to 320 hours of caregiver leave.
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