About This Role
Supporting the Market Executive in driving business strategy, managing financial advisors, and achieving responsible growth through operational excellence and risk management is the core of this role. The Market Manager focuses on recruiting, retaining, and developing talent, fostering a strong sales and service culture, and coordinating across teams to ensure a seamless client and advisor experience. This position involves building collaborative relationships within the market and externally to expand market share.
Responsibilities
- Execute components of the market business plan with a focus on advisor productivity and revenue growth
- Support all aspects of talent development, engagement, and retention to create a culture of opportunity, inclusion, and respect in a highly matrixed environment
- Coach Advisors to consistently deliver an exceptional client experience by providing guidance, feedback, and support that reinforces a client-first culture
- Support cross-functional collaboration by coordinating with the Office Management Team and other internal partners to deliver integrated client solutions
- Promote adherence to risk and compliance standards, supporting the ME in maintaining a strong control environment and appropriately engaging to escalate and and/or remediate when needed
- Support the Market Executive as the regulatory supervisor of an office and/or group of financial advisors, working in partnership with Supervision and Control partners to oversee activities that require advanced licensing
- Represent the firm in local market (LMO) activities, business development efforts, advisor recruiting, and community events to support market growth
Requirements
- Minimum 8 years professional experience
- Strong leadership and communication skills with executive presence that garners attention and impact
- Proven ability to lead people to perform through a poised, confident demeanor that commands respect and action
- Agile learner with demonstrated resilience and ability to lead self and others through change
- Experience influencing at scale, including associates outside of direct reporting line
- Strong judgment and decision making, particularly on issues relating to risk management, talent, performance management, and problem resolution
- Proven ability to manage multiple and sometimes competing priorities
- Experience in unpredictable environments, including unplanned internal or external needs
- Wealth management acumen, inclusive of product knowledge, regulatory and supervisory requirements, industry trends, and firm-wide initiatives
Nice to have:
- Series 7, Series 63 and 65 or 66, Series 9 and Series 10, and Series 31 or 3 is strongly preferred. Must be able to obtain within 120 days
