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TIAA

Institutional Sales Director – Growth Market

TIAA

. Drive new retirement plan sales and market-share growth across the nonprofit marketplace .

Posted 10/5/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $100,000 - $157,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in driving retirement plan sales and market growth within the nonprofit sector, with a strong focus on territory management, pipeline development, and relationship building with intermediaries. Proficient in executing sales strategies, managing RFP processes, and achieving asset production goals.

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Retirement Plan SalesIntermediary Relationship ManagementRFP DevelopmentTerritory ManagementCRM Forecasting

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Hard Skills
Sales ExecutionProposal DevelopmentNegotiationPipeline ManagementProspecting
Soft Skills
CommunicationAccountabilityCollaboration
Tools & Technologies
CRM Software
Certifications & Qualifications
Series 6 RegistrationSeries 7 RegistrationSeries 63 RegistrationLife Insurance License (Resident State)Life Insurance License (Non-Resident State)
Industry Keywords
Nonprofit MarketplaceHealthcareHigher EducationAssociationsCultural Institutions

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Drive new retirement plan sales and market-share growth across the nonprofit marketplace
  • Originate, develop, and close retirement plan opportunities across healthcare, higher education, associations, private education, foundations, cultural institutions, research organizations, and other tax-exempt and mission-driven organizations
  • Execute direct and focused intermediary distribution through retirement plan consultants, RIAs, advisors, aggregators, and other centers of influence
  • Develop and execute an annual territory growth plan
  • Build and maintain a significant pipeline of qualified opportunities
  • Achieve asset production and sales goals
  • Identify and prioritize nonprofit market segments with the greatest growth potential
  • Maintain accountability for pipeline health, RFP activity, finalist opportunities, close rates, and assets sold
  • Maintain accurate opportunity information and forecasts in CRM
  • Conduct prospect discovery and identify sponsor priorities and retirement plan objectives
  • Develop opportunity-specific sales strategies and present TIAA's small/mid-market value proposition
  • Coordinate pricing and proposal development with internal partners
  • Lead sponsor and intermediary sales meetings, RFPs, proposal processes, and finalist presentations
  • Negotiate appropriate business terms
  • Coordinate internal approval and business acceptance processes
  • Transition successful sales into implementation
  • Build intermediary coverage plans and engage priority advisors, consultants, and firms
  • Educate intermediaries on TIAA's small-market capabilities and modern recordkeeping solution
  • Generate referrals and RFP invitations through intermediary relationships
  • Develop joint prospecting initiatives and support intermediary education/training
  • Travel extensively within an assigned region to support business development and expand the opportunity base

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 5+ years of work experience required; 7+ years preferred
  • Series 6 or 7 registration and Series 63 registration
  • Life Insurance License (Resident State) required
  • Life Insurance License (Non-Resident State for states in which associate is conducting business) required
  • University degree preferred
  • Ability to conduct significant prospecting and manage a large pipeline of opportunities simultaneously
  • Experience with territory management, intermediary relationships, sales execution, RFPs, proposal development, finalist presentations, negotiation, and CRM forecasting
  • Prepared for frequent regional travel as a core function of the position
  • Sedentary work physical requirements

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Superior retirement program
  • Competitive health, wellness, and work life offerings
  • Financial, physical, and emotional well-being support
  • Meaningful learning experiences and development pathways
  • Future-focused skills and AI tools
  • Incentive program linked to performance, which may include annual discretionary incentive programs, non-annual sales incentive plans, or other non-annual incentive plans