Regional Director Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in financial services, recruiting, business development, sales leadership, or related relationship-based roles.
• Demonstrated success developing and executing regional recruiting, business development, or market growth strategies with measurable outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to source, engage, evaluate, and influence experienced financial advisor or comparable professional talent through long-cycle recruiting or business development processes.
• Strong understanding of financial advisor practices, including production, assets under management, book composition, client relationships, practice growth, transition considerations, and affiliation decision factors.
• Knowledge of financial services affiliation models, including 1099, W-2/statutory, team-based, and RIA-related structures.
• Clean compliance record and satisfactory background check.
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly within the assigned region and for candidate meetings, recruiting events, conferences, and internal meetings as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Experience recruiting experienced financial advisors, advisory teams, wealth management professionals, or financial services sales talent.
• Experience working with advisor recruiting pipelines, CRM tools, recruiting platforms, or sales activity reporting.
• Familiarity with advisor transition economics, offer development inputs, due diligence, book portability, onboarding, and repapering considerations.
• Industry credentials or securities registrations, such as FINRA Series 7, Series 66, CFP®, ChFC®, or similar designations.
• Experience representing a firm at external events, industry forums, or advisor recruiting meetings.

Responsibilities

• Develop and own a regional experienced-advisor recruiting plan aligned with Thrivent’s Distribution strategy, regional capacity growth goals, market opportunities, and field leader priorities.
• Lead targeted regional sourcing to identify, attract, and engage experienced financial advisors and advisory teams aligned with Thrivent’s recruiting profile.
• Build and maintain a regional recruiting pipeline through referrals, field leader partnerships, professional networks, centers of influence, industry relationships, external partners, events, and targeted outreach.
• Partner with market leaders to identify priority markets, advisor prospects, succession opportunities, team recruiting targets, and capacity gaps.
• Conduct senior-level discovery and selection conversations to understand candidates’ practices, goals, production, assets under management, client profiles, affiliation preferences, transition needs, cultural alignment, and growth potential.
• Present Thrivent’s advisor value proposition in a way that addresses each candidate’s practice and includes the company’s purpose, advisor community, practice solutions, wealth management capabilities, transition support, and affiliation options.
• Manage candidates through the recruiting lifecycle from initial outreach through offer, affiliation decision, and transition readiness, maintaining consistent communication and a high-quality candidate experience.
• Maintain accurate candidate, activity, and pipeline information in recruiting systems; use reporting to monitor progress, identify risks, forecast results, and recommend strategy improvements.
• Monitor industry trends, competitor recruiting activity, advisor movement, affiliation models, and regional market expectations; share insights to improve recruiting strategy, messaging, and the advisor value proposition.
• Represent Thrivent at regional recruiting events, industry forums, conferences, and networking opportunities to strengthen brand visibility and build relationships.
• Model Thrivent’s leadership competencies: Model the Way, Rally the Team, and Deliver Outcomes.
• Support or develop an environment focused on continuous improvement, exceptional employee engagement, and commitment to clients.
• Shape or support a culture that represents Thrivent’s purpose, promise, and values and protects the company’s trust and reputation.

Benefits

• Various bonuses, including annual or long-term incentives
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Health savings account
• Flexible spending account
• 401(k)
• Pension
• Life insurance
• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Disability insurance
• Supplemental protection insurance
• 20 days of paid time off each year
• Sick and Safe Time
• 10 paid company holidays
• Volunteer Time Off
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Well-being benefits