Area Vice President

Purpose-Based Advice supports our strategic bets and customer-centric approach of becoming a leader in financial advisory, delivered by our Financial Advisors (FA).
Thrivent Financial, a Fortune 500 diversified financial services firm, seeks Area Vice Presidents to lead geographic areas focused on growing new advisors through teams and future team leaders and enabling practices who provide advice and solutions to Thrivent clients. The Area Vice President will partner closely with our COEs focused on Advisor Growth, Practice Growth, and Advice Adoption (Matrix Partners) to ensure Thrivent drives productive capacity growth by attracting, selecting, onboarding, and launching talent into Thrivent.

These Area VPs will also work with experienced practices to grow their advisor capacity and their ability to serve clients. This role is responsible for driving total sales for their area that to contribute to Thrivent’s overall growth goals of capacity and total sales. The AVP must possess strong skills to execute a strategy and a proven track record of driving growth and fostering a culture of engagement.

Your role will be instrumental in building brand awareness, expanding the client base, and establishing the organization as a trusted leader in the local areas. Collaborate seamlessly within a matrix organizational structure, fostering synergy across departments and leveraging diverse expertise to achieve collective goals.
The AVP will support our Front Range Advisor Group which includes all of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah (less the St. George area in the SW corner), Western South Dakota, and Western Nebraska.
** Additional duties and accountabilities:
*** Inspire others with Thrivent’s purpose, promise and principles. The Area VP will grow exceptional leaders, connect with regional communities, build relationships, and identify and pursue growth opportunities. They will provide direct leadership for 5-10 field leaders and 50-100 Financial Advisors serving 100,000 clients.
* Ensure execution for advice adoption and solutions and sales in their key geographic area(s) for Thrivent. The AVP will be accountable for delivering total sales growth in their area.
* Monitor and drive results aligned to our key performance indicators (KPIs), financial metrics, and operational benchmarks to assess performance, identify areas for improvement, and drive informed decision-making in the area.
* Connect matrixed partners within the area to grow diverse advisor and client segment.
* Attract and launch talent through market leaders within the area to create future team leaders.
* Encourages experienced advisors to grow their practice capacity with new FAs, grow teams, and create professional practices. The AVP will collaborate well with National Practice Group (NPG) leaders to leverage advanced practices in their geographic area.
* Collaborates across Thrivent’s ecosystem, National Practice Group, and our advisor continuum and channels (e.g. remote advice, TAN). The AVP forges a culture that represents the Thrivent purpose, promise and values.
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* DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

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** Area Vice President supports Group Vice President as a key leader**, growing a key strategic area and leading other Directors, FAs, and staff.  She/he exhibits strong leadership and can delegate and lead a team toward reaching regional Advisor Group goals.

The Area Vice President (AVP) focuses on 5 key areas:
* ** Leadership:
** In their key area(s), the AVP
** will attract, develop, and lead exceptional field leaders
** who recruit and launch new advisors on teams or as future team leaders:  + The AVP will ensure high talent regional leaders are in place to grow our Financial Professionals in their area.  + Drive strong accountability so market leaders deliver on advice adoption and solution sales and advisor capacity growth in an economically viable manner for Thrivent.  + Focus resources on their key area(s) with the most opportunity for Thrivent.
* ** Culture of Courage, Collaboration and Commitment:
** The AVP
** will create a culture that embodies Thrivent’s leadership competencies** – Model the Way, Rally the Team, and Deliver Outcomes.  + The AVP…