Aegon · 2 weeks ago
Senior Sales Trainer, Mutual Funds (Denver)
Aegon is seeking a Senior Sales Trainer specializing in Mutual Funds to deliver exceptional training experiences for sales teams. The role involves assessing training needs, developing training programs, and evaluating the effectiveness of training efforts to enhance sales skills and support strategic initiatives.
Asset ManagementAuto InsuranceFinanceHealth InsuranceInsuranceLife InsuranceRetirement
Responsibilities
Support strategic initiatives; attend meetings and support project work in new products and system projects. Meet regularly with the leaders to assess involvement and impact, and identify gaps or items that need to be addressed throughout the process
Continual process improvement and partnership with team members to ensure consistency and leverage knowledge and experience to ensure a quality product that adds value to the organization
Design, develop, and facilitate on-going training for continual improvement of sales skills (e.g. relationship selling, decision-making styles, customer centric language, etc.)
Deliver and assess process and system training
Design and develop curriculum, resources and job aids that support the success of the learning programs
Develop and deliver operational and soft skills programs utilizing a variety of learning methods
Evaluate participant and manager evaluations to measure the effectiveness of training, with a focus on long-term behavioral implementation and business impact
Provide focused training to select groups as requested
Attend meetings with Sales Desk team, AVPs, marketing partners, vendors, etc. to develop sales strategies, materials, and messaging to support products and services
Support the development of a learning and development bench of talent through training, coaching and mentoring (primarily candidates identified from the internal sales desk)
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a business field or equivalent experience
Five years learning and development experience
Industry and product knowledge in specialty areas based on business need (e.g. retirement, mutual fund, annuity, life, employee benefits)
Knowledge of adult learning principles
Advanced documentation and technical writing skills
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Excellent customer service skills with the ability to work on a team and independently
Ability to incorporate creative and innovative solutions in a learning environment
Project management skills
Preferred
Training experience in the financial services industry
Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP)
Instructional design experience
Experience with learning management systems (LMS)
ETF/SMA experience
Capital markets knowledge
Sales experience
Benefits
Annual Bonus based on the Company Bonus Plan/Individual Performance
Company
Aegon
Aegon offers products and services in the life insurance, pension, retirement, and asset management fields.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$760M2024-04-10Post Ipo Debt· $760M
1999-04-01IPO
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