Director, Partnership Marketing

Description

Summary

This position will be responsible for developing strategic partner relationships for Freedom Mortgage. Responsibilities will include prospecting, developing, maintaining and growing strategic partnerships for our Marketing efforts in the VA and Purchase verticals.  Experience with business development in the mortgage industry, and a proven track record of identifying and closing strategic relationships to grow business is required.  Travel may be required.  A remote work location is viable.

Essential Job Functions:

• Develop relationships with VA-industry support organizations and real estate industry broker, vendors and organizations for Freedom Mortgage through leveraging new and existing networks, and identifying new opportunities through competitive research and analysis.
• Attending conferences and trade shows to represent Freedom Mortgage and identify prospective clients
• Proposing relationship recommendations to internal and external decision makers in order to identify opportunities and define beneficial relationships.     
• Create a strategy for each partner (including key needs, goals, performance metrics, relationship management and communication process).
• Responsible for maintaining and updating prospect presentation deck and working on strategic partnership materials.
• Work closely with the ACQ Refinance marketing team to identify same for VA partnerships

Other Related Duties:

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience required
• 3 or more years of experience with marketing partnerships and/or business-to-business relationships and alliances
• Experience in relationship management and business development
• Strong communication and presentation skills

Language Skills:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technic al procedures, or government regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and res pond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, are a, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands:

The physic al demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and r each with hand s and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Customer Service Relationships:

Assesses and diffuses problem situations and requires influencing others to reach consensus. Requires tact and diplomacy to handle difficult customer relationships. Explores alternatives and creative solutions to meeting the needs of customers.

Work Complexity:

Tasks are multiple and diverse with some interrelationship across processes. Work requires the direct application of a variety of procedures, policies and/or precedents.

Work Environment:

Work is normally performed in a typical interior work environment which does not subject the employee to any hazardous or unpleasant elements. Position requires light physical activity.

Employer’s Rights:

This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked by your supervisors or managers to perform other duties. You will be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the tasks and functions listed in this job description. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. The job description is not a contract for employment, and either you or the employer may terminate employment at any time, for any reason.