Regional Vice President Agricultural Lending

About Our Opportunity

The Regional Vice President of Agricultural Lending provides strategic leadership of the retail sales team in achieving portfolio growth while maintaining sound loan quality and credit administration. Leading, coaching, and developing Financial Officers to deliver an exceptional customer experience through the delivery of financial services consistent with regional, state and association goals.

Regional Vice Presidents lead broad, multisite or multistate business areas, with responsibility for performance, relationships, and long term regional success. They drive strategic execution through sales professionals, elevate regional consistency, and foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and customer focus across dispersed teams and geographies,site or multi state business areas, with responsibility for performance, relationships, and long term regional success. They drive strategic execution through sales professionals, elevate regional consistency, and foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and customer focus across dispersed teams and geographies.

How You Will Spend Your Time

• Leads by modeling our values, inspiring a shared vision, challenging the process, encouraging and enabling
  others to act. Establishes and maintains a positive work environment that promotes continuous learning,
  development, recruitment, and retention of highly effective employees.
• Coordinates and collaborates with leaders across the association by supporting the overall customer
  experience and sales delivery to drive consistency, work share, and success through participating in
  committees, projects and strategic initiatives.
• Achieves results through remote leadership of team members throughout their assigned region as well as
  influencing team members in other areas of the organization.
• Leads and coaches' others, setting team's direction, evaluating performance, exercising management
  authority in performance, compensation and other employment decisions.
• Leads the region’s business development plan, marketplace analysis and marketing plans. Understands and engages in the development of the regional territory from an advocacy and growth perspective.
• Grants authorities, sets standards, evaluates performance, corrects deficiencies, coaches and develops skills, effective and efficient review of credit analysis, regulatory compliance and procedural compliance.
• Monitors the quality of loan portfolios, establishing and granting lending authorities as well as reviewing
  loans.
• Conducts joint sales calls and credit administration reviews to coach and develop sales team members.
  Provides meaningful feedback to the Directors of Retail Operations to ensure an accurate and consistent
  customer experience.
• Provides strategic leadership across multiple territories, locations, or markets.
• Develops sales professionals through coaching, clarity, and performance management.
• Aligns regional goals and plans with enterprise strategies and objectives.
• Strengthens operational consistency and customer experience across the region.
• Builds strong relationships with customers, partners, and community stakeholders.
• Evaluates performance trends and makes decisions that support sustainable growth.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree with 8 years relevant experience.

Mental & Physical Requirements

While engaged in this position, team members will routinely sit, use hands for tasks, and communicate orally. Standing or walking is frequently required, while occasional demands include reaching with hands and arms, and lifting or moving up to ten pounds. Vision requirements encompass close and distance vision. The work environment typically has a moderate noise level. This role may entail a blend of mental and physical capabilities, requiring strong mental acuity, problem-solving skills, and occasional physical tasks such as standing, lifting, or extended computer usage. Some roles may require physical or mental requirements related to driving, such as a valid driver's license, and the ability to drive a long-distance. Reasonable accommodations will be considered for individuals as requested.