Premium Finance VP Sales Executive - Remote Locations

About Peoples Premium Finance

We are expanding our footprint with a new Sales Executive position in Portland, Oregon or Seattle, Washington reporting to Lee's Summit, MO location. Build Your Future Here: Thinking of changing jobs or starting your career at a growing company? Well, you are in the right place. Peoples Premium Finance, headquartered in Lee's Summit, Missiouri, is a division of Peoples Bank, one of the largest 150 banks in the United States with 130 full-service bank branches in Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Washington D.C. and Maryland. We are proud to share national accolades that celebrate Peoples Bank’s culture and recognize us as a great place to bank and work:

• American Banker Best Banks to Work For in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025
• Top Workplaces USA national award in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025
• Newsweek's America's Best Banks 2023 and 2024
• Newsweek’s America's Greatest Workplaces 2024 and 2025
• Forbes America’s Best Banks 2024 and 2025
• Forbes Best-in-State Banks 2020, 2021 and 2025
• TIME’s America’s Growth Leaders 2026 award winner

At Peoples Premium Finance, we know that there is more to life than work. But we also understand that the quality of the work environment and employee benefits can greatly impact an associate's life. That's why we seek to create a great benefits package for our associates including: 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match, employee stock purchase plan, various education assistance programs such as student loan and tuition paydown/reimbursement, paid vacation, and holidays, and much more. For full details of our benefits offerings, please visit: peoplesbancorp.com/about-us/find-a-career/

Job Purpose

The person serving in this role will be responsible for both developing new business and managing existing relationships. New opportunities can be acquired through a variety of strategies: telemarketing, customer visits, online searches, attending insurance industry functions and referrals. Existing relationships may be transferred from existing books of business or from internally sourced referrals. Sales Executives work with the specific goal of finding and growing profitable relationships.

Job Duties

• Establish new Peoples Premium Finance contacts to generate new business opportunities through cold calling, investigating leads, prospecting and closing sales while onboarding and training new Customers.
• Open and build new relationships with prospective agencies/brokerages.
• Increase unit count, premium and interest margin by protecting existing relationships and consistently adding new insurance agents to the portfolio of active customers.
• Conduct needs analyses for prospects and Customers for.
• Learn and effectively communicate technology and service offerings to drive conversion and development of relationships.
• Foster good working relationships with support Associates, including Client Account Executive and Managers.
• Will perform special projects as assigned.

Education, Job Skills and Qualifications

• College graduate or experience equivalent
• 2-3 years outside sales experience in the financial services/ insurance related field or marketing experience within an insurance environment is a plus
• High degree of self-motivation, a self-starter and driven
• Excellent communication and presentation skills as well as sales/closing skills
• Leadership skills and confidence in own abilities
• Ability to earn trust with a wide variety of personality types
• Passion for selling and a strong set of personal goals for achievement
• Detailed-oriented and highly organized
• Outgoing and positive personality
• Strong computer skills, including CRM (Hubspot) and Microsoft products.

Basic Qualifications

• College graduate or experience equivalent.
• 2-3 years outside sales experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disabled/Vet; If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability, contact humanresources@pebo.com to ask for an accommodation, alternative application process or other inquires.