Regional Director: Advisor Recruiting & Growth

Thrivent; Minneapolis (MN); Remote; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Health Savings Account

401k

PTO 20 days per year

Parental leave

EAP

Well-being benefits

Job summary

Thrivent – Regional Director of Recruiting and Business Development leads the regional experienced advisor recruiting and acquisition strategy across the U.S., with the flexibility of a remote position. The role drives a disciplined recruiting plan, sources advisory talent, and builds a robust pipeline while aligning with Thrivent’s purpose and growth priorities.

Strong relationship skills and market insight are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in financial services, recruiting, business development, or related roles.
• Proven ability to source, engage, evaluate, and influence experienced advisor talent through long-cycle processes.
• Strong understanding of financial advisor practices, production, assets under management, book composition, and affiliation factors.

Responsibilities

• Develops and owns a regional recruiting plan aligned to Thrivent’s Distribution strategy, regional capacity growth goals, market opportunities, and field leader priorities.
• Leads targeted regional sourcing strategies to identify, attract, and engage experienced financial advisors and advisory teams aligned to Thrivent’s recruiting profile.
• Builds and maintains a robust regional recruiting pipeline through referrals, field leader partnerships, professional networks, centers of influence, industry relationships, external partners, events, and targeted outreach.
• Partners with market leaders to identify priority markets, advisor prospects, succession opportunities, team recruiting targets, and capacity gaps that can be addressed through experienced advisor recruiting.
• Conducts senior-level discovery and selection conversations with experienced advisors and teams to understand practice goals, production, assets under management, book composition, client profile, affiliation preferences, transition needs, cultural alignment, and long-term growth potential.
• Presents Thrivent’s advisor value proposition in a way that is relevant to each candidate’s practice, including Thrivent’s purpose and generosity orientation, advisor community, practice solutions, wealth management capabilities, transition support, and affiliation options.
• Manages candidates through the recruiting lifecycle from initial outreach through offer, affiliation decision, and transition readiness, maintaining consistent communication and a high-quality candidate experience.
• Maintains accurate candidate, activity, and pipeline information in recruiting systems and uses reporting to monitor progress, identify risks, forecast results, and recommend improvements to regional recruiting strategy.
• Stays informed of industry trends, competitor recruiting activity, advisor movement, affiliation models, and market expectations within the assigned region; shares insights to improve Thrivent’s recruiting approach, messaging, and advisor value proposition.
• Represents Thrivent at regional recruiting events, industry forums, conferences, and networking opportunities to strengthen brand visibility and build relationships with experienced advisor candidates and referral sources.

Skills

Communication

Relationship-building

Strategic planning

Sourcing talent

Sales leadership

Networking

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

CRM tools

Recruiting platforms

Job description

Thrivent – Regional Director of Recruiting and Business Development leads the regional experienced advisor recruiting and acquisition strategy across the U.S., with the flexibility of a remote position. The role drives a disciplined recruiting plan, sources advisory talent, and builds a robust pipeline while aligning with Thrivent’s purpose and growth priorities.

Strong relationship skills and market insight are essential.