Description/Job Summary
The Regional Vice President, Field Operations leads and manages a team of regional field offices encompassing lending operations by planning and implementing strategic initiatives and tactics that support the Association’s vision and goals.
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Responsibilities/Duties
- Lead, manage, and develop Lending Regional Managers and field office teams, setting performance standards and supporting career growth.
- Serve as a role model for the association’s vision, mission, and values, and mentor staff across the organization.
- Plan and implement strategic initiatives for lending operations, working closely with senior management.
- Collaborate with other field leaders to drive consistency, share best practices, and support organizational success.
- Communicate and execute corporate direction across regional offices, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
- Oversee credit administration, monitor adherence to policies, and implement corrective actions as needed.
- Develop and execute business development strategies to grow lending portfolios and enhance customer experience.
- Advocate for a sales culture mindset and oversee product knowledge, sales, and servicing training.
- Ensure compliance with credit policies, procedures, and regulations; address audit findings and maintain internal controls.
- Serve as a liaison with third parties, including other Farm Credit institutions and service providers.
Required Skills
- Knowledge in business development, credit extension, credit administration, and portfolio management procedures
- Skill in selecting, managing, coaching, motivating and developing diverse teams
- Skill in identifying challenging goals, and motivating others to achieve them
- Skill in communicating objectives and delegating responsibility
- Skill in managing own emotions and understanding and managing the emotional reactions of others
- Skill in utilizing a systematic approach to problem solving
- Skill in establishing and maintaining relationships with a variety of internal and external contacts to advance the association’s interest and increase personal efficacy
- Skill in having perception of different dimensions of business issues and making sense out of complex issues while being decisive and flexible to change
- Skill in differentiating significant and insignificant details
- Skill in analyzing complex technical data by using logic and quantitative reasoning
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in economics, business, finance or agriculture and 7 years of related experience in agribusiness, credit analysis or sales, including 5 years of supervisory experience;
Or an equivalent combination of education, experience and skillset sufficient to perform the essential functions of the job
