Global Institutional, Insurance Sales VP, Based in Seoul

Overview of the Role

Our Korea Institutional Sales team is seeking a VP to service our growing client base out of the Seoul office. The successful candidate would focus on developing and maintaining new and existing relationships with the firm’s insurance clients across the Korean market, whilst contributing more broadly with larger global relationships.

Working together with our locally appointed distributors in Korea, the role would offer an opportunity to develop our Insurance focus in the region, promoting a wide suite of products. The firm will support the successful candidate development with training in product knowledge, process & systems, relationship management and other key skills.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Manage key client relationships at a senior level with CIOs and portfolio managers to identify and diligently pursue new potential business, and retain existing business.
• Drive new revenue and new mandate generation across products and client types.
• Lead robust client and prospect meetings and engagement activity.
• Initiate brand building and sales activity with Insurance companies not currently engaged in discussions with Nuveen.
• Develop and execute strategy to uncover and develop mandates that will have the most commercial impact.
• Work collaboratively with partners within Nuveen to drive new business opportunities and solve complex client issues and challenges.
• Lead support staff on assigned client relationships to provide client service and implement sales strategy.
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to the team’s overall development.

Technical Skills & Qualifications Required:

• Demonstrable track record within institutional sales with insurance clients.
• Established network of key decision makers within Insurance companies in Korea.
• Track record of building strong working partnerships and effectively managing client expectations.
• Solid product and investment knowledge in both public and private market strategies.
• Self-motivated individual, with the ability to take ownership to ensure outcomes are achieved.
• Excellent understanding of financial markets, investment vehicles and regulatory landscape in Korea.
• CFA/CAIA/CPA qualified preferable.
• Undergraduate degree required. Postgraduate degree preferable.

Competencies Required:

• Excellent communications skills (both written and oral) in English and Korean
• Act in line with Nuveen’s Company Values
• Delivering results and expectations
• Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
• Formulating strategies and concepts
• Relating and networking
• Persuading and influencing
• Working with people
  

This is not a regulated role.

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Company Overview

Nuveen is a global investment leader, managing public and private assets for clients around the world and on behalf of TIAA, our parent company and one of the world’s largest institutional investors. We invest in the growth of businesses, real estate, infrastructure and natural capital, providing clients with the reliability, access and foresight unique to our heritage. Our prevailing perspective on the future drives our ambition to innovate and adapt our business to the changing needs of investors - all to pursue lasting performance for our clients, our communities and our global economy. Visit www.nuveen.com to learn more about us.

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At TIAA, we're on a mission to build on our 100+ year legacy of delivering for our clients while evolving to meet tomorrow's challenges. We equip our associates with future-focused skills and AI tools that enable us to advance our mission. Together, we are fighting to ensure a more secure financial future for all and for generations to come. We are guided by our values: Champion Our People, Be Client Obsessed, Lead with Integrity, Own It, and Win As One. They influence every decision we make and how we work together to serve our clients every day. We thrive in a collaborative in-office environment where teams work across organizational boundaries with shared purpose, accelerating innovation and delivering meaningful results. Our workplace brings together TIAA and Nuveen's entrepreneurial spirit, where we work hard and work together to create lasting impact. Here, every associate can grow through meaningful learning experiences and development pathways—because when our people succeed, our impact on clients' lives grows stronger.

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