Vice President of Strategic Partnerships

Department: Affiliations

Reports To: Vice President of Affiliations

Position Overview

The Vice President of Strategic Partnerships is responsible for identifying, recruiting, and developing future agency leaders and co-owners across the Leavitt Group network. This executive-level role combines leadership succession planning, ownership development, executive recruitment, and strategic relationship management to support the long-term growth and stability of affiliate agencies.

Working closely with Agency Partners, agency co-owners, and Leavitt Group leadership, this position helps ensure agencies have the leadership talent, succession plans, and ownership pathways necessary to support future growth and continuity.

Key Responsibilities
• Leadership Perpetuation & Ownership Development
• Partner with Agency Partners, co-owners, and agency leadership to identify succession needs and develop perpetuation strategies.
• Support agencies in building leadership pipelines that ensure continuity and long-term growth.

Executive Recruitment & Talent Acquisition
• Source, recruit, and engage high-performing producers, agency leaders, and ownership-track candidates.
• Evaluate candidates for leadership potential, cultural fit, business development capabilities, and ownership readiness.
• Lead candidate engagement through recruitment, assessment, offer development, and onboarding.
• Build and maintain relationships with top industry talent and key market influencers.

Strategic Relationship Management & Growth
• Serve as a trusted advisor to Agency Partners and agency leadership teams regarding perpetuation, leadership, and growth initiatives.
• Develop and maintain relationships that support recruitment, succession planning, and long-term agency success.
• Represent Leavitt Group within the insurance industry and affiliated business communities.

Strategic Purpose of the Role

The Vice President of Strategic Partnerships plays a key role in protecting and enhancing the long-term value of Leavitt Group's affiliate agencies. Through leadership perpetuation planning, executive recruitment, ownership development, and strategic relationship management, this position helps ensure agencies have the leadership talent necessary to support future growth and ownership continuity.

Success in this role contributes to:
• Strong leadership continuity across the agency network
• Increased succession readiness
• Recruitment and retention of high-performing producers
• Expanded ownership opportunities for future leaders
• Greater agency stability, growth, and profitability
• Enhanced long-term enterprise value

Qualifications

Required Experience
• 5+ years of experience in insurance, agency leadership, recruiting, business development, consulting, or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships with business owners and senior leaders.
• Proven success in recruiting, business development, consulting, or relationship management.

Preferred Experience
• Experience recruiting insurance producers and agency leaders.
• Familiarity with ownership and equity participation structures.

Key Competencies
• Strategic thinking and business acumen
• Executive presence and influence
• Relationship development and networking
• Talent assessment and coaching
• Communication and negotiation skills
• Results orientation

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