[Remote] VP, Enterprise Relationship Management

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. MetLife is seeking a Vice President of Enterprise Relationship Management to enhance their external relationships and drive business strategy. This role will manage strategic relationships with top global financial institution accounts, ensuring alignment with both client needs and MetLife's business objectives.


Responsibilities

  • Manage strategic relationships
  • Be the central relationship lead for a defined set of financial institution “strategic accounts”—top global, multi-line customers, vendors and distributors—that receive the highest level of prioritization, collaboration and focus from the enterprise
  • As needed, support a broader set of global, regional or local relationships when a high-priority opportunity emerges
  • Track and manage a pipeline process as broader relationships are segmented and identified within Fortune 2000 organizations
  • Work closely with MetLife business and functional leads to understand and help proactively address their current and emerging needs, globally, regionally and locally
  • Partner with ERM colleagues to shape the future ERM function
  • Support the definition of the target structure and operating model required to meet evolving business needs, including how ERM will further leverage technology and AI capabilities to enable scale, insight-driven coverage, and consistent account management across regions
  • Oversee and deepen enterprise-wide relationships with key accounts, ensuring alignment with their evolving needs and the company’s business objectives
  • Act as the primary interface between MetLife’s senior leadership and partner firms to ensure leverage of key relationships to benefit the broader enterprise
  • Provide executive access and influence decision making with key accounts
  • Establish and grow relationships that support mutually beneficial alliances and development opportunities
  • Prioritize development opportunities based on executive feedback and through proactive dialogue with counterparts at partner firms
  • Develop relationships with senior leadership across the company to: Understand their channels’ business, opportunities and issues Identify opportunities where ERM activities may support business development and retention efforts
  • Support business plans with strategic partner firms that mutually capture MetLife and firm initiatives
  • Track and manage a pipeline process as broader relationships are prioritized
  • Partner with ERM colleagues to define the future-state ERM target operating model (coverage, segmentation, governance, and performance management), aligned to business evolution and regional needs considering evolving technology and AI capabilities
  • Develop and execute action plan to evolve function against future-state vision considering organization structure, roles/talent, capabilities and success measures—ensuring clear accountability, scalable coverage, and effective partnership with key accounts

Skills

  • Degree in Finance, Business, Economics preferred; higher degree MBA/MS is an advantage
  • 10+ years' experience in financial services with Asset Management knowledge
  • Strong financial acumen with a global mindset
  • Solid knowledge of the business and ability to proactively keep current on industry trends
  • Proven success in managing and growing relationships with clients and partners
  • Superior communication, interpersonal, influencing, and negotiation skills
  • Ability to interact effectively and establish credibility across the enterprise and externally at all levels to build strong cooperative relationships
  • Strong negotiation skills and ability to influence and gain consensus of individuals with whom there is no direct reporting relationship
  • Adept at operating in a matrixed environment, building alignment and delivering together
  • Proven ability to handle multiple priorities with tight and shifting deadlines
  • Strong results orientation, sound business judgment, and understanding of P&L levers
  • Ability to support the design of target operating model and organizational structures in a matrixed global environment
  • Digital, data and AI fluency is required, including practical understanding of how analytics, workflow tools and AI can improve relationship management, opportunity identification, and scalable execution
  • Flexibility to work with different time zones
  • This role covers most of the financial institution (banks, asset manager) strategic accounts, so a background in the asset management and/or banking world is preferred

Company Overview

  • MetLife is a provider of insurance, employee benefits, and financial services . It was founded in 1868, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • MetLife has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 54 in 2026, 164 in 2025, 108 in 2024, 113 in 2023, 155 in 2022, 75 in 2021, 81 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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