Sales Trainer

Sales Trainer II

Location: Omaha NE-6750, Newport Beach CA-700

Remote Type: On-site 4 days a week

Time Type: Full time

Job Description:

Providing for loved ones, planning rewarding retirements, saving enough for whatever lies ahead – our policyholders count on us to be there when it matters most. It’s a big ask, but it’s one that we have the power to deliver when we work together. We collaborate and innovate – pushing one another to transform not just Pacific Life, but the entire industry for the better.

Why? Because it’s the right thing to do. Pacific Life is more than a job, it’s a career with purpose. It’s a career where you have the support, balance, and resources to make a positive impact on the future – including your own.

We’re actively seeking a talented Sales Trainer to join our Sales Experience and Enablement team in Omaha, NE. The Sales Trainer demonstrates ability to learn new, complex content and deliver training effectively. Integrates business and sales knowledge to ensure training is timely, accurate, and effective and is grounded in appropriate instructional design and adult learning principles. Delivers engaging content in all environments (ex: virtual, face to face) and creates a learning plan that includes reinforcement activities, when appropriate.

Demonstrates expertise in annuities and mutual funds, life insurance, technology, distribution process, industry acumen and customer needs. Demonstrates comfort working with all levels of employees.

This role is hybrid. We believe in empowering our employees to get work done both in and out of the office. You’ll work a portion of each week from home and onsite at our Omaha office.

• Delivers live training (via Teams/Zoom or in person) in support of assignments to all sales audiences leveraging training best practices for knowledge transfer and engagement.
• Is seen as a highly proficient and credible facilitator of sales skills and Pacific Life (PL) knowledge. Is sought out for guidance regarding training activities before and after training by trainees and business partners.
• Conducts reinforcement coaching and “days-in-the-field” with both field and internal wholesalers to reinforce sales training programs and to evaluate program effectiveness. Provides consistent and timely feedback to Sales Management related to trainees.
• Prepares to instruct workshops by reviewing materials, practicing systems, creating visuals, testing equipment, rehearsing, obtaining advice and information from other Sale Training team members, preparing exercises, and setting-up room and materials
• Keeps knowledge up to date on changes in PL, CMD and training team policies, procedures and products.
• Develops knowledge and skills to continuously enhance training facilitation and curriculum design skills, and
• Learns to instruct workshops in additional areas of specialization by observing and co-facilitating internal workshops and by attending internal and external workshops.
• Seeks feedback from peers, manager and participants to improve training delivery, content and communication skills.
• Uses effective presentation skills, appropriate facilitation and adult learning techniques to conduct and facilitate training for new employees.
• Ensures training needs are met on all developmental topics including but not limited to: sales skills, product knowledge, business/industry acumen, technology and processes.
• Maintains and updates content before delivery and is prepared in the classroom.

• Support the curriculum design process through collaboration with Sale Team members, CMD leadership ad subject matter experts.
• Participate in the design…