Relationship Manager- East

Overview

Description Ascent is a leading provider of innovative financial products and student support services that enable more students to access education and achieve academic and economic success. Everything Ascent offers is designed with the best-in-class teams and technology to increase every student's ability to plan, pay, and succeed in their education and career. Ascent's planning tools and financing resources are co-created by students for those in college, graduate school, and career training programs.

Ascent offers financial wellness education, student success services, and one-on-one and digital career coaching that put students' academic and professional goals within reach. Ascent has been widely recognized for its strong culture – named “Best Places to Work” by the San Diego Business Journal for the past 5 years – and as an industry leader – named “Best Student Loan” by Nerd Wallet for the past 3 years.

Relationship Manager is responsible for the growth and development of our school-channel loan volume, which includes fostering and managing relationships with lending product eligible institutions of higher education as well as engagement with college-bound students and their families through high-school and community-based service organizations focused on college and career readiness.

Reporting directly to the Senior Director of Business Development, the selected candidate will be asked to serve the needs of any school across our entire national footprint; however, the primary region of focus for this role will be the states that reside within the EASFAA Region (CT, DE, DC, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, PR, RI, VT, USVI). Preference will be given to a candidate residing in one of those states.

Moderate amounts of travel are required for this position.