SVP, Commercial and Private Banking Team Lead at Seattle Bank – Seattle, Washington

Who We Are

Seattle Bank is a locally owned, digitally driven financial institution that provides personal, business and partner banking services. Our experienced team and open API, cloud-based core technology platform, deliver a boutique bank experience for clients with interwoven personal and business financial needs. Our highly configurable and scalable tech stack also supports partner banking that enables companies to embed banking transactions into their customer online experience. Seattle Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Seattle Bancshares, Inc., a privately held bank holding company, and the creator of CD Valet, a digital marketplace for Certificates of Deposit.

Position Summary

The SVP, Commercial & Private Banking Team Lead supports the growth of our unique boutique bank offering. The Team Lead will be a high-performing banker who can leverage their sales, relationship, and leadership experience to grow the boutique bank during a time when the customized solutions and outstanding service that we offer are a rarity in the banking industry.

This is a rare opportunity for a highly capable, motivated, and collaborative person to join a uniquely positioned company and establish themselves as a market and industry leader.

Strong candidates will exhibit the capability to build and lead great teams, bring high sales energy, and be highly effective at collaboration. While deep expertise is not required in each of our business lines, the Market Leader must possess a thorough commercial understanding of loan, deposit and treasury opportunities, and the ability to translate those across private, mortgage and commercial banking. Reports to the Chief Banking Officer. This position is located in our downtown Seattle office and requires full-time, in-person work.

Essential Duties

• Lead our Private, Specialty Mortgage and Commercial Banking teams, to include relationship managers, portfolio managers, client managers and loan processors.
• Responsible for our private and commercial banking achievement and goal attainment, as well as for effective portfolio and credit management
• Represent the Bank in the market and community, helping to build and strengthen brand awareness and the Bank’s reputation
• Recruit and develop a professional, productive team, focused on developing long-term relationships with high-value clients and their trusted advisors
• Will be a capable teacher, coach and mentor relating to sales and credit skills
• Increase outbound strategies and expand strong referral networks to significantly expand the Bank’s reach and ability to cultivate new relationships and surface high value business opportunities
• Readily applying credit fundamentals to discover and solve client credit needs including term, revolving and transactional credits
• Maintaining a high level of knowledge with real estate and other secured financing
• Uncovering client needs, including payment, collection and reporting functionality, solution treasury management services tailored to commercial, family office, and private client use cases
• Develop long-lasting banking relationships by uncovering client’s short-, mid-, and long-term needs, ensuring proposed solutions fulfill clients' needs and objectives through a holistic goals-based planning approach
• Strictly adhere to all risk and control policies, regulatory guidelines and security measures

• Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field; MBA or PCBS graduate preferred
• 7+ years commercial banking experience; experience with private and mortgage banking is a plus
• Proven success building and leading highly effective banking teams, leveraging the diverse strengths of individuals to deliver results.
• Experience providing relationship-based private, mortgage, and/or commercial banking services to high value clients, including large and complex transactions and relationships.
• Motivated, thoughtful, and disciplined approach to developing relationships, including with colleagues, employees, clients and partners.
• Deep knowledge of commercial banking, typical credit and treasury needs, and applicable policies, procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Able to anticipate how changing dynamics may affect our team and clients to manage expectations and outcomes.
• Exceptional communication skills, both internally and externally, one-on-one and in large group settings.
• The ideal candidate appreciates challenges and keeps cool under pressure, is not afraid to roll-up their sleeves and wear multiple hats, and has a point of view but is low ego.

Seattle Bank Benefits

We’re committed to delivering our promise of peace of mind to our clients and fostering a collaborative, inclusive and supportive workplace for our team members. Our comprehensive benefits program for eligible employees includes:

• Bank Executive Incentive Plan
• Stock
• Medical/Vision, and Dental insurance
• Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, Voluntary Life
• 401K with Bank contribution, Stock Award, and Incentive Opportunity
• Paid Time Off:
• Vacation – 4 Weeks
• Sick Time – 1 hour per 40 hours worked
• Holidays – 10 days
• Transportation and fitness benefits
• And fun, extra perks such as company social events, paid volunteer hours, quarterly incentive awards, and professional development opportunities.