Director, Sr. Relationship Manager - Agricultural Investments, Food and Agribusiness Southeast Region Office

Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
Global Real Estate and Agricultural offers an opportunity to shape thriving markets and drive meaningful impact. With one of the world's largest portfolios - spanning real estate, debt and equity, and agricultural mortgages - we connect expertise with discipline, investing across the risk spectrum - from core to opportunistic. Here, you'll collaborate with top professionals, navigate evolving markets and contribute to investments that drive performance through value creation and above-market returns. If you're looking for a role that combines strategic thinking with real-world impact, MetLife Investment Management is where you will make a difference.
The Opportunity
Position: Director, Sr. Relationship Manager - Agricultural Investments, Food and Agribusiness, Southeast Region Office
Location: N/A
Setting : Virtual
Reports to: Managing Director, Food and Agribusiness Region
Travel : 30% to 45%
MetLife Investment Management (MIM's) Global Real Estate and Agricultural Investments business maintains a portfolio invested in commercial real estate and agricultural mortgages, as well as real estate equities. In addition to sourcing and managing these investments, the groups are responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with key industry contacts and referral sources. The mortgage portfolio and equity portfolio units are organized according to specialty, and they actively manage MIM's portfolio of mortgage loans and equity investments in agricultural, office, apartment, retail, industrial, and hotel properties. The portfolio units are responsible for overall portfolio strategy, pricing, transaction approval and credit approval on new loans, as well as the active management of the overall mortgage and equity portfolios.
MIM's Agricultural Investments group is the largest non-GSE agricultural mortgage lenders in the United States. Our agricultural investments are an important part of MetLife's asset-liability matching program. The long-term nature of these investments makes them a good match for the long-term liabilities the company writes. MIM's agricultural portfolio is approximately $24 billion.
MIM's Food and Agribusiness Group is seeking an exceptional person to work as a Director for Agribusiness Lending. This Senior Relationship Management position will be part of a national team responsible for the origination and servicing of mortgage loans in the food and agribusiness sector in the southeastern United States.
The coverage territory consists of the following states: Arkansas, Louisianna, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, & Florida.
Key Responsibilities

• Primary duties will include the following (prioritized by importance):
• Business development and asset (loan) origination.
• Relationship management with borrowers, key industry contacts, and referral sources.
• Loan structuring, pricing, and initial risk assessments.
• Collaboration with the credit analyst team for credit underwriting.
• Sponsoring loans for presentation to credit committee.
• Collaboration with the loan closing team for loan closings.
• Coordination of loan servicing/reporting in conjunction with the credit analyst team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field (Business, Finance, Accounting or Agriculture); MBA a plus.
• 10-15+ years of Commercial Real Estate or Agribusiness lending experience in the following:

Business development.

Relationship management.

Commercial credit analysis and decision-making.

Commercial credit portfolio administration.

MS Office Suite Word and Excel-based applications (create spreadsheets/formulas).

• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain customer and peer relationships.
• Understands value drivers across the business, including the role of AI - financially, operationally, competitively

Preferred Qualifications

• Established network of key contacts and prospects preferred.
• Moody's CreditLensTM and RiskCalcTM a plus

The expected salary range for this position is $155,000 - $190,000 . This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more! For more information regarding MetLife's U.S. benefits, please click here .
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
As part of our New Frontier strategy, MetLife is building an AI-enabled, people-centered future. We're looking for people who bring curiosity, adaptability, and a growth mindset as we use AI to enhance how we serve customers, support communities, and evolve the way work gets done. At MetLife, AI is a responsible partner that supports human judgment, creativity, and continuous improvement while helping us build trust, inclusion, and long-term value.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
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This posting is for a current vacancy and is anticipated to remain open for at least 90 days from the listed posting date.