You’ve built your career driving results, leading people, and taking ownership when the stakes are high. Now you’re ready for a role that gives you real influence, real growth opportunity, and a culture that values both performance and humanity.
As a Regional Manager based in Chicago, you’ll lead a growing team of Advance Funeral Planners in a growing Chicagoland market. You’ll support rapid expansion across the region while honoring the deeply personal nature of this profession.
This is a role for a sales-driven, entrepreneurial leader who knows how to push for outcomes without losing sight of empathy, trust, and care.
What you’ll do (and why you’ll love doing it!)- Lead a growth-focused team. Oversee and develop 5+ Advance Funeral Planners by motivating performance, coaching to outcomes, and holding clear accountability to results. You’ll have autonomy and trust to run your region like a business.
- Own a high-impact partnership. Work closely with enterprise leadership and local funeral home managers. You’ll help bring structure, strategy, and momentum to a rapidly growing market. Overnight travel is minimal, but a high degree of territorial travel will ensure that you are maximizing the potential of our partnerships!
- Drive sales with purpose. You’ll actively sell alongside your team when needed, model best practices, and reinforce an outcomes-first approach that always respects the realities of advance planning. You’ll lead with emotional intelligence because you understand how to push performance with care professionals without eroding trust.
- Build smart, scalable systems. Bring a corporate mindset to a fast-moving environment. You’ll think strategically, solve problems creatively, and adapt quickly as new opportunities emerge across the Chicagoland market.
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Requirements
Skills you may have to make you a success!
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Communications or equivalent professional experience preferred
- Current life insurance license, or ability to attain one preferred
- 4+ years in a sales leadership or management role preferred
- Entrepreneurial, independent, and comfortable in ambiguity
- Comfortability with and interest in travelling for work.
BenefitsWhat we offer you as part of #PrecoaLife
- Competitive base plus commission salary based on experience
- 18 days PTO and minimum 6-weeks paid parental leave
- 10 paid holidays annually
- Health, Dental, and Vision benefits
- 401k with 2% company match and $25,000 Life Insurance Policy
- Ability to balance travel with remote flexibility (90% field / 10% remote)
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Communications or equivalent professional experience
- Current life insurance license, or ability to attain one
- 4+ years in a sales leadership or management role
- Entrepreneurial, independent, and comfortable in ambiguity
- Proven sales leadership, coaching, and accountability to drive team results
- Comfortable with frequent territorial travel within the Chicago region (overnight travel minimal)
- High emotional intelligence and ability to lead sensitive, trust-based conversations
Precoa Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Precoa and has not been reviewed or approved by Precoa.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage is positioned as competitive, with low co-pays and multiple plan options that support overall well-being.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO, holidays, and paid parental leave are part of the package, and work-life balance is reinforced by flexible schedules in some roles.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered fair for the local market in several roles and can be negotiated based on skills, with strong sales performance translating into solid earnings.
Precoa Insights
What We Do
Every family deserves an opportunity to understand why ceremony, ritual, and gathering still matter — why we will always need meaningful connection during a time of loss. Our work goes beyond selling policies. Quality preneed provides a path to healing when it’s needed most. Since 2004, we at Precoa (the Preneed Company of America) have been committed to making a positive impact on the lives of American families. We are a national leader in preneed sales and marketing, partnering with the country's top funeral homes to help families heal from one of the most challenging events they'll face — the death of a loved one.
