Stephen E. Jenks
Steve Jenks is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Empower. In his role, he oversees all advertising, performance marketing, and product marketing for Empower’s business-to-business and consumer offerings. His team includes an in-house creative organization as well as customer experience, primary and secondary research, direct response, product marketing, digital marketing, UI/UX design, and marketing effectiveness teams.
Steve joined the organization in 2011 and has over 30 years of marketing, product, and business leadership experience. Prior to joining the firm, he served as Head of Defined Contribution Product and Marketing for Putnam Investments, where he helped shape and execute growth strategies for the organization’s defined contribution, investment-only, and rollover businesses. He has also held leadership roles in marketing, product, finance, and relationship management at Fidelity Investments. In addition, Steve co-founded Acceleration Retirement, a marketing analytics and outsourcing firm, and Stable Two Financial, a registered investment advisory company, and served as CEO of both.
Steve holds a bachelor’s degree with distinction in business analysis from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. He is a registered representative of Empower Financial Services, Inc. and currently maintains FINRA Series 6 and 26 securities registrations and the Series 63 state securities license. Steve also currently chairs the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado.
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