Business Development Director

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Job Description

JOB TITLE: Business Development Director, Mid Corporates  

LOCATIONS:  London

SALARY: Starting from £104,686

HOURS: Full-Time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy. 

What you’ll be doing

Do you have the passion and hunger to support new clients and at the same time help grow Lloyds Bank’s market share? If so, we have a great opportunity for a Business Development Director to join our team supporting clients in the Manufacturing, industrials, and wholesale (MIW) and professional services sectors, with turnover between £25m - £100m across London.

You'll drive the growth and expansion of our business and identify new business opportunities, building, and maintaining relationships with key partners, and developing strategies to increase revenue and market share.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team and will provide the opportunity to play a crucial role in shaping the future of our business and driving our strategic initiatives.

Your roles and responsibilities will include:

• Identifying and pursuing new business opportunities, including the planning and execution of contact strategies enabling you to win new to bank mandates.

• Understanding client strategies to provide the best possible solutions to support in a highly competitive marketplace.

• Building and maintaining relationships with partners, both inside and outside the company.

• Developing and implementing strategies to increase revenue and market share.

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive business growth.

• Monitoring market trends and competitor activities.

• Negotiate pricing, terms, and structures that benefit all parties involved.

Why join us

We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. ​

What we’re looking for

• 5+ years of proven experience in business development or a similar role within corporate or commercial banking.

• Deep understanding of the manufacturing, industrials, and wholesale sector alongside professional services.

• Excellent credit and sector knowledge with the ability to quickly identify and understand complex problems and solutions to support.

• Demonstrated expertise in analytical and critical thinking.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

This is a place for you

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready to make an impact? Apply today.​

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks.  We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. 

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.