Director, Group Corporate Development

End Date

Tuesday 03 March 2026

Salary Range

£111,809 - £131,540

We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

The Director of Group Corporate Development plays a pivotal role at the centre of the Group’s M&A agenda, driving high value transactions that shape the future direction of the organisation!
You'll lead complex, end to end deals with significant autonomy, influencing strategic decisions at Group, Divisional and Business Unit level. Acting as a trusted strategic advisor, you’ll challenge and refine business strategies while partnering closely with senior executives across the enterprise. You’ll orchestrate large, cross functional deal teams and external advisers to assess opportunities, deliver rigorous due diligence and design target operating models. With deep corporate finance expertise, you'll provide independent evaluation to the Group CEO and Board on acquisitions, disposals and financial impacts. You’ll craft compelling executive materials that drive high quality strategic discussions and shape enterprise wide decision making.

Job Description

Key Details

JOB TITLE: Director, Group Corporate Development
SALARY: As per range
LOCATION: London – Old Broad Street
HOURS: Full Time, 35 hours per week
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

About this Opportunity

In this high impact role, you’ll take the lead on some of the Group’s most complex, end-to-end transactions—spotting opportunities, shaping strategy and driving deals through to completion. You’ll build powerful senior networks inside and outside the organisation, using market insight to unlock new possibilities. As a trusted centre of excellence, you’ll challenge thinking across the Group and partner with specialists from Finance to Tech to steer strategic decisions. You’ll craft compelling, insight rich papers for senior leaders, bringing clarity and influence on critical discussions. As a leader, you’ll inspire, develop and mentor a high‑performing team, making this a rare opportunity to drive major strategic change at scale!

Why Lloyds Banking Group

We’re on an exciting journey and there couldn’t be a better time to join us. The investments we’re making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.

Day to day responsibilities

Lead and run complex transactions from origination through to completion with a high degree of autonomy, to ensure all elements of the transaction and strategic projects are considered appropriately.

Engage and co-ordinate the project roles of senior executives at Group and Divisional and Business Unit (BU) level to ensure clear accountabilities and progress remains on track.

Act as a centre of excellence in reviewing, challenging and supporting Group, Divisional and Business Unit strategies. Demonstrate excellent relationship management capabilities.

Lead large deal teams across all areas of the Group (including business units, finance, risk, legal, HR, tech) and external advisers where necessary, to conduct due-diligence, assess attractiveness of opportunities and determine the target operating model.

Oversee the production and presentation of papers to senior executives and directors, both as part of a team and as an individual to create consistent and engaging material that support and develop the business strategy.

Involved with deep corporate finance expertise and advanced financial modelling skills.

Ensure appraisal techniques are robust and valid and provide independent evaluation to the Group Chief Executive and the board on acquisition and disposal options in areas such as financing structures, estimates of financial impact e.g. EPS and capital ratios etc.

Supporting the review and negotiation of key transaction and commercial legal documents.

Build and maintain network of internal and external contacts and proactively handle these relationships to increase origination opportunities and provide market insights to relevant business units.

Lead, motivate, develop and appraise team members so that their individual and collective performance is of the required standard and meets the current and future needs of the business.

What we’re looking for

• Prior Corporate Development or M&A advisory experience.

• An analytical approach to challenge your own work and that of others.

• A problem solver‑ who challenges the status quo with innovative ideas.

• A highly motivated self-starter‑, continually reviewing and improving processes.

About working for us

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. And, 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

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.

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.