Business Development Director, SME Real Estate

Job Title: Business Development Director, SME Real Estate Location: Manchester – Westminster House 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 our Manchester office. Join our dynamic Intermediaries team within the Business & Commercial Bank, focusing on acquiring new switchers and providing innovative funding solutions. Your mission will be to build and nurture relationships with brokers, leading the promotion of the bank to professionals and key influencers in your local area. This role offers the chance to support our SME clients, typically with turnovers between £3 million and £25 million. As a crucial community figure, you’ll develop business opportunities and represent our group within the professional community. You’ll be an ambassador for change, embracing new tools to enhance the client and colleague experience, and support your team in achieving their goals. Key Responsibilities: Deliver exceptional service to brokers and clients, ensuring their needs are at the heart of every interaction. Provide creative funding solutions, write credit proposals, and ensure compliance with conduct risk requirements. Lead the profiling of the Bank through a variety of mediums including digital advocacy and professional social media. Foster strong relationships with colleagues and stakeholders to deliver comprehensive banking solutions tailored to brokers’ needs. Support and mentor the team, providing guidance to help them achieve their objectives. What You’ll Need: Results Focused: Taking personal responsibility for delivering results and embracing change with a growth mindset. New Client Acquisition: Expertise in building and maintaining productive relationships, adept at securing high volumes of high-value client relationships. Specialist Knowledge: Relevant credit and sector knowledge with experience using digital tools to drive excellent client outcomes and growth. People Skills: A growth mindset, keen to adopt tools that enhance the client experience. Environmental Awareness: Upholding the Bank’s image through strong ethics and integrity across various clients and professionals. About Working for Us: Our focus is to ensure we’re inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We’re committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best. 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. As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. 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 Competitive holiday, with bank holidays on top A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr