Senior Director, Group Corporate Development

Step into a pivotal role where you’ll shape some of Lloyds Banking Group’s most significant strategic decisions, leading high impact work across mergers, acquisitions, and major disposals. You’ll dive deep into complex strategic challenges, producing original research and high-quality analysis that directly informs recommendations for the Group Executive Committee and Board. With your expertise, you’ll evaluate a broad range of transformative options that define the future direction of the Group. When opportunities progress, you’ll take the lead on executing the resulting transactions end-to-end, ensuring they deliver maximum strategic value. This is a unique chance to influence decisions at the highest level while driving forward the Group’s long-term growth ambitions!

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. It’s a role packed with variety, visibility and the chance to shape the future of the Group!

Day to day responsibilities

• Autonomously lead and run multiple complex M&A transactions and strategic projects for the Group from origination through completion.
• Develop, expand and sustain a network of senior internal and external contacts; proactively manage these relationships to boost origination opportunities and deliver market insights to relevant business units.
• 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—business units, finance, risk, legal, HR and tech, plus coordinate with external advisers to conduct due diligence, assess opportunity attractiveness and define target operating models.
• Lead the production and presentation of papers to senior executives and directors, both collaboratively and individually. Developing consistent, engaging material that supports the business strategy.
• Apply deep corporate finance expertise, advanced financial modelling and negotiation skills.
• Ensure appraisal techniques are robust and valid. Provide independent evaluation to the Group Chief Executive and the board on acquisition and disposal options. Cover areas such as financing structures and estimates of financial impact, including EPS and capital ratios.
• Lead the negotiation of key transaction and commercial legal documents.
• Lead, motivate, develop and appraise team members to meet required standards and align performance with business needs—now and in the future.
• Be a leader and role model within GCD and the broader Group Strategy, Investor Relations and Fintech Investments team.

What we’re looking for

• Significant 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.
• Excellent collaborator management skills; effective at senior levels.
• Deep corporate finance expertise, with advanced financial modelling and negotiation experience.
• Passion for leading and developing high performing teams across multi-disciplinary groups.

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

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’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.