Business Development Manager | S3| Corporate Clients | London in City of Westminster

The BDM position is an exciting new business role, where you will be working alongside your Business Development Director and local relationship teams to drive our Corporate & Commercial banking growth strategy. We are a highly successful team, who are over 5 years into our current growth plans in the UK. We are a team of positive, passionate, and driven individuals who are very proud of our internal culture and high-level colleague engagement scores. Come and talk to us if you feel you have the right attributes and experience to join a game changing team and really make a difference to our new business aspirations in London. We’re shaping the way we work through innovation, cutting-edge technology, collaboration and the freedom to explore new ideas.

To succeed in this role, you will be responsible for:

• Working closely with the Business Development Director to generate and drive new business activity leveraging all routes to market.
• Leveraging new business tools and systems to deepen penetration in the market & increase contact in the local prospect pools, alongside the Business Development Director.
• Understanding prospect data and targeting opportunities in line with our Risk & Sector/Cohort models.
• Conceiving, co-ordinating and leveraging specific connectivity and events in collaboration with the Regional Director, Relationship Directors and Product Partners.
• Being highly organised and responsible for calling programmes and creating / managing the Keep in Touch strategy (KIT) alongside the Business Development Director.
• Proactively driving engagement of key Marketing/Media collateral and initiatives to further support the creation of pre-pipeline opportunities.

What you’ll bring:

Our people are our greatest strength. Every individual contributes unique perspectives that make us stronger as a team and as an organisation. We’re enabling teams to go beyond by valuing who they are and empowering what they bring. The following requirements represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities essential for success in this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Experience / passion for new business and origination.
• Ability to communicate at all levels, and capability to influence & persuade others.
• Experience and knowledge of Corporate & Commercial Banking.
• Some experience of financial analysis, to assess prospects in line with CCB Risk appetite.
• Knowledge of related risks with ability to identify, assess and manage them appropriately.
• Ability to demonstrate managing multiple stakeholders at various levels.
• Strong commercial acumen - deep understanding of corporate banking products, markets, and the wider economic environment.
• Digital proficiency - confident use of CRM and workflow tools such as Salesforce, nCino, and Office 365 to manage client portfolios and ensure data accuracy.
• Relationship building.
• Communication & influencing.
• Collaboration across teams.
• Problem-solving under pressure.
• Adaptability in dynamic markets.

Benefits:

• 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5 years service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
• £6,000 car allowance per year.
• Company funded individual private medical insurance.
• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
• Share in Santander's success by saving or investing in our share plans.
• As a Santander UK employee, you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees, as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services.

Note on Role and Availability: This description reflects the role as of the date shown and is not a contract.