Business Development Director - Secondment/FTC

Lloyds Banking Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking a strategic Business Development Director to drive growth with mid-corporate clients in Leeds. You will identify opportunities, build networks, and guide deal structuring to win high-value accounts, contributing to Lloyds’ aim to be the leading bank for business in the Yorkshire region.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, market insight, and client-focused solutions within a hybrid-working environment.

Qualifications

• Validated experience in business development within corporate or commercial banking.
• Track record of winning new business against the competition.
• Deep understanding of corporate clients and sector dynamics.
• Excellent credit and sector knowledge with the ability to analyze complex problems.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent collaboration, communication and interpersonal abilities.

Responsibilities

• Identify and pursue new business opportunities and win new-to-bank clients.
• Understand client strategies to provide optimal banking solutions.
• Build and manage relationships with key partners internally and externally.
• Develop and implement strategies to grow revenue and market share.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive growth and delivery.
• Monitor market trends and competitor activity to refine tactics.
• Negotiate pricing, terms, and structures with customers and partners.

Skills

Business development

Credit knowledge

Analytical thinking

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Sector knowledge

Job description

End Date

Friday 11 September 2026

Salary Range

£0 - £0

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

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working

Job Description Summary

You’ll work with our Mid Corporates prospects, those with turnover between £25m - £500m and help attract high value clients to Lloyds. You’ll build a wide network of professionals and key influencers in and around the Yorkshire region, developing business opportunities these connections can bring.
You’ll provide expert knowledge, support and guidance to support Lloyds in becoming the best bank for business.
opportunity, and representing the group in the professional community. As a senior colleague you will be an ambassador for change, an early adopter of tools designed to improve the client and colleague experience and support your wider team and region to achieve their objectives.

Job Description

JOB TITLE : Business Development Director - Secondment/FTC

LOCATION: Leeds

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 or meeting clients

About this opportunity

Do you want to join a dynamic and growth focused team and help shape the future of our business? If so, we have exciting opportunity for a Business Development Director to join our expanding team.

You’ll work with our Mid Corporates prospects, those with turnover between £50m - £500m and help attract high value clients to Lloyds. You’ll build a wide network of professionals and key influencers in and around the Yorkshire region, developing business opportunities these connections can bring.

You’ll provide expert knowledge, support and guidance to support Lloyds in becoming the best bank for business.

What you’ll be doing:

• Identifying and pursuing new business opportunities, including the planning and execution of contact strategies enabling you to win new to bank clients.
• Understanding client strategies to provide the best possible solutions to support clients success in a highly competitive marketplace.
• Building and managing relationships with key partners, internally and externally.
• Developing and implementing strategies to increase revenue and market share.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive business growth and ensure client delivery.
• Monitoring market trends and competitor activities and developing both proactive and reactive strategies to increase our effectiveness
• Work with customers, partners, and team members to negotiate pricing, terms, and structures that benefit all parties involved.

What we need from you:

• Validated experience in business development or a similar role within corporate or commercial banking.
• Track record of winning new business against the competition
• Deep understanding of the corporate business and an understanding of the importance of sector.
• 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 collaboration, 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.

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.