Managing Director, Head of Sponsor Coverage

lloyds banking group; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services organization in London is seeking a Managing Director, Head of Sponsor Coverage, to lead the strategy for their Financial Sponsors business. The ideal candidate will possess a strong network of senior relationships, a track record in strategy development, and experience leading high-performing teams. This full-time role operates on a hybrid working pattern.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual bonus award

Share schemes including free shares

Lifestyle benefits

A range of wellbeing initiatives and parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Strong network of senior client relationships with leading Financial Sponsors.
• Demonstrable track record of strategy development and implementation.
• Track record leading high performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Coverage strategy for the Financial Sponsors business.
• Drive multi-product revenue opportunities across the Group.
• Implement and maintain a strong risk-management framework.

Skills

Client relationship management

Strategic leadership

Private markets knowledge

Team leadership

Job description

End Date

Tuesday 18 November 2025

Salary Range

£0 - £0

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Job Description

JOB TITLE: Managing Director, Head of Sponsor Coverage

HOURS: Full time
LOCATION: London
WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 60% (or 3 days) in an office site

About this opportunity

We currently have an excellent senior level opportunity for an experienced and recognised leader in the sector to join our Financial Sponsors business based in London.

As a Managing Director, you'll play a strategically important leading role in developing and driving forward the Coverage strategy for our Global Financial Sponsors business, providing leadership and strategic direction to the team.

Your accountabilities will include:

• Leading the Coverage strategy for the Financial Sponsors business to support the growth ambitions of the franchise, driving multi-product revenue opportunities across Lloyds Banking Group with key Financial Sponsor clients.
• Leveraging existing senior level relationships with key Financial Sponsors including C‑suite engagement to upgrade strategic dialogue and identify and drive revenue and product growth.
• Driving excellence in collaboration and co‑ordination across the Group to deliver the whole Bank to clients.
• Implementing and maintaining a strong risk‑management framework
• Leading a strong and experienced Financial Sponsors coverage team.

Why Lloyds Banking Group?

If you think all banks are the same, you’d be wrong. We’re an innovative, fast‑changing business that’s crafting finance as a force for good. A bank that’s empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.

What we need from you?

• Existing strong network of senior client relationships with leading Financial Sponsors
• Strong track record of leading and building C‑suite relationships leading to new business opportunities and revenue growth.
• Deep knowledge of Private Markets & Financial Sponsors’ broad financing needs
• Demonstrable track record of strategy development and implementation
• Track record leading high performing teams.

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 want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

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.

And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under‑representated groups.

We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 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.

This role is considered Certified under the Senior Manager and Certification Regime as either requiring mandatory qualifications or being deemed as a role capable of providing ‘significant harm’ to customers. Due to this, successful candidates will be subject to enhanced levels of vetting, and required to complete a fitness and propriety attestation on commencement in role. Colleagues performing this role will be required to be complete a fitness and propriety attestation on an annual basis and will also be subject to additional routine criminal and credit checks.

As a certified colleague your details will be published on the FCA’s Financial Services Register.

This role has been identified as a Client‑dealing function under SYSC 27.8.18R as defined in the FCA Handbook.

The Person (“P”) performs the client‑dealing FCA certification function for a firm if:

• (1) P is carrying out any of the activities in the table in SYSC 27.8.19R; and(2) those activities will involve P dealing with:
• (a) a person with or for whom those activities are carried out; or(b) the property of any such person;in a manner substantially connected with the carrying on of regulated activities by the firm.

If you manage certified colleagues this role will be identified as Manager of certification employees under SYSC 27.8.13R as defined in the FCA Handbook(1) The function of managing or supervising a certification employee, directly or indirectly, is an FCA‑specified significant‑harm function.(2) A function in (1) is not an FCA certification function for that firm if it is performed by an SMF manager of that firm.

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.