Strategic Partnerships Growth Manager (Field-Based)

L&C Mortgages; Chichester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Electric Car Scheme

Holiday purchase scheme

Employee wellbeing & EAP programmes

Annual company-wide parties

Career development opportunities

Job summary

London & Country Mortgages seeks a commercially-minded Business Development Manager to identify and grow high-value partnerships across estate agencies, builders, employers and benefits consultants. The role is largely field-based across the South Coast region, focusing on driving growth and delivering excellent customer outcomes.

You will develop strategic partnerships, lead negotiations, and collaborate with marketing and internal teams to create compelling campaigns while ensuring regulatory

Qualifications

• Excellent commercial awareness and strategic thinking.
• Proven experience developing successful business partnerships or strategic accounts.
• Outstanding negotiation and influencing skills.
• Strong analytical ability with sound commercial judgement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and relationship-building capability.
• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.
• A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel regularly.
• Knowledge of organisational development or design principles.
• Experience within mortgages, financial services, estate agency, employee benefits or new build sectors.

Responsibilities

• Developing and implementing a partnership distribution plan to increase sales across Estate Agency, New Build and Employee Benefits channels.
• Identifying and securing new commercial partnerships while strengthening existing relationships.
• Building strong networks with key decision-makers through conferences, trade shows and industry events.
• Working closely with partners to maximise customer engagement, lead generation and conversion into mortgage, protection and related financial services.
• Monitoring partnership performance against agreed Service Level Agreements (SLAs), KPIs, budgets and income targets.
• Providing regular performance updates and commercial insight to the Partnerships Director.
• Collaborating with Marketing and internal stakeholders to create engaging partnership campaigns and materials.
• Supporting adviser performance by overseeing delivery against agreed service and quality standards.
• Contributing to the ongoing development of our partnership proposition to ensure we remain the partner of choice.
• Championing outstanding customer experiences throughout every stage of the customer journey.
• Operating within regulatory requirements while demonstrating the highest standards of integrity and professionalism.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Strategic thinking

Negotiation

Influencing

Analytical thinking

Communication

Stakeholder management

Organization

Driving licence

Travel flexibility

Knowledge of mortgages/financials

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

London & Country Mortgages seeks a commercially-minded Business Development Manager to identify and grow high-value partnerships across estate agencies, builders, employers and benefits consultants. The role is largely field-based across the South Coast region, focusing on driving growth and delivering excellent customer outcomes.

You will develop strategic partnerships, lead negotiations, and collaborate with marketing and internal teams to create compelling campaigns while ensuring regulatory