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Relationship Director, SME
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Salary range£90,440 - £106,400
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LocationLondon
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End dateFriday 06 March 2026
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Job typePermanent
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Posted 5 days agoJob ID
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Agile Working Options
Job Share; Hybrid WorkingJob description
JOB TITLE: Relationship Director– SME
LOCATION: London
HOURS: Full time
WORKING PATTERN: Two days per week (or 40% of your time) in the office.
About this opportunity
Are you ready to take your career to new heights? If so, we have a great opportunity for an SME Relationship Director to join our team and play a key role in helping Britain prosper. We’re looking for an experienced corporate banking professional with a strong track record in the SME space, delivering lending, deposits, and tailored banking solutions to businesses with turnovers between £3m–£25m. You’ll focus on building new-to-bank relationships, working with key introducers, and managing a diverse portfolio to drive growth across a wide range of sectors.
Your role and responsibilities will include:
- Drive growth in income, balance sheet, and client numbers while managing associated risks.
- Manage a portfolio of SME clients, with a focus on Manufacturing, Wholesale, and Consumer sectors.
- Originate and develop high-profile client relationships, acting as a strategic partner and delivering value at every interaction.
- Proactively identify and secure new opportunities, offering tailored banking solutions across lending, deposits, and more.
- Provide leadership within the region—supporting the Area Director, mentoring colleagues, and investing in your own development.
- Represent Lloyds in the market, building strong external networks and partnerships, supporting ESG strategies and clients’ journey to Net Zero.
What we need from you?
- Prior experience in Corporate or Commercial Banking and with a proven track record delivering results.
- Proactive in developing relationships and building partnerships with clients & are passionate about supporting their current and future needs. You'll be motivated to exceed expectations and strategies with clients to deliver value to them and LBG. You'll keep clients advised by providing valuable market and sector insight, whilst always delivering on service commitments.
- Strong business origination experience with the ability to demonstrate how you're wired into local networks with extensive connections in the professional space and use these for business development opportunities.
- Proven credit experience and skilled at evaluating propositions and using that experience to make confident and effective commercial recommendations to the Credit team.
- Strong communication skills with experience in building, creating and maintaining relationships with clients and influential external partners.
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-represented groups. We’re disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you!
Benefits that work for you
Our benefits are designed to support you both in and out of work. We offer a competitive pay and benefits package including health insurance, pension, holiday allowance, family leave and flexible working.
Development and progression
With us, your development is a priority, and we’ll ensure you have the right tools to grow and learn.
Our offices
Our newly renovated offices boast state-of-the-art tech and top-class facilities to help colleagues to connect, collaborate and thrive in an environment so they can do their best work for our customers.
A talent community for you
Not ready to apply for anything just yet? Don't worry, join our talent community. We're matching amazing people to new opportunities every single day.
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.
