Senior Manager – Strategic Corporate Accounts (Lex Autolease)

JOB TITLE: Senior Manager – Strategic Corporate Accounts (Lex Autolease)

LOCATION: Manchester

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. Colleagues can be supported with flexibility in line with our Flexibility Works policy.

What you’ll be doing

This is a pivotal leadership role within Lex Autolease, part of Lloyds Banking Group’s Transport business, where you’ll lead some of our most significant corporate client relationships while driving performance at scale.

As a Senior Manager for Strategic Corporate Accounts, you’ll take ownership of a portfolio of high-value, complex corporate customers, acting as a trusted strategic partner and shaping long-term commercial outcomes. You’ll operate at senior stakeholder level externally, while leading a substantial internal function — with 11 direct reports and an overall team of c.50 colleagues — to deliver consistent, high-quality service and measurable growth.

You’ll define and execute account strategies aligned to your clients’ business priorities, sustainability goals and operating models, leading strategic business reviews that translate operational data and insight into clear, commercially focused recommendations.

Across your portfolio, you’ll drive performance by identifying revenue opportunities, improving cost efficiency, and expanding solutions across fleet, mobility, EV transition and digital products. You’ll play a key role in contract discussions and renewals, balancing customer outcomes with sustainable returns for the business.

A core part of the role is leveraging data, analytics and AI-enabled insight to enhance forecasting, improve decision-making and optimise fleet performance. You’ll also champion the use of technology to streamline processes and enhance the end-to-end customer experience.

Working cross-functionally across Lex Autolease and the wider LBG Transport business, you’ll build strong internal partnerships to deliver against both customer commitments and commercial objectives, while developing a high-performing team and leadership bench for the future.

Why join us

We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone.

Essential Skills

• 8+ years proven experience leading large, complex corporate or blue-chip client relationships (typically 8+ years in senior client-facing roles)

• Strong commercial acumen with experience owning or influencing P&L performance and driving revenue growth

• Demonstrated success managing senior stakeholders and building long-term strategic partnerships

• Experience using data, analytics or AI-enabled insights to inform decision-making and improve customer outcomes

• Strong people leadership experience, with a track record of leading, coaching and developing high-performing teams

• Excellent influencing, communication and interpersonal skills in complex environments

Desirable Skills

• Automotive, fleet, leasing or mobility sector experience

• Experience supporting EV transition, sustainability initiatives or digital transformation programmes

• Exposure to complex fleet operating models or large-scale mobility solutions

We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.

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 provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

We offer a wide‑ranging benefits package, including:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance‑related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can tailor to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more!