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Join Relationship Management, to build and maintain relationships with customers, clients, stakeholders, and strategic partners. Your focus will be on driving business growth through effective relationship-building and delivering tailored solutions to meet client needs. We are seeking an experienced Business Development Director to drive growth across our Retail and Wholesale portfolio, which operates as part of a Barclays UK Corporate Bank. This is a senior role responsible for identifying, leading, and delivering new commercial opportunities across sub-sectors including Food and Drink, Health, Beauty and Fashion, Motor, Ecommerce and Wholesale. The role combines entrepreneurial thinking with disciplined execution. In summary, this is a high visibility role with genuine influence on strategy and investment decisions with a great opportunity to support and shape our Retail and Wholesale business.
Job Responsibility:
Develop and execute the business development strategy for the Retail and Wholesale team
Originate and successfully execute new to bank transactions across a range of products
Lead Barclays face-to-market strategy with key professionals, investors, advisers, brokers and complimentary funders
Execute market research and analysis to support the identification of potential new opportunities, market trends, and customer needs
Identify leads through various channels such as networking, referrals, cold calling, and attending industry events
Develop and execute strategies to acquire new business and expand the customer base, including preparation of proposals, presentations, and negotiation of contracts
Collaborate with relationship teams, product managers, credit analysts, operations, and other internal stakeholders
Forecast sales targets and track progress against goals, including regular reports on business development activities, pipeline status, and sales performance to management
Contribute to the development of business development strategies and initiatives to drive revenue growth and achieve business objectives
Requirements:
Proven experience in business development
Strong track record of delivering profitable growth
Commercially astute, strategic, and analytically strong
Ability to balance innovation with risk management and control
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
What we offer:
Hybrid working
Structured approach to hybrid working with fixed 'anchor' days
Supportive and inclusive culture and environment
Commitment to flexible working arrangements
Opportunity to embrace mobility and explore operations