Business Development Director - Lending

At Metro Bank, we believe the best banking experience starts with people who genuinely care. We’re not just delivering banking services – we’re building trust through authentic connections. Here, our people come first; our colleagues are part of a team that values individuality, collaboration, and long‑standing relationships.

We are also all about balance, so most of our jobs offer the opportunity for hybrid working built around your role and home life wherever possible. In the case of this role, we are flexible on the office location you work from.

Reporting into the Head of Commercial Intermediaries, the Business Development Director – Lending will support the delivery of the Metro Bank brand and business model for commercial banking, deposit growth and commercial lending. You will achieve this by maintaining a portfolio of commercial brokers who actively introduce opportunities to the Bank and by delivering new ways to help support their business to evolve and grow.

• Your customers are commercial brokers, existing and prospective customers, which you will generate through business development approaches such as introducer leads and networking events.
• Your interactions will be with commercial brokers明whose opportunities exceed £250,000 to introduce to the bank and work with the appropriate internal departments to progress the opportunity.
• You will build strong relationships with other commercial teams in the bank such as Credit and Operational Risk and work closely with Asset Finance and Invoice Finance colleagues.
• You will support the bank’s relationship with the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) and other finance broker associations to grow brand recognition among their broker members.
• You will support the relationship management of a portfolio of existing brokers and acquire new to‑bank brokers to generate lending and switcher opportunities. This includes sourcing leads from a network of key business introducers and applying the bank’s trading standards to source the correct size, type and quality of customers.
• You will lead the “deal team” and bring in specialist managers to support you as required Verbraucher through the deal.
• You will build strong relationships with key internal stakeholders such as Credit, Lending & Securities, Lending Operations, the Large Trading business, Regional Commercial Banking Teams, Local Directors and other Store colleagues including LBMs.
• You will coach and support other colleagues within the bank including Local Directors, Local Business Managers and commercial colleagues, providing opportunities for learning and growth through planned sessions and informal interaction.
• Any other duties as required that reasonably fall within the job.

• Excellent communication and customer/client relationship management, with an ethos of providing exceptional broker and customer service.
• The ability to successfully articulate the Metro Bank story to prospective customers and professional advisers to create a loyal customer base.
• The ability to maximise the customer relationship whilst being compliant during customer interactions with awareness of TCF (Treating Customers Fairly).
• A successful track record in commercial banking and competence in allআই aspects of commercial lending, with experience making effective lending decisions and understanding transactions that meet Metro Bank’s lending appetite.
• Commercial banking and lending awareness with detailed knowledge of the products offered, including Asset & Invoice Finance, cash management and other types of retail and commercial lending. Genuine interest and thirst for knowledge about businesses and the economy.
• A highly developed appreciation and knowledge for risk covering Credit, Operational and Financial Crime, with a track record of managing these risks successfully.

• We will provide a competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus and a wide range of benefits, including generous holiday allowance, attractive pension scheme, healthcare, life assurance and numerous colleague discounts.
• We will give you the training to ensure you succeed in your role and plenty of internal opportunities to progress your career (around 40% of our recruitment comes from internal promotions).

We value diversity and encourage all interested candidates to apply, recognising that those who are not yet perfect fit are welcome to apply. We may close a job earlier for applications if we are inundated with suitable candidates. Good luck!

Director

Full‑time

Business Development and Sales

Banking