Area Director, SME - Manufacturing
Location: London
Hours: Full-Time
Working Pattern: Hybrid – at least two days per week, or 40% of time, at an office site
Flexible Working Options: Hybrid Working, Job Share
Are you passionate about helping businesses thrive and shaping the future of UK manufacturing? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you. We’re looking for an Area Director to lead our high‑performing London Manufacturing Team. This is a senior leadership role where you’ll drive strategy, mentor dedicated professionals and represent our brand in the marketplace. Your influence will extend beyond your team – you’ll be a key voice on the London & East England Leadership Team and help shape the sector’s future.
Our Relationship Management division supports businesses and the economic prosperity of the nation, passionate about London‑based businesses and those with strong links across the country. We provide customers with the support they need to help them grow, handle risk and improve efficiency, and we continue to invest in our relationship teams and deepen our product expertise to deliver a first‑class service.
What You'll Do
* Lead, Inspire, Recognise and Elevate: Motivate, mentor and develop a team of Relationship Managers to deliver exceptional results and client experiences. Monitor performance, celebrate success and take action to maintain high standards.
* Champion Inclusion: Foster an inclusive culture and promote equal opportunities across your team.
* Strategic Leadership: Contribute to sector‑wide planning and decision‑making as part of the regional leadership team.
* Drive Growth: Oversee client proposals, find opportunities, and guide solutions that meet customer needs and grow income.
* Shape Local Plans: Support your team in developing local business plans and managing portfolios to achieve sustainable growth.
* Champion Compliance: Ensure adherence to policy and regulatory requirements across all portfolios.
* Be the Face of the Bank: Build strong networks and act as a trusted ambassador in the London market, engaging with senior stakeholders including MDs, FDs and Boards.
What You’ll Need
* Strong experience leading and developing a high‑performing team.
* Highly proficient at building and maintaining positive relationships with external professionals.
* Specialist credit knowledge along with a track record delivering excellent client experiences.
Our Benefits Package Includes
* A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
* An annual performance‑related bonus
* Share schemes including free shares
* Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
* 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
* A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
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 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.
We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long‑term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme. We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.
If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we are 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 keep your data safe. So, we’ll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We’ll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
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.
Seniority level: Director
Employment type: Full‑time
Job function: Management and Manufacturing
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