Business Development Manager - Midlands

Business Development Manager

Midlands area - field based

Up to £55K per annum DOE + £6k per annum car allowance + strong bonus scheme

About the Role

Our client is a highly successful mutual operating within the mortgage and savings sector. This is an excellent opportunity for a relationship-focused Business Development Manager to join their sales team. You will develop and maintain relationships with mortgage intermediaries to promote the organisation's mortgage and related products.

This role covers the following locations:- LN - Lincoln, LE - Leicester, DE - Derby, NG - Nottingham, NN - Northampton, WS - Walsall, B - Birmingham, OX - Oxford, WV - Wolverhampton, DY - Dudley, CV - Coventry. Due to the field-based nature of the position, candidates should ideally be located in or near LE / CV / NN / DE / NG and hold a full, clean UK driving licence. Their head office is in Surrey, and you will be required to attend the office quarterly, for 2 nights mid-week, for exec meetings and team building.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and develop relationships with existing mortgage intermediaries and packagers across the Midlands & Oxford area to increase both the quantity and quality of enquiries and applications submitted.
• Build a network of new mortgage intermediaries within the defined geographical area, generating a consistent flow of applications on a monthly basis.
• Work closely with the Intermediary Desk (New Business Team), Compliance, and Loans Underwriting teams to ensure cases progress smoothly through the application process.
• Represent the organisation at relevant industry events, including exhibitions, seminars, and awards ceremonies, to promote the brand and its products.

Candidate Requirements:

• Proven business development experience within a mutual organisation or mortgage lender.
• (Applications from candidates without mortgage-sector sales experience will not be considered.)
• Full UK driving licence.
• Residence in or close to LE / CV / NN / DE / NG.

What's on Offer?

• Basic salary up to £55,000 (DOE)
• £6,000 annual car allowance
• Generous, performance-based bonus scheme
• Pension scheme
• 25 days' holiday
• Private health scheme
• Additional employee benefits

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced business development professional with a background in a mutual or mortgage lender environment.