Business Development Manager

Northreach is a dynamic recruitment agency that connects businesses with top talent in financial services, fintech, and digital sectors. We specialize in providing a seamless recruitment experience for clients and candidates, fostering innovation and professional growth. The Opportunity We’re working with a fast-growing, tech-enabled specialist lender that’s expanding its footprint across the UK. They’re now looking for an experienced Regional Business Development Manager (BDM) to drive growth across the South East — winning new intermediary relationships, elevating brand presence, and generating quality lending opportunities. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a strong broker network, excellent relationship-building skills, and a passion for driving commercial performance within a dynamic, product-led lending environment. What You’ll Do As Regional BDM, you’ll be the face of the business across the South East, actively promoting the lender’s proposition and delivering high-quality pipelines through strong market engagement. Key responsibilities include: * Building, managing, and growing relationships with brokers, networks, and intermediaries * Driving new business acquisition across the region * Delivering product updates, workshops, and presentations to key partners * Developing a deep understanding of lending products and criteria * Managing the full sales cycle from enquiry to completion in partnership with underwriting teams * Attending industry events, roadshows, and broker visits to grow brand awareness * Providing vital market feedback to shape future product development and strategy * Achieving and exceeding monthly and quarterly sales targets What You’ll Bring * Experience as a BDM in specialist lending, e.g. personal loans, secured lending, consumer finance, mortgages, or fintech lending * Strong broker/intermediary network within the South East region * Proven track record of delivering against targets * Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills * Ability to work autonomously with a commercial, solutions-led mindset * Comfortable with field-based, high-activity business development * Tech-savvy and confident using digital tool