Business Development Manager

General Description

About us:

Please read the following job description thoroughly to ensure you are the right fit for this role before applying.

We are a young, dynamic and rapidly growing SME lender. Backed by top-tier institutional investors, we are expanding rapidly across the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany and Spain. Our dynamic team is on a mission to transform real estate lending, underpinned by cutting-edge technology. Learn more at join our team?

We believe we are a great company to work for. This is what you get as a member of our team:

• Being part of a dynamic company in direct lending in London;
• Working in a young and international environment (over 15 nationalities and 21 languages);
• Extensive experience and exposure: you will be working together with people with impressive industry experience;
• Contributing to a rapidly expanding company entering new product and market segments;
• Accelerating your career by assuming a lot of responsibility in a meritocratic environment; and
• Competitive salary, health insurance, pension and a discretionary bonus.

Your mission:

You’ll be the key driver in expanding our client portfolio in UK. You will collaborate with the case managers and underwriters to successfully grow our UK business by managing client relationships, developing new distribution partners and converting loan applications into loan closings. You will report directly to the Head of Origination in UK and will have your own client coverage area.

Specific Responsibilities:

Your main responsibility is to originate and manage development applications, which includes:

• Originating finance opportunities across UK;
• Acting as a point of contact for the market and representing the business externally;
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with brokers, developers and introducers;
• Acting as the primary point of contact for borrowers and intermediaries throughout the transaction lifecycle
• Identifying gaps and opportunities in the market and positioning our development finance offering;
• Assessing new opportunities at a high level;
• Working closely with underwriters to structure transactions appropriately;
• Assisting with PR and marketing including promoting our development finance offering, attending events and engaging directly with brokers and developers. xwzovoh

About you:

• At least two years of industry experience;
• Enjoy working in an international environment; and
• Academic degree (bachelors/master) with excellent track record;
• Excellent verbal and written skills in English;
• Ability to work across multiple jurisdictions in an international environment;
• Outstanding organisational skills;
• You are critical, pragmatic, proactive: a hands-on problem solver with can-do attitude;
• Ability to work well under pressure to meet strict deadlines;
• Team player;
• Hungry to learn and push your boundaries in a growing company.