Join us as an Innovation Economy, Relationship Manager in Life Sciences
- In this key role, you’ll be responsible for growing and retaining profitable relationships within the Mid-Market Commercial Banking team
- We’ll look to you to build a brand that represents our Innovation Economy, Life Sciences team as the bank of choice for Life Sciences.
- It’s an opportunity to seek out and build a referral network built through business activities and relationship development
What you'll do
As an Innovation Economy Relationship Manager in Life Sciences, you’ll champion and drive a culture of innovation and a customer centric mindset. You’ll be developing new business by acquiring new relationships and deepening existing relationships, as well as leading internal strategic discussions across all solutions including credit and payments.
You’ll also be:
- Identifying top companies in the innovation economy and connecting with their key executives
- Managing credit, operational and reputational risk
- Proactively supporting the startup ecosystem and entrepreneurship
- Maintaining an awareness of current industry trends to identify opportunities for innovation or strategic partnerships
- Ensuring client acquisition and maintaining ongoing relationships with innovative companies
The skills you'll need
We’re looking for someone with pre-existing experience in the UK, for Life Sciences innovation economy and venture ecosystem. You’ll bring a track record of sourcing and navigating complex sales opportunities, such as in commercial banking, venture debt, venture capital, or other technology-related services.
On top of this, you’ll need:
- A good understanding of commercial banking products and services
- Pre-existing experience from the UK Life Sciences and venture ecosystem.
- Experience in sales management and business development skills
- Proficiency in building and maintaining positive client relationships
- Developed interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to establish credibility and strong partnership with senior business and control partners
Hours
35Job Posting Closing Date:
04/06/2025Ways of Working:HybridSimilar Jobs
What We Do
We’re a business that understands when our customers and people succeed, our communities succeed, and our economy thrives. As part of our purpose, we’re looking at how we can drive change for our communities in enterprise, learning and climate. As one of the leading supporters of UK business, we’re prioritising enterprise as a force of change. We’re focusing on the people and communities who have traditionally faced the highest barriers to entry and figuring out ways to remove these. Learning is also key to our continued growth as a company in an ever changing and increasingly digital world. By setting a dynamic and leading learning culture, our people prosper, and our customers are given the tools to continue to improve their financial capability and confidence. One of the biggest challenges we all face in our future is climate change. That’s why we’ve put it right at the core of our purpose. We want to champion climate solutions with financing and entrepreneurial support, fully embed climate into our culture and decision making, and be climate positive by 2025. We’re committed to using our purpose to break down barriers, drive change and ultimately create a great place to work.
