The Role
Lead place-based strategy for regional economic growth, catalyse investment, connect finance providers with businesses, influence senior stakeholders, and deliver measurable increases in local business finance and economic outcomes while aligning local approaches with national strategy.
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Location: Remote (based in North West)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week/flexible days and/or hours (Mon-Fri)
Salary: Competitive
THE ROLE
Step into a senior leadership role within the Bank’s new Local Growth team, taking responsibility for place‑based activity in one of the UK’s most economically complex and politically visible regions. This position requires confident navigation of senior political, business and financial environments, acting as the Bank’s authoritative representative and shaping conditions that enable local economic growth.
Define and drive a tailored local strategy that identifies opportunities, catalyses commercial activity and strengthens the regional finance ecosystem. This includes facilitating investment, connecting finance providers with high‑potential business clusters, and working with partners to improve access‑to‑finance pathways. The aim is clear: deliver measurable increases in local business finance, and economic outcomes.
You will also support the MD in aligning local strategies into a coherent national approach, contributing to senior leadership across the Local Growth team and ensuring strong integration with the wider Bank.
Success in this role draws on substantial commercial experience across equity and/or debt, including hands‑on dealmaking and work with complex financial products. Candidates bring a strong record of strategic engagement with senior external stakeholders, influencing outcomes and delivering targeted results. Internal leadership experience is equally important, with evidence of building trust, commercial credibility and effective collaboration. Deep strategic thinking, sound judgement and the ability to design and execute sophisticated strategies in complex environments are essential.
Step into a senior leadership role within the Bank’s new Local Growth team, taking responsibility for place‑based activity in one of the UK’s most economically complex and politically visible regions. This position requires confident navigation of senior political, business and financial environments, acting as the Bank’s authoritative representative and shaping conditions that enable local economic growth.
Define and drive a tailored local strategy that identifies opportunities, catalyses commercial activity and strengthens the regional finance ecosystem. This includes facilitating investment, connecting finance providers with high‑potential business clusters, and working with partners to improve access‑to‑finance pathways. The aim is clear: deliver measurable increases in local business finance, and economic outcomes.
You will also support the MD in aligning local strategies into a coherent national approach, contributing to senior leadership across the Local Growth team and ensuring strong integration with the wider Bank.
Success in this role draws on substantial commercial experience across equity and/or debt, including hands‑on dealmaking and work with complex financial products. Candidates bring a strong record of strategic engagement with senior external stakeholders, influencing outcomes and delivering targeted results. Internal leadership experience is equally important, with evidence of building trust, commercial credibility and effective collaboration. Deep strategic thinking, sound judgement and the ability to design and execute sophisticated strategies in complex environments are essential.
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Key Benefits
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- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days holiday
- 15% employer pension contribution
- Flexible working
- Cycle to work scheme, healthcare cash plan, Group Income Protection and life assurance
- Paid voluntary days, maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
- Benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and dining, to health and wellbeing, travel, and technology...and plenty more
About
The British Business Bank is an established and influential institution with a key mission of driving sustainable growth and prosperity throughout the United Kingdom. It plays a vital role in supporting access to finance for smaller businesses, facilitating their development and contributing to the transition towards a net zero economy. Since its inception in 2014, the British Business Bank has functioned as a government-owned economic development bank, operating independently to fulfil its objectives. It collaborates with over 200 delivery partners, including high street, digital, specialist, and challenger banks, venture capital and private debt funds, as well as fintech platforms, to implement its programs effectively. With offices in Sheffield and London, the British Business Bank currently employs approximately 550 individuals. As an organisation that values flexibility, wellbeing and collaboration, the British Business Bank introduced a hybrid-working model in 2020. Our colleagues typically spend an average of 2 days per week working in our offices, striking a balance between the advantages of remote work and the benefits of in-person collaboration. The successful candidate for this role should be able to commute to our office (unless specified). At the British Business Bank, we aim to represent the communities we serve, firmly believing that different perspectives make us stronger. We strongly encourage applications from individuals with varied experiences and backgrounds. As a Disability Confident employer, we commit ourselves to having an inclusive, equitable and accessible recruitment process supporting applicants and employees, making reasonable adjustments whenever it is feasible.
Skills Required
- Substantial commercial experience across equity and/or debt, including hands-on dealmaking and complex financial products
- Proven track record of strategic engagement with senior external stakeholders and influencing outcomes
- Internal leadership experience with evidence of building trust, commercial credibility and effective collaboration
- Ability to design and execute sophisticated strategies in complex political and economic environments
- Experience working on place-based economic development or strengthening regional finance ecosystems
- Ability to commute to and work from UK offices (role based in Scotland / North West / East and South East)
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The Company
What We Do
The British Business Bank is the UK Government's economic development bank. Its mission is to drive sustainable economic growth by ensuring that smaller businesses across the UK can access the capital they need to start up and grow. It operates by designing, delivering, and managing a range of financial products through delivery partners, addressing market gaps in smaller business finance, and unlocking private capital to fuel innovation and economic prosperity.
