British Business Bank
Regional Director - East Midlands
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Senior Regional Finance Representative – Place‑Based Investment
Location: Remote (East Midlands / West Midlands) Hours: 37.5 hrs/week (flexible Mon-Fri) Contract: Permanent Department: Local Growth Team
Application Deadline
9 July 2026
THE ROLE
Join the Bank to shape and lead its place-based activity—a critical leadership opportunity to drive commercial impact, strengthen the local financial ecosystem, and unlock sustained growth for businesses with high potential.
As the Senior Representative for Place-Based Work in your designated region, you will:
- Develop tailored local strategies aligned with the Bank’s broader objectives, using commercial expertise, market insight, and the Bank’s full toolkit.
- Lead efforts to catalyse investment activity across markets, ensuring measurable outcomes for local economies.
- Build and sustain trusted, credible relationships with finance stakeholders spaning:
- BBB-rated fund managers
- Traditional & non-bank lenders
- Limited partners
- Leverage technical knowledge of debt and equity products to identify and shape opportunities.
- Collaborate with private and public partners to:
- Influence and refine local financial structures and programmes.
- Mobilise both frontline teams and wider colleagues toward common goals.
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Key Success Drivers
- Proven strategic leadership aligned with business growth.
- Experience in structured dealmaking with conviction.
- Ability to, as a trusted partner, influence senior stakeholders and drive resilient decision-making.
Candidates must also:
- Excel at cross-functional team leadership while coordinating efforts company-wide.
- Adapt commercial strategies to local conditions to strengthen regional economies.
Bring your vision, and help build the place-based framework for the next stage of commercial growth.
Requirements
- Demonstrated 5+ years in a relevant senior financial services, investment, or venture financing role
- Strong Dealmaking or Investment acumen with clarity to identify and capitalise on localised opportunities
- Proven experience attracting equity and loan investments across private/public sector partnerships
- Excellent negotiation and stakeholder management skills
- Track record of coalition-building across diverse funding ecosystems
- Boldness to influence decision-makers at inception to ensure strategic alignment
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About the Bank
(Assume equivalent industry hub position as a growth-enabler with global recognition for place-based investment programmes.)
Key Benefits
Accurate guidelines can be found in the complete benefits list or by clicking here for full details
To complement your elevation:
- 30 days annual leave (including bank holidays) with flexible exchange (up to +5 days holiday buy/sell allowance per transaction)
- 15% employer-funded pension scheme
- Complete flexibility in work arrangements
- Cycle-to-work scheme, health cash plan, Group Income Protection, and life assurance
- ** Paid** voluntary days, leave for maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
- Deeply personalised benefits:
- Discounts retail, dining, and leisure
- Wellbeing, travel, and technology stipends to support your preferred lifestyle
For start dates, further terms, or detailed conversation, apply here.
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