Job Description

End Date Wednesday 08 October 2025
Salary Range 90,440 - 106,400
Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working, Job Share
Summary .

JOB TITLE: Sales Director, Specialist Payment
LOCATION: Leeds. Birmingham or Manchester
HOURS: Full time
WORKING PATTERN: : Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites
About this opportunity
Are you ready to shape the future of payments? This newly created role offers a unique chance to lead from the front, delivering groundbreaking payment solutions to a diverse range of clients. You'll be at the heart of innovation, forging new relationships and driving strategic growth in a fast-evolving sector. If you're passionate about making a real impact and thrive in a dynamic environment, this is your moment to shine.
Key Accountabilities:

• Nurture high-impact partnerships with fast-growing startups and established corporates, unlocking new opportunities across the payments landscape.
• Be the motivator for change - identify inefficiencies, propose smart solutions, and lead their execution to elevate field performance.
• Take ownership of high-value clients with tailored financial products, ensuring their evolving needs are met with precision and care.
• Influence the evolution of finance through the evaluation and improvement of advanced products, providing guidance and mentorship to the team.
• Build a culture of excellence through structured development and informal coaching, helping colleagues thrive across the organisation.
• Spearhead business improvement initiatives and performance strategies that drive transformation and measurable impact.

Why Lloyds Banking Group?
We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're shaping finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you.
What We Need From You!

• Validated business development and sales experience in the payments industry
• Shown success in leading and developing customer relationships
• Expertise in financial product development and operational improvement
• Strong industry payments knowledge and proven ability to leverage market developments to benefit clients
• Excellent risk management and prioritisation abilities
• A track record of efficiently implementing business practice improvements

About working for us
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we're building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

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