Senior Manager, Strategy and Policy

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Job summary

A prominent UK economic development bank is seeking a Senior Manager for its Strategy and Policy team. The role involves developing the bank's strategy to enhance financing for small and medium-sized businesses. You will engage with key stakeholders and lead projects addressing financial access challenges faced by smaller businesses. The position offers hybrid working, professional development opportunities, and diverse employee benefits. A strong background in strategy, excellent communication skills, and stakeholder management experience are essential for this role.

Benefits

30 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Healthcare cash plan

Paid voluntary days

Maternity and paternity leave

Qualifications

• Strong background in strategy and policy development.
• Ability to manage complex projects and deliver key presentations.
• Interest in smaller businesses and financial access challenges.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver overall strategy for the Bank.
• Engage with government and industry stakeholders.
• Analyze and identify opportunities for improving SME access to finance.

Skills

Experience in a Strategy role

Fluency in PowerPoint

Fluency in Word

Fluency in Excel

Stakeholder relationship building

Job description

Full-time position with 37.5 hours per week

Opportunities for professional development and diverse benefits

Description

Location: London / Hybrid Working
(Expectation that you will attend an office 2 days per week)

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week

Salary: Up to £70,000 p/annum depending on experience

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days holiday
• 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

The Role

The British Business Bank (the Bank) is the UK’s economic development bank dedicated to ensuring finance markets support smaller and medium sized businesses (SMEs) in the UK to start, scale and grow in the UK.
The Bank is at the heart of the government economic growth agenda. From April, we will be embarking on the delivery of our Five-year Strategic Plan to create a step change in financing support for smaller businesses across the UK.

As a Senior Manager within the Strategy and Policy team, you will help develop and deliver the overall strategy for the Bank. You will engage closely with government and industry stakeholders, and help translate government policy priorities into action to support the growth of smaller businesses across the UK. You will work closely with the Bank’s product and front‑office teams to support delivery, proactively undertaking analysis and identifying opportunities to improve SME access to finance. You will also support the Board and Executive Committee in delivering the Bank’s corporate strategy.

Reporting to the Director - Strategy, you will lead work on priority projects with complex challenges, ranging from the delivering support to priority sectors, crowding institutional capital into the UK venture market and tackling structural barriers holding back the potential of smaller businesses in the UK. This will require undertaking comprehensive analysis and research, managing and leading projects through to completion, and delivering presentations to key stakeholders. As a Senior Manager you will collaborate closely with and bring together colleagues across the Bank, from front office product teams to operations, communications and economics teams.

It is essential that you have previous experience of working in a Strategy role and a proven ability to build effective working relationships with key stakeholders. You will be fluent in PowerPoint, Word and Excel and it is desirable that you understand how Government departments work. It would be an advantage to have experienced the development of company, or product, strategy within a Financial Services context, or experienced working within a debt and/or equity environment. You should have an interest in smaller businesses and the challenges they face when accessing finance.

You will be collaborative, celebrate differences and inspire a culture of inclusion. You will have excellent communication skills and you will be confident in building and maintaining key stakeholder relationships. As a Senior Manager at the Bank it is expected that you will role model candour and integrity, you will support the wellbeing of colleagues, and strive for continuous improvement. The Strategy team acknowledge the importance of diversity of thought and actively work with our Bank inclusion group – Stronger Together. We would welcome applications from candidates who are keen to find out more.

Please attach a cover letter to your application by uploading this in the same file alongside your CV.

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.