Area Director, Healthcare
Posted 2 hours 16 minutes ago by Jobtailor
Permanent
Full Time
Other
Yorkshire, Leeds, United Kingdom, LS1 8
Job Description
Responsibilities 
- Looking to take ownership of a high-impact healthcare portfolio and drive real commercial growth?
- Lead strategy, performance, and people across a diverse client base
- Define and deliver regional strategy aligned to national priorities
- Drive commercial performance across lending, deposits, and fee income
- Lead and develop a team of Relationship Directors, Managers, and specialists across a defined region
- Act as senior sponsor for key healthcare clients and strategic relationships
- Build and maintain relationships with intermediaries, brokers, and professional advisors
- Provide credit oversight and decisioning for complex lending within delegated authority
- Ensure strong risk management, portfolio quality, governance, and regulatory compliance
- Partner across Credit, Risk, Product, and Coverage teams to deliver client and business outcomes
- Senior leadership experience in SME or Commercial Banking
- Experience leading Relationship Directors or Relationship Managers
- Strong credit risk experience, including complex lending
- Track record of delivering commercial growth across lending and income
- Experience managing client portfolios in a regulated environment
- Experience leading geographically dispersed teams
- Strong partner management with senior internal and external partners
- Deep understanding of UK Healthcare markets, including Primary Care, Social Care, Pharmacy, Dental or Care Groups (optional)
- Experience working closely with intermediaries and professional advisors (optional)
- Experience leading within regulated environments, including delivering change (optional)