External Business Development Manager, Octopus Investments
Northern Regions
Plus bonus and share incentive plan
3+ days a week in office (Holborn, London)
Ethical Investments
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Ethical Investments
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
Plus bonus and share incentive plan
3+ days a week in office (Holborn, London)
1001+ employees
Company mission
Octopus Group is a B Corp whose mission is to invest in the people, ideas and industries that will help change the world.
Role
Who you are
- ✔️A thorough understanding of the UK property finance industry. You will have existing relationships in the property broker market with the ability to build and maintain your own panel
- ✔️Proven track record of exceeding sales targets
- ✔️Committed to providing 1st class customer service
- ✔️Experience working for a property lender in a business development role
What the job involves
- Octopus Real Estate is looking for a Regional Business Development Manager, covering the Northern & Midland Regions
- The External Business Development Managers (EBDMs) must be highly motivated, articulate, passionate people who thrive whilst working in a fast-paced sales team
- You will be responsible for the delivery of lending targets across a defined region, managing all introducer accounts for that region
- You will be provided with a high degree of autonomy, established funding lines, and an excellent financial reward (with discretionary quarterly and annual bonus payments)
- Supported with a bespoke training programme to give you all the tools required to succeed
- This role comes with excellent growth opportunities within a busy and exciting team
- You will be responsible for the delivery of lending targets across a defined region. Our EBDMs are not just best in class, they are expected to deliver world class service to their brokers and clients
- Achieve and exceed sales targets as set by the Head of Sales
- Be the focal point for all brokers and clients within your region
- Assist the internal business development team in chasing new inquiries and pipeline applications
- Hold face to face meetings with brokers and clients
- Please note this role will be based working from home, with a requirement to travel to our London offices once a month (expenses covered)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Octopus is a group of companies investing in innovative ideas from various industries. The Octopus Group incorporates Octopus Energy, Octopus Real Estate Octopus Investments, Octopus Ventures and Octopus Labs.
In their financial services business, they care as much about the impact their investments have, as they do about the returns that they generate for their investors.
Since its inception, the company has grown significantly and has more than 3 million domestic customers and now actively operates in 6 countries.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
43% female employees
26% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Flexible working
"Your job and your life can be organised flexibly. I do school runs and finish early to get family time and catch up in evenings on missed time. "
Company benefits
- Critical Illness Cover & Death In Service
- Health Insurance
- Pension Plan
- Performance Bonus
- Share Incentive Plan
- Hybrid Working (3 days in the office, 2 days remote)
- Childcare Vouchers
- Sick pay
- 'Take what you need' Annual leave
- £3000 Bike to Work Scheme
- Employee Discount Portal
- Professional Development & Training
- Monthly 'Drink Up'
- The Greatest Christmas Party Ever
Company values
- Be Helpful: We like people who behave like it’s always day one and who remember that without our customers there is no business.
- Be Straightforward: We like people who have opinions and who express them in a way that’s respectful and easy to understand
- Be Bold: We like people who make decisions quickly and who are OK changing their mind if it turns out there’s a better way of doing things
Company HQ
Holborn, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Simon Rogerson
(CEO)Previously worked at Octopus Investments for 20 years, first as Chief Executive and co-founder for 19 years and then as Executive Chairman for 1 year.
Chris Hulatt
(Co-Founder)Previously Investment Manager at Mercury Asset Management for 2 years and Non Executive Director at ClearlySo for 4 years.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Octopus Investments
Riean Stewart (Portfolio Talent Associate)
- 50/50 gender split across all senior leadership roles (currently 43% female / 57% male)
- 15% of managerial roles and above will be held by people from an ethnic background (Currently 8%)
- We partner with Black Young Professionals network, Investment 2020, Work180, Women in Finance, 10,000 Black Interns and more to promote D&I at Octopus and in the Investments industry
- We host events aimed at women in the financial services industry and how we can attract & support people in this space
- We host internal D&I events on how to support ethnic backgrounds in the workplace, Neurodiversity and more!
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