Senior Internal Business Development Manager – Residential Lending

Founded in 2000, Octopus is a group of businesses investing in the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. We’re passionate about helping people get more from their money and have built an ecosystem of businesses that do just that — including Octopus MoneyCoach, Seccl, and Octopus Wealth.

At Octopus Investments, we’re experts in financial services and proud to be a certified B Corp. That means we care as much about the impact of our investments as the returns they generate. Today, we manage more than £12.4 billion on behalf of retail and institutional investors.

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About the Role

We are looking for a dynamic Senior Internal Business Development Manager to lead our Internal Business Development (IBDM) team and drive growth across our Residential Lending division.

What's in it for you?

You’ll be at the heart of our sales strategy—coaching a high-performing team, managing key intermediary relationships, and collaborating closely with our Senior External BDM to ensure a seamless experience for our partners.

This is a versatile role,for an experienced Internal Business Development Manager looking to develop their career in property finance. 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). 

This role comes with excellent growth opportunities within a busy and exciting team. The pathway and progression for this role could be into a client-facing position. Initially, relationships are phone-based, and you'll support our External Business Development Managers.

The team

You’ll be joining an experienced and well-established Sales function of 5 people. It is a fun, fast-paced and successful team that is part of a wider Residential Lending team, including Credit and Client Servicing functions.

Lead & Inspire:

• Coach and develop Internal BDMs to hit individual and team targets.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and high performance.

Drive Growth:

• Manage key intermediary accounts, delivering exceptional service and repeat business.
• Provide indicative terms and support brokers through the application journey.

Collaborate & Strategise:

• Align internal and external sales efforts with the Senior EBDM.
• Work cross-functionally with Credit and other teams to ensure smooth deal progression.

Shape the Future:

• Contribute to sales campaigns, process improvements, and strategic planning.

Qualifications

Required Experience:

• Proven experience in a sales leadership role in financial services—ideally property lending or bridging finance.
• A track record of building and leading successful sales teams.
• Strong relationship management and communication skills.
• A customer-first mindset and KPI-driven approach.

What we offer:

• A competitive salary, bonus, pension and share incentive plan
• Flexible working & take what you need holiday
• Access to Anchor, our wellness hub ( Headspace, coaching, Parent Cloud, Digital GP & more)
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection
• Private medical insurance for you and your family
• Electric vehicle leasing
• The option to work overseas up to a month per year

Our Values 
At our core, we believe that how a company behaves is just as important as what it does. That’s why we chose to become an accredited B Corp (the equivalent of a Fairtrade coffee stamp but for companies) and to change our Articles of Association so that the interests all our stakeholders – employees, customers, communities, environment and shareholders – are considered in every decision we make.   

We are committed to building a workplace where diversity is valued, and inclusion is a priority. By providing equal opportunities for growth and development, we embrace and celebrate all races, genders, religions, sexual orientations, ages, disabilities, and socio-economic backgrounds. We believe teams achieve their best when every member feels safe, respected and empowered to be their authentic selves.

We're proud to be disability confident and are committed to supporting candidates with a disability, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, throughout the recruitment process. Applicants are welcome to opt-in to the disability confident scheme as part of our application process. If you require any adjustments to the interview process, we’ll be happy to accommodate where possible.