Area Director, Healthcare

Lloyds Banking Group

Area Director leading and growing SME Healthcare business across UK regions. Accountable for commercial performance, client outcomes, and people leadership within the healthcare sector.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeLeeds • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

Requirements

What you’ll need

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)

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

credit riskcomplex lendingcommercial growthportfolio managementregulatory compliancerisk managementgovernance

Soft Skills

leadershiprelationship managementstrategic thinkingteam developmentpartner management