Relationship Director - Development Finance

High-earning potential Specialist development finance lender Hybrid to Mayfair

Ready to escape the red tape and build a legacy in Development Finance?

This is a rare opportunity to join a well-capitalised lender with serious growth ambitions, where your originations will directly impact the success of the business and your personal earnings. If you're a natural originator with a solid grounding in credit and underwriting, this role will put you front and centre in a lender built for dealmakers, not box tickers.

About the Company

We're working with an entrepreneurial, privately backed real estate lender specialising in Development Finance and Bridging. Known for their fast decision-making, commercial thinking, and hands-on approach, they're one of the most exciting lenders in the market right now with ambitious growth plans and a flexible, non-corporate culture.

With a strong leadership team, committed funding lines, and a high appetite for business, this is a lender that gives their Relationship Directors autonomy to thrive and rewards them generously for performance.

About the Role

As a Relationship Director, you'll be responsible for originating, structuring and closing development finance transactions across residential and mixed-use schemes in the UK. You'll work closely with in-house credit and senior stakeholders to deliver funding solutions that are tailored, responsive, and competitive.

The ideal Relationship Director is already originating Development Finance deals up to £10 million, confident in their credit skills, and ready to step into a high-impact role.

Relationship Director Key Responsibilities

• Originate and structure residential and mixed-use development finance loans
• Build and manage relationships with property developers, brokers, and intermediaries
• Conduct initial due diligence and work with internal teams on credit structuring
• Present cases to credit committee and follow through to drawdown
• Act as the primary point of contact from initial enquiry to loan completion
• Represent the lender at industry events, site visits, and meetings
• Maintain a strong awareness of market trends, risks, and opportunities

What's On Offer

• £85,000 base salary
• Uncapped commission structure:
• 0.2% on the first £20m per year
• 0.25% on anything above that
• Hybrid working model to the Mayfair office
• Rapid career progression in a growing, high-performance environment
• Opportunity to genuinely earn six figures + from your originations

Relationship Director Skills and Experience Required

• Proven track record originating development finance or bridging deals in the UK
• Experience structuring deals up to £10million
• Background in credit, underwriting or analysis - confident assessing risk and returns
• Commercially minded, self-motivated, and target-driven
• Strong communication and negotiation skills

Why Apply?

• Real earning power - your deals, your commission, no caps
• Work with smart, entrepreneurial people who get things done

If you're an originator with credit skills who's tired of the red tape and ready to take control of your pipeline and your earnings this is your chance to build something that's truly yours.