Director of Business Development - Investment Services

Our client is an established and growing specialist investment services business, providing fund governance, regulatory oversight, and administration solutions to a range of investment managers and fund houses.

This is a senior opportunity for a well connected and experienced Sales specialist to help shape its commercial future in a growing and competitive market.

• Significant experience within the UK funds industry, ideally spanning fund governance, regulatory oversight, or fund administration environments.


• Strong technical knowledge of fund governance and fund administration, including the relevant FCA regulatory framework.


• Proven track record of identifying, developing, winning, and onboarding new client relationships in a funds or financial services context.


• An established network of contacts within the broader fund management ecosystem: lawyers, auditors, consultants, investment managers, and depositary providers.


• Demonstrable experience engaging at senior levels — Fund Sponsors, Boards, INEDs, investment managers, and third-party service providers.


• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to structure and deliver compelling propositions and meet and exceed revenue targets.


• Experience leading RFP responses and preparing detailed commercial propositions for fund governance or administration mandates.


• Familiarity with fund unitisation structures, fund transitions, and outsourced AFM arrangements.

• Take ownership of the firm's new business strategy, developing and executing a commercial sales plan aligned to ambitious annual revenue growth targets.


• Build and nurture relationships with investment managers and fund promoters — both existing clients and new prospects — identifying opportunities to expand and deepen the range of specialist services provided.


• Lead and respond to RFPs and commercial proposition development, representing the firm at senior level with sponsors, INEDs, investment managers, consultants, lawyers, and auditors.


• Drive targeted growth campaigns across key market segments: new fund launches, transitions of existing funds from other service providers, and firms looking to outsource existing internal arrangements to a specialist third-party provider.


• Structure and lead new business meetings, ensuring all information provided is clear, accurate, and meets the needs of prospects and business influencers.


• Work closely with Group Finance to ensure all commercial proposals deliver the required financial returns, maintaining a disciplined approach to pricing and deal structuring.


• Attend and run events to strengthen the firm's market presence and develop new relationships across the fund management ecosystem.


• Act as a senior market ambassador, clearly articulating the value of the firm's proposition and differentiating against competitors in the marketplace.

• A highly competitive salary


• Wider Benefits package

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: 16478

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

At Core-Asset, we're committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

Our privacy statement explains when and why we collect personal information about people who engage with our services, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others, and how we keep it secure.

We may change this policy from time to time, so please check this policy occasionally to ensure that you're happy with any changes.

By engaging with us (either by applying for a job we're advertising, registering through our website, or getting in touch with our business) you're agreeing to be bound by this policy.

Core-Asset Consulting is committed to protecting the privacy of our candidates, clients and website users.

For further information, please refer to our full Privacy Statement available on our website http://www.core-asset.co.uk/about-core-asset/privacy-statement