Director, Venture & Growth Finance
| Posting date: | 26 July 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 August 2025 |
| Location: | London, EC2M 4AA |
| Company: | NatWest Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | R-00260395 |
Summary
Join us as Director, Venture & Growth Finance
Working closely with key stakeholders, you’ll create a lending framework across the Innovation Economy covering life science, healthcare technology, technology, disruptive commerce, and climate tech
We’ll look to you to play a key role within the origination of our Venture Debt team
You’ll collaborate with key partners to build out warrant capabilities, and work with coverage and risk partners to deliver a seamless client experience while balancing our risk framework
What you'll do
As our Director of Venture Debt, you’ll be part of the team that executes the debt strategy for our venture lending, entrepreneurial mindset, ready to expand debt portfolio in coordination with our Venture Banking Strategy. Working with key stakeholders in Risk, you’ll effectively balance and build a risk framework that scales and protects the firm during every cycle.
You’ll also:
Facilitate the ongoing reporting and monitoring of the portfolio to ensure coverage and credit are proactively managing risks
Effectively liaise with prospective customers, existing customers, professional investors such as private equity and venture capital funds, debt advisors, other KBIs, and credit to originate and execute new lending opportunities
The skills you'll need
We’re looking for someone with a deep understanding of venture lending. You’ll have sound experience across cycles leading to a disciplined credit strategy to ensure the organisation weathers market volatility. This will include an understanding of exposure weight to larger and more late-stage companies and recurring revenue and enterprise-style financings.
We’re also looking for:
An understanding of venture debt, key industry players, and the competitive landscape
Experience of leading a venture debt team in banking services
Extensive experience and knowledge of managing a warrant book