Head of Smoove Lender Services
Job Description
Are you an experienced conveyancing leader with strong commercial acumen and established lender relationships?
We’re looking for a strategic and commercially minded Head of Smoove Lender Panel Services to lead and grow our Lender Panel Management (LPM) and Fees-Assisted Remortgage (FAR) functions.
This is a hybrid role with travel to Thame or Leeds as required (around twice a month)
This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for someone who combines extensive conveyancing expertise with the ability to build lender partnerships, drive operational excellence and lead a high-performing team.
About the Role
Reporting to the Chief Growth Officer, you’ll take ownership of the strategic direction, commercial performance and operational delivery of our LPM and FAR services.
You’ll lead a specialist team responsible for managing lender law firm panels, supporting lender relationships, ensuring compliance standards are maintained and identifying opportunities for future growth and innovation.
This role would suit a senior legal professional who has operated at Partner, Head of Department or equivalent leadership level within conveyancing and is now looking to move into a broader strategic and commercial leadership position.
Are you an experienced conveyancing leader with strong commercial acumen and established lender relationships?
We’re looking for a strategic and commercially minded Head of Smoove Lender Panel Services to lead and grow our Lender Panel Management (LPM) and Fees-Assisted Remortgage (FAR) functions.
This is a hybrid role with travel to Thame or Leeds as required (around twice a month)
This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for someone who combines extensive conveyancing expertise with the ability to build lender partnerships, drive operational excellence and lead a high-performing team.
About the Role
Reporting to the Chief Growth Officer, you’ll take ownership of the strategic direction, commercial performance and operational delivery of our LPM and FAR services.
You’ll lead a specialist team responsible for managing lender law firm panels, supporting lender relationships, ensuring compliance standards are maintained and identifying opportunities for future growth and innovation.
This role would suit a senior legal professional who has operated at Partner, Head of Department or equivalent leadership level within conveyancing and is now looking to move into a broader strategic and commercial leadership position.
- Annual Leave: 25 days per year (Jan-Dec), increasing to 27 days after 5 years, plus Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part-time).
- Annual Leave Purchase: Option to purchase up to 1 working week of additional leave.
- Wellness Days: 4 paid days per year to rest and recharge (pro-rata for part-time). We kindly ask you take 1 per quarter.
- Paid Volunteer Day: 1 paid day per year to volunteer at a charity of your choice.
- Pension scheme (Aviva): 6% employer contribution, 4% employee contribution.
- Life Assurance: 4x basic salary.
- Health Flex Pot via Benifex: – £800 flexible benefit to spend on health options of your choice, including: Private Health Insurance / Health Cash Plan / Dental Plan / Health Assessments.
- Additional Benifex perks: Voluntary opt-in for additional benefits including Activity Pass, discounts via Perkbox, Beauty and Fitness Discount Card, Cycle to Work, Motor Breakdown, Will Writing, or enhance your cover of benefits provided by company.
- Critical Illness Cover: 1x basic salary.
- Group-wide Equity Plan: Eligibility for participation in our Group-wide employee share plan, subject to annual invitation.
- Enhanced Maternity/Adoption Pay: Up to 20 weeks full pay. Enhanced Paternity Pay: Up to 4 weeks full pay.
- Performance-based Incentive Scheme: Eligibility for a discretionary Short Term Incentive plan, based on job role and level.
- Learning & Development: Access to LinkedIn Learning, reimbursement of your professional membership costs.
- Additional: Access to our Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing resources, eye test vouchers and VDU glasses contribution.
- Office Space: Use of our PEXA office workspaces in Leeds and Thame. Our new Leeds office is in West Village, managed by Bruntwood SciTech and allows you access to Bruntwood hosted local events.