Senior Growth Manager – Fintech & Cyber

Help some of the UK’s most ambitious financial services, fintech and cybersecurity businesses take their next step on the global stage. Leading sector recruitment and account management across Grow London Global and our new UK-wide scale-up programme, you will connect companies with the customers, investment and partnerships they need to grow.

You will work directly with founders, CEOs and senior leadership teams across banking and payments, insurance and insurtech, wealth and asset management, lending, regtech and financial infrastructure, alongside cybersecurity businesses serving financial services and other industries. Getting to know their businesses and ambitions, you will help them tackle challenges ranging from winning institutional customers and building distribution partnerships to navigating regulated markets and expanding internationally.

You will lead and develop a team of Growth Managers across London and the UK, bringing together sector expertise, regional knowledge and strong business networks. Together, you will recruit and support companies across the country, including London businesses participating in Grow London Global, and provide practical support tailored to each company’s growth journey.

• Shape and deliver our Fintech & Cyber sector strategy across both programmes, reflecting the wider financial services industry and identifying promising companies, priority subsectors and international opportunities.
• Develop support that helps businesses win customers, navigate institutional procurement and complex sales cycles, and build commercial partnerships.
• Shape a relevant offer for cybersecurity businesses, helping them access buyers, establish credibility and develop routes into financial services and other industries.
• Work with the Head of Scaleup Programmes to set clear sector priorities and targets, drawing on the strengths of business ecosystems across the UK.
• Bring founder feedback, company insights and sector intelligence into programme planning, keeping our support relevant as markets, technologies and regulatory environments evolve.

• Find and engage ambitious financial services, fintech and cybersecurity companies across the UK for the new programme, alongside London-based recruitment for Grow London Global.
• Work with your team and regional partners to build a strong pipeline and develop relationships with founders and leadership teams.
• Build referral networks with investors, financial institutions, insurers, industry bodies, innovation centres and accelerators across the UK.
• Guide companies through selection and onboarding, working with Operations to ensure they meet the relevant criteria and understand how to make the most of the programme.
• Engage female and underrepresented founders and work with regional networks to widen access to opportunities.

• Build trusted relationships with a portfolio of financial services, fintech and cybersecurity businesses across the UK, working directly with founders and senior leaders on their commercial and international growth.
• Understand each company’s business model, customer traction, investment needs and regulatory considerations, identifying where support can make the greatest difference.
• Develop practical growth plans with clear actions and milestones, reviewing progress regularly and adapting support as companies develop.
• Connect companies with decision-makers in banks, insurers, asset managers, payment providers and other financial institutions, alongside potential investors and distribution partners.
• Help cybersecurity businesses reach relevant buyers, including security leaders, and build relationships with channel partners, technology providers and…