Client Manager - Financial Services, UK and Ireland
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Description
Lenovo is hiring a UK Financial Services Client Manager to drive growth across banking, insurance, capital markets and adjacent FS organizations. This senior role will open new relationships, lead executive conversations and position Lenovo as a strategic partner for advanced digital transformation.
The role connects Lenovo’s pocket-to-edge-to-cloud portfolio across devices, workplace, AI-ready infrastructure, hybrid cloud, data center, security, services and as-a-service models. Success requires FS credibility, solutions-selling experience, acquisition focus and strong matrix leadership.
What you will be responsible for
- Lead Lenovo’s growth strategy for targeted UK FS customers and prospects.
- Build senior relationships across technology, operations, risk, procurement and business leadership.
- Identify FS priorities across workplace, AI, datacenter, hybrid cloud, security, KYC, compliance, resilience and cost optimization.
- Position Lenovo’s full portfolio as connected digital solutions delivering clear business outcomes.
- Create strategic account plans, qualified pipeline and complex opportunities through a structured sales process.
- Orchestrate Lenovo specialists, partners and leadership while maintaining strong forecasting and pipeline governance.
What we are looking for
- 5 - 10 years experience selling complex technology solutions into UK Financial Services, banking, insurance or regulated markets.
- Strong understanding of FSI regulatory, security, resilience and risk environments.
- Existing network of C-Level and Director-level contacts within UK FSI organizations
- Experience navigating complex procurement and governance processes.
- Established customer and industry network with senior stakeholder credibility.
- Experience across datacenter, infrastructure, servers, storage, virtualization, AI infrastructure, BURA, networking, security, managed services or hybrid cloud.
- Understanding of FS use cases such as trading floor, high-frequency trading, KYC, regulation, compliance, resilience and data protection.
- Ability to articulate how technology enables transformation across Lenovo’s pocket-to-edge-to-cloud portfolio.
- Executive presence, communication skills, resilience, entrepreneurial drive, growth mindset and ability to influence across a matrix organization.
What Lenovo Can Offer:
- Holiday purchase
- Private medical
- Income protection
- Attractive pension scheme
- Positive work life balance
- Learning and development
- Life insurance
- Lenovo and Motorola products discounts
- Lifestyle discounts
- Cycle to work
- MyGymDiscounts
- Mortgage advice and support
- Referral bonus
- Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
- Free onsite parking