Business Development Manager
Location: London
Type: Permanent
My client is a leading, well established UK law firm known for providing exceptional advice to high-profile clients across sectors including media, entertainment and technology. They have a collaborative, entrepreneurial, and inclusive work environment that fosters and supports talent. They are looking for an established BD Manager to join the existing team in London, in a role that will be integral to the development and delivery of the firms BD strategy.
This is an exciting time to join this firm; they are enjoying continued growth and success, and are investing in significant change projects, which the BD team will play a key part of, so this BD Manager role offers a perfect blend of tactical delivery, strategic and creative input and project management.
Working closely in collaboration with senior stakeholders, the remit of this role includes:
- Leading on the development and delivery of practice group strategic marketing & BD plans
- Opportunity spotting, identifying client and market trends, using data to provide insights and reports
- Identifying and developing key client and intermediary relationships, developing key client plans and collaborating with stakeholder to ensure effective execution of activities and measure success
- Lead on the development and end to end delivery of impactful key client events
- Project management of the pitch process, ensuring a bespoke, work winning approach
- Creating engaging marketing collateral and client communications, tracking engagement and ROI
- In collaboration with the Marcoms Manager, support comms and PR profile raising initiatives for the firm and practice group
- Support on digital projects
The successful candidate for this fantastic BD Manager role will possess:
- Minimum of 5 years' experience in a Marketing/Business Development role, within a legal or professional services environment
- Experience of both strategic planning and tactical delivery of BD and marketing initiatives
- Ability to lead and influence discussions with senior stakeholders
- Experience of people management
- Strong relationship building skills and experience
- Strong commercial acumen
Salary & Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Hybrid working – 3 days in office, 2 from home
Career Development:
This role offers excellent career development opportunities, including tailored training programs and leadership mentoring.
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