Business Development Coordinator

ABOUT GOWLING WLG

At Gowling WLG, our dedication to excellence and quality service begins with our people. As a global law firm with offices across Canada, the U.K., Europe, the Middle East and Asia, we pride ourselves on sourcing and retaining top talent who bring energy, passion and commitment to the delivery of outstanding client service.

Employee satisfaction is important to us. We work hard to ensure that our people are motivated, engaged and empowered. We are guided by our firm’s Core Values - The Power of Teamwork, Always Striving to be Better, We all Bring Something Different - in all that we do.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are an integral part of our firm’s core values. We are always striving to build a more equitable, engaging and rewarding workplace by attracting and retaining talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. Our aim is to help everyone reach their full potential and achieve their personal and professional goals.

Our diverse group of legal professionals, law students, law clerks, paralegals, legal administrative assistants and business services team members work together, and are respected and valued for their individual contributions.

PROFILE

Responsible for supporting the national Business Development (BD) team, the BD Coordinator plays a key role in executing business development initiatives, managing coordination processes across groups, and delivering high-quality work that supports client growth, firm visibility, and strategic planning. Working closely with BD Managers, the candidate will dynamically operate at the intersection of BD, Marketing, and partner stakeholders, and be involved in a variety of projects that span both firmwide priorities and practice- or sector-specific initiatives.

This role is ideal for a detail-oriented, proactive team player who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and is eager to contribute to a high-performance culture. More than an executional support role, the BD Coordinator brings precision and presence to everything from market intelligence and awards submissions to CRM and event support. They understand that their work directly contributes to how the firm shows up in the market—how we’re perceived, how we grow, and how we build trust with our most strategic relationships.

This position can be based in any of our Canadian offices.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create tailored information packages and presentations about clients and key markets, synthesizing and analyzing financial data, competitive insights, and positioning intelligence to support BD strategy.
• Build and maintain activity calendars for BD initiatives across key practices, sectors, and strategic accounts—ensuring timelines, deliverables, and communications are coordinated across teams.
• Coordinate legal ranking and award submissions, working with BD colleagues and legal professionals to ensure submissions are standout and differentiated, while reflecting the firm’s evolving strengths and visibility goals.
• Coordinate business development activity planning across practices, sectors and priority clients, helping to track outcomes and contribute insights at both the front- and back-end of initiatives.
• Prepare and collate credentials for client opportunities, ensuring materials are accurate, current, innovative, and reflect both brand standards and strategic messaging.
• Support communications by formatting and compiling content for team-specific newsletters, and coordinating external newsletter execution with shared services colleagues.
• Help operationalize business development strategy by turning data, content, and context into action—ensuring information is accessible, well-organized, client-centric, and connected to firm objectives.
• Provide event support for online, in-person, and hybrid formats when needed—including workback planning, list management, CRM integration, and post-event reporting to measure ROI.
• Maintain BD-related intranet pages, digital resources, and templates to ensure content is organized, current, and aligned with BD priorities.
• Act as an enabler by tracking and managing timelines, deliverables, and internal deadlines—ensuring BD campaigns, pursuits, and firmwide initiatives are coordinated, visible, and consistently moving forward.
• Support CRM data quality efforts, including contact enrichment, list segmentation, event tagging, and integration of client intelligence across platforms.
• Contribute to firm collateral management by helping maintain bios, experience databases, pitch templates, and CV repositories in collaboration with BD colleagues.
• Assist with go-to-market execution by building segmented distribution lists, tracking engagement metrics, identifying opportunities to improve reach and performance, and more to all activities.
• Provide operational support for client development meetings, BD workshops, and internal meetings and strategy sessions as directed by BD Managers—ensuring coordination and content elevate relationship-building and strategic visibility.
• Support innovation pilots and automation initiatives that streamline BD processes, reduce manual effort, and enhance content delivery through smarter systems and tools.
• Ad hoc duties as assigned—including support on priority pursuits, visibility initiatives, and practice or sector-related BD efforts.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE IN THIS ROLE

• You’re grounded in the details: timelines are met, documents and presentations are organized, credentials are polished, and processes run smoothly.
• You anticipate what’s needed before it’s asked, connect dots across projects, provide proactive updates and create clarity when things feel complex.
• You treat every piece of work—whether internal or external—as a reflection of the firm’s brand and standards, and always seek to do your best with a growth mindset every step of the way.
• You bring structure to planning, energy to execution, and insight to follow-up.
• You make things easier for those around you—because you’re organized, thoughtful, and solutions-focused.
• You use data, technology, tools, and systems to make your work more efficient and valuable—not just faster, but smarter.
• You’re trusted because you consistently deliver—and your presence elevates outcomes and the team.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Post-secondary education with a focus on business development, marketing, communications, or a related field.
• 3+ years of professional experience, ideally in a business development or marketing capacity.
• Proficient in AI and Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; familiarity with CRM platforms and data systems is preferred.
• Strong written, verbal communication, and interpersonal skills—with the ability to liaise across teams and seniorities with professionalism and tact.
• Highly organized, with strong project management abilities and comfort juggling multiple timelines, deliverables, stakeholders, and shifting priorities.
• A “team first,” collaborative and client-centric player able to work effectively in hybrid environments across time zones and geographies.
• Proactive self-starter who is detail-oriented, analytical, and takes initiative without being asked.
• Demonstrated discretion, sound judgment, and reliability in handling sensitive, confidential, and client-facing materials.
• Comfortable navigating digital tools to support content management, data tracking, and business intelligence—including AI use, automation, and reporting platforms.
• A curious, fast learner with the ability to pick up new asks, systems and processes quickly and contribute ideas that improve how things run.
• Interest in the intersection between content, data, and strategic storytelling—and how BD operations help shape all three.
• Bilingualism (English/French) is considered an asset.

Gowling WLG employees benefit from a hybrid work environment.

The starting range for this role is $52,000 to $70,000. Starting salary will be determined based on an applicant’s individual skills, competencies and unique qualifications. Gowling WLG employees have the potential to exceed this range based on tenure and performance.

Gowling WLG is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please let us know.

While we appreciate all applications received, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.