BD Senior Advisor, Energy & Infra

linklaters; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing

Private Medical Insurance

Fitness Centre

GP Service

Pension

Income Protection

Life Assurance

Mortgage Advice

Will-writing

Flexible Savings

Cycle to Work

Emergency Family Care

Extra Holiday

Parental Leave

Travel Insurance

Season Ticket Loan

Sports Clubs

Gender Equality Network

With Pride Network

Social Mobility Network

Job summary

Linklaters seeks a BD Senior Advisor for the Energy & Infrastructure Practice to join the Business Development and Marketing (BDM) team on a permanent basis. You will support the delivery of BD plans, using insights to identify opportunities, support cross-selling and strengthen client relationships across the global firm.

Working with colleagues across the global BDM function and our lawyers, you will contribute to client-focused initiatives aligned with the firm's priorities, developing

Qualifications

• Experience in business development in legal or professional services
• Strong understanding of energy & infrastructure sectors and trends
• Experience building and executing BD strategies, client targeting and cross-selling
• Excellent analytical skills to interpret market intelligence and identify opportunities
• Experience contributing to pitches and client proposals with marketing tech and data tools
• Excellent communication and relationship-building across global teams

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver BD plans to drive growth across the Energy & Infrastructure Practice.
• Collaborate with global BD teams to connect UK priorities with global strategies.
• Build relationships across the BDM function to pursue priority market opportunities.
• Execute energy & infrastructure growth plans and cross-sell across global teams.
• Create compelling go-to-market campaigns, pitches and panel submissions.
• Use data and market insights to support horizon scanning and pipeline management.
• Analyze market trends to shape BD initiatives for the practice.
• Support MarTech, data infrastructure and global processes to deliver high-quality BD activity.

Skills

BD

Business partner support

Client presentations

CRM system

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

Insight generation

New business development

Domain expertise

Communication

Tools

CRM system

Job description

About us

Linklaters is a global law firm, providing legal services in 20 countries and through 30 offices.Linklaters is a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair, and open atmosphere.We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common goal.

The Role

We are looking for a BD Senior Advisor, Energy & Infrastructure Practice to join our Business Development and Marketing (BDM) team on a permanent basis. You will support the delivery of business development strategies that drive growth across the Energy & Infrastructure Practice, using insights and data-led intelligence to identify opportunities, support cross-selling and strengthen key client and internal stakeholder relationships. Working collaboratively with colleagues across the global BDM function and our lawyers, you will contribute to client-focused initiatives aligned with the firm's wider Client, Sector and strategic priorities.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Support the development and delivery of Business Development (BD) plans to drive growth across the Energy & Infrastructure Practice.
• Collaborate with global BD teams to ensure UK priorities are connected to global strategies, growth objectives and the firm's wider strategic goals.
• Build strong relationships across the wider Business Development and Marketing (BDM) function, including Client and Sector teams, to identify and pursue priority market opportunities.
• Support the execution of Energy & Infrastructure, sector and client growth plans, identifying and facilitating cross-selling opportunities across global product teams.
• Contribute to compelling go-to-market campaigns, win strategies, pitches and panel submissions that effectively engage target and priority clients.
• Use data-led insights and market intelligence to support horizon scanning, opportunity identification, pipeline management and targeted client development.
• Analyse market information and external trends to help shape BD initiatives and identify emerging opportunities for the Energy & Infrastructure Practice.
• Support the effective use of MarTech, data infrastructure, global processes and shared services to deliver proactive, targeted and high-quality BD activity.

What we're looking for

• Proven experience in business development, ideally supporting Energy & Infrastructure within a legal or professional services environment.
• A strong understanding of the Energy & Infrastructure sectors, including key transaction types, market dynamics and emerging trends.
• Experience supporting the development and implementation of BD strategies, including client targeting, cross-selling and growth initiatives.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret market intelligence and data to identify commercial opportunities and inform BD activity.
• Experience contributing to high-quality pitches, client proposals and other business development materials, with an understanding of marketing technology and data tools.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders across global teams and functions.

What's on offer

• Health & Wellbeing
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free in-house fitness centre and subsidised health club memberships
• Free onsite GP service and periodic health assessments
• Finance
• Pension and flexible savings options
• Income protection and life assurance
• Mortgage advice and will-writing services
• Family & Lifestyle
• Electric car and cycle to work schemes
• Emergency family care
• Additional holiday/birthday leave.
• Maternity/paternity/shared parental leave
• Travel insurance and season ticket loan
• Option to join sports and social clubs, as well as our employee networks groups (such as our Gender Equality, With Pride, or Social Mobility Networks)

Technical Skills

Business Development, Business Partner Support, Client Presentation Strategy, Communication, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System, Domain Expertise, Insight Generation, New Business Development, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Business Planning