BD Senior Manager, Employment & Incentives, Pensions and Tax

Linklaters; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global law firm is seeking a BD Senior Manager to lead business development initiatives in London. The role involves developing strategies, building relationships, and tracking BD initiatives. Ideal candidates have substantial legal services experience and a strong understanding of various practices. The position offers a hybrid working model and a range of benefits designed to reward contributions to the firm's success.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Free in-house fitness centre

Pension options

Electric car scheme

Additional holiday/birthday leave

Qualifications

• Significant experience in business development within legal services.
• Strong understanding of practice areas, deal structures, and market dynamics.
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Shape and deliver BD strategies for the key practices.
• Build strong relationships with partners and stakeholders.
• Lead execution of BD initiatives, tracking progress.

Skills

Business development

Relationship management

Data analysis

Strategic planning

Pitch development

Job description

About us

Linklaters is a global law firm, with 31 offices in 21 countries worldwide.

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 strategic and driven BD Senior Manager, Employment & Incentives, Pensions and Tax to lead high-impact business development initiatives that fuel growth across these key practices. In this role, you will develop and execute BD strategies aligned with firm-wide and client sector priorities, using product insight and data-led intelligence to identify opportunities and drive profitable revenue. You’ll collaborate across teams to support cross-selling and contribute to a globally diverse and collegiate BDM function, committed to strengthening client relationships and the firm’s reputation.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Shape and deliver BD strategies for the Employment & Incentives, Pensions and Tax practices, aligned with firm-wide growth objectives.
• Build strong relationships with partners and stakeholders to support strategic priorities and market positioning.
• Lead the execution of BD initiatives, tracking progress and adapting plans to meet evolving goals.
• Use data-led insights and client feedback to identify opportunities and inform decision-making.
• Develop tailored sector and client growth plans, enabling cross-practice collaboration and market relevance.
• Support winning strategies and high-quality pitch submissions in partnership with the Pitching team.
• Collaborate with BDM colleagues across Clients & Sectors to deliver impactful campaigns and drive sector growth.
• Monitor pipeline and market trends to refine BD approaches and ensure sustainable revenue growth.

What we’re looking for

• Significant experience in business development within legal services, ideally across Employment & Incentives, Pensions and Tax.
• Strong understanding of relevant practice areas, deal structures, and market dynamics across sectors.
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and manage key client partnerships.
• Skilled in developing BD strategies, setting KPIs, and using data insights to identify growth opportunities.
• Confident in leading teams and collaborating across practice areas to drive cross-selling and strategic alignment.
• Experienced in crafting compelling pitches and proposals tailored to sophisticated client needs.

What’s on offer

This role can be based in our London offices, with a hybrid working model available.

Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you'll be making to our success. These include:

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)

If you think this role would suit you, please click apply below. We look forward to hearing from you!

Technical Skills

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.

Application Policy

Applications and CVs (direct or via agency) are only accepted online via the portal. Queries related to our roles must be directed to the relevant recruitment team and not the partners, practices or stakeholders ([e-mail] for legal roles or [e-mail] for business team roles).