Senior Business Development Manager - Year Contract - US Law Firm

CHARALLE LEGAL RECRUITMENT LIMITED; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal recruitment firm is seeking a Senior Business Development Manager to lead business development initiatives within a prestigious US law firm. You will collaborate with lawyers, support pitch activities, and maintain marketing databases. Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and have strong experience in business development within law or professional services. The role offers a competitive salary of up to £110k and the opportunity to develop trusted client relationships.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent preferred in Business Administration, Political Science, English, Finance.
• Experience in business development within a law firm or professional services organization strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead business development activities including pitches, client teams, and research projects.
• Support preparation of responsive documents by collaborating with lawyers.
• Maintain marketing activity databases and report on outcomes.

Skills

Business development

Client relationship management

Pitch and RFP preparation

Market analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in relevant field

Job description

Senior Business Development Manager - Fabulous Opportunity

US Law Firm to £110k

Duties will include

• Lead on traditional business development activities including pitch, client team, response to RFP and research / competitive intelligence projects. This includes liaising with other firm departments (e.g., Pricing, Legal Project Management, Information Services, Office of General Counsel, Library / Knowledge Management, etc.).
• Pitch and RFP activity is a significant component of the role. Candidates must be comfortable working directly with lawyers to produce responsive documents, including leveraging off-the-shelf / precedent materials and preparing thoughtful draft language for lawyer review.
• In support of lawyer pitch activity, candidates must have experience coaching lawyers on key themes, talking points, organization / structure of meetings, and analysis of competitors as necessary.
• Lead on practice and industry meetings focused on business development. Responsibilities include preparing meeting agendas, keeping track of action items, proactively encouraging / reminding lawyers of their to-dos, and maintaining trackers for business development activities.
• Support overall maintenance of marketing collateral and databases / systems. This includes learning our processes for content management and proactively engaging with lawyers about the status of their matter pipelines.
• Support overall maintenance of marketing activity databases, including by reporting substantive notes and outcomes.
• Collaborate with the events function to develop, as needed, highly targeted mailing lists for specific uses.
• Participate, contribute to and / or take a lead role in other departmental and team discussions.
• Take an active role in developing trusted advisor relationships with partners and counsel in London and beyond.

Skills, experience & qualifications

Bachelors Degree or equivalent. Majors in Business Administration, Political Science, English, Finance or other relevant areas of study is preferred.

Experience in business development within a law firm or professional services organization is strongly preferred.

Please in the first instance send CV for an initial chat with our team.