Senior Business Development and Marketing Executive

Consulting Vanuatu Limited; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Healthcare

Pension

WFH (2 days)

Annual Reviews

Bike to Work

Travel Tax Incentives

Job summary

Our Client in Dublin is seeking a Senior BD Executive to drive business development for a mid-sized law firm. The role offers a permanent position with a total package up to €80k and a salary up to €65k, plus benefits.

The role is hybrid with two days WFH and annual reviews. You will support the development and execution of BD plans, build relationships with partners, lead campaigns, prepare pitches and create compelling BD collateral.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years' experience in a business development/marketing role in professional services.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with attention to detail.
• Proven ability to deliver client-facing initiatives, bids, events and campaigns.
• Strong organisational and project management skills in fast-paced environments.
• Proactive, solution-focused with ownership mindset.

Responsibilities

• Support development and review of practice business development plans with senior leaders.
• Build relationships with partners and stakeholders, advising on growth opportunities.
• Lead targeted campaigns and track outcomes for measurement.
• Prepare pitches, proposals, tenders and credentials with design teams.
• Develop BD collateral and client presentations aligned with brand.
• Support meetings with strategic insight and materials.
• Plan client events, webinars, sponsorships and post-event evaluation.
• Create thought leadership content and profile-raising initiatives.
• Collaborate across design, digital marketing and CRM for timely content.
• Promote BD tech platforms and ensure data quality and compliance.
• Monitor metrics and continuously improve activity.
• Develop understanding of service lines and market knowledge.
• Work with BD team to deliver integrated campaigns.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Project management

CRM experience

Tools

InterAction

Foundation

Power BI

Vuture

Canva

Job description

Our Client, a mid-sized law firm based in Dublin City, has instructed Link Personnel to recruit a Senior BD Executive to join their team. The successful candidate will have to opportunity to develop their career. This is a permanent role.

Salary: to €65k

Benefits: Bonus, Healthcare, Pension, WFH (2 days) Annual Reviews, Bike to Work, Travel Tax Incentives,

Total Package: up to €80k

The Role

• Support the development, implementation and review of practice business development plans, working closely with the Senior BDM, partners, lawyers and business services teams to deliver strategic priorities and drive growth.
• Build strong relationships with partners and key stakeholders across the business, acting as a trusted business development advisor and identifying opportunities to strengthen client relationships and win new work.
• Lead and support targeted business development campaigns, client targeting initiatives and opportunity tracking, ensuring effective execution and measurement of outcomes.
• Manage the preparation and delivery of high-quality pitches, proposals, tenders, credentials, presentations and other client-facing materials, collaborating with the Bids, Design and Document Production teams to maximise impact and quality.
• Develop and maintain compelling business development collateral, including credentials, case studies, testimonials, capability statements and client presentations, ensuring alignment with the firm's brand and visual identity.
• Support partners and fee earners in preparing for client meetings, pitches and business development opportunities by providing strategic insight, research and presentation materials.
• Plan and deliver client events, webinars, sponsorships and internal initiatives from concept through execution, including post-event follow-up and evaluation.
• Create, manage and promote thought leadership content, legal directory submissions, award entries and profile-raising initiatives that enhance the firm's market presence.
• Work with teams across Design and Digital Marketing, Internal Communications, CRM and Bids on relevant and timely content across the firm's digital channels, including practice and sector webpages, LinkedIn, internal communications platforms and business development knowledge repositories, ensuring content remains current, accessible and impactful.
• Act as an ambassador for business development technology platforms, including CRM and credentials management systems, ensuring data quality, compliance, best practice adoption and effective use to support business development activities.
• Monitor, analyse and report on business development and marketing activity, campaign performance and key metrics, ensuring activity is accurately tracked and continuously improved.
• Develop a strong understanding of the firm's service lines, sector expertise and growth areas, maintaining up-to-date market knowledge to support client engagement and business development opportunities.
• Work closely with the Senior Business Development Manager, wider Business Development team and Internal Communications team to deliver integrated campaigns, communications and strategic initiatives across the firm.

YOUR AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE

• 3-5 years' experience in a business development and/or marketing role, ideally within a professional services environment such as legal, accountancy, consulting, financial services, or a similar organisation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong attention to detail and the ability to adapt messaging for different audiences.
• Proven experience delivering client facing initiatives, bids, events, digital content, and business development and marketing projects.
• Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, conflicting requests, and tight deadlines in a fast paced environment.
• A proactive, self starting and solutions focused approach, with the initiative and ownership mindset to drive projects through to completion.
• Excellent stakeholder management, relationship-building and influencing skills, with the confidence and credibility to engage professionally with senior stakeholders and provide strategic ideas and recommendations.
• Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of cross-functional teams to achieve shared objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to remain calm under pressure while delivering high-quality work to a consistently high standard.
• Experience using CRM platforms and marketing technologies; familiarity with systems such as InterAction, Foundation, Power BI, Vuture and Canva would be advantageous.