Senior Business Development Executive

Lex Consultancy Recruitment; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Dublin law firm is seeking a Senior BD Executive to drive business development activities for the Real Estate department and collaborate with Marketing across the UK and Ireland. The role supports a Hybrid work arrangement with a Dublin 2 office and involves partnering with Practice Group Leaders and the Regional Head.

You will design growth initiatives, track KPIs, manage CRM, and contribute to budgeting, content creation, and events. Interviewing ASAP for a busy, international team.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in business development within a large professional services firm or law firm.
• Proven ability to design growth initiatives and measure ROI.
• Experience collaborating with marketing and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement initiatives and strategies towards targeted growth.
• Determine KPIs to measure growth and ROI, track and report activities.
• Support BD trips and meetings, scope, briefing notes, and follow-up actions.
• Maintain the CRM system and data quality.
• Run annual budgeting cycle.
• Create content with global and regional Marketing teams, identify partnerships and key influencers.
• Submit to Legal Directories and support events.
• Conduct market research and manage internal information repositories.

Skills

BD strategy

CRM maintenance

Budgeting

Content creation

Event support

Market research

Tools

CRM system

Job description

One of Dublin’s longest standing international law firms are recruiting a Senior BD Executive. You will be working with a team spread across the UK and Ireland and supporting on initiatives throughout the region.

With a massive anniversary this year and a new practice group, this BD team are busier than ever! The successful candidate will have a key role in BD activities for the Real Estate department and will also work cross-functionally with Marketing for all groups.

This role offers a hybrid work arrangement and centrally located office in Dublin 2.

In all of your duties in this role, you will work collaboratively with Practice Group Leaders, Senior members of the BD team and the Regional Head, these duties will include:

• Designing and implementing initiatives and strategies towards targeted growth.
• Determining KPIs to measure growth and ROI, tracking and reporting on activities.
• Supporting with BD Trips and meetings – agreeing scope, preparing briefing notes, briefing the teams, tracking follow up actions.
• Maintenance of the CRM.
• Running annual budgeting cycle.
• Creating content with the global and regional Marketing teams, identifying strategic partnerships and key influential people.
• Legal Directory submissions.
• Supporting the events team.
• Market research and maintenance of internal information depositories.

This is the perfect role for a Marketing or BD Executive who would like to gain international experience and work with a talented team.

You will need to demonstrate a number of years working in this type of role in either a large commercial law or professional services firm. This is a key hire for a busy team and they are hoping to interview ASAP.