Senior BD Manager — Europe Competition & Antitrust Growth

Dentons; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical healthcare

MultiSport card

Benefit Cafeteria system

PetHelp veterinary care

Birthday day off

Learning & development opportunities

Job summary

Dentons Business Services EMEA is seeking a commercially focused Senior Manager to support the Europe Competition & Antitrust Practice. This Europe-focused role will work closely with Practice Group Leaders, partners and colleagues across the Firm to strengthen market position, identify client opportunities and drive cross-border growth.

You will report to the Head of Practices and Sectors and work with Practice Group Leaders, partners and country leaders.

Qualifications

• Ten years of relevant experience in business development, marketing, practice management or client development.
• Experience building trusted relationships with senior leaders and advising and influencing.
• Track record turning practice strategy into commercial plans and measurable activity across jurisdictions.

Responsibilities

• Act as a principal business development and market-positioning adviser to Practice Group Leaders, providing commercial insight and practical recommendations on priorities, investment and delivery.
• Manage practice initiatives, monitor progress and deadlines, and provide updates to the Head of Practices and Sectors.
• Lead the annual budget proposal process, monitor expenditure and prepare return-on-investment reports.
• Implement market-positioning guidelines, develop credentials and materials, and support requests for proposals.
• Identify and progress cross-border opportunities, bringing together lawyers and teams to deliver actions.
• Use client, pipeline, market and competitor intelligence to identify opportunities and inform priorities.
• Lead regional submissions and use results to identify improvements.
• Represent the Europe Competition & Antitrust practice on global calls and coordinate follow-up on global actions.
• Plan and deliver strategic internal and client-facing events with Marketing and Events.

Skills

Business development

Market analysis

Strategic planning

CRM proficiency

Stakeholder management

Cross-border coordination

English fluency

Tools

CRM systems

Microsoft Office

Proposal processes

Directory submissions

AI tools

Job description

Dentons Business Services EMEA is seeking a commercially focused Senior Manager to support the Europe Competition & Antitrust Practice. This Europe-focused role will work closely with Practice Group Leaders, partners and colleagues across the Firm to strengthen market position, identify client opportunities and drive cross-border growth.

You will report to the Head of Practices and Sectors and work with Practice Group Leaders, partners and country leaders.