Business Development & Marketing Manager at King & Spalding

King & Spalding; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Generous compensation package

Job summary

King & Spalding seeks a Business Development and Marketing Manager to inform, develop and implement BD and marketing strategies across the firm’s Middle East operations. The role supports Riyadh-based activities, cross-office needs and client targeting in a dynamic legal landscape.

You will lead client-facing pitches and events, manage rankings and experience materials, and collaborate with partners and the marketing team to grow market share in energy and other key practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required with experience in professional services or consultancy, ideally in energy.
• Demonstrated track record in business development or marketing within a fast-paced setting.
• Excellent English and Arabic communication, presentation and writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of pitches, RFPs, and marketing materials leveraging the firm’s capabilities.
• Manage directory submissions, rankings, and experience categorisation for the Middle East.
• Collaborate with events team to plan client lists, materials, tracking and on-site management.
• Identify conferences and speaking opportunities to enhance market recognition.
• Drive cross-practice initiatives, go-to-market strategies, and client targeting.

Skills

BD/Marketing experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Bilingual English/Arabic communication

Fast-paced environment adaptability

Client targeting strategies

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PowerPoint

Word

Excel

CRM databases

Job description

This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth. King \& Spalding is a leading global law firm with a commitment to excellence, innovation, and the seamless delivery of legal services. We harness innovative technology and exceptional talent to meet the complex needs of our clients in a fast-paced and dynamic legal landscape. King \& Spalding, a leading global law firm, is currently seeking a Business Development and Marketing Manager. The role is to inform, develop and implement business development and marketing strategies designed to target the firmwide desired client base across key practices. The role will provide direct support to the Middle East offices including its cross-office and cross- disciplinary needs within the broader network. The position will be based in Riyadh.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the production of dynamic and client-facing pitches, RFP’s and other marketing material as required building on the best of the firm’s capabilities and experience.
• Manage and lead directory submissions and league rankings.
• Oversee the upkeep, compilation and correct categorisation of experience for the Middle East.
• Work in collaboration with the events team to build successful events, including targeted client lists, event materials, participant tracking, on-site management and targeted follow-up activities.
• Identify and recommend conferences, speaking opportunities and networking opportunities that strengthen the firm’s market recognition.
• Collaborate with marketing personnel across the firm to drive industry and practice initiatives on cross-selling and cross-practice initiatives, communications, and pursuits.
• Identify business trends and opportunities and ensure that K\&S is optimally positioned to grow market share.
• Conduct strategic research on potential clients, competitors and practice developments.
• Identify and facilitate client targeting, including go-to-market strategies around agreed opportunities.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Highly experienced business development/marketing knowledge and skills gained in a professional services or consultancy environment; law firm experience considered a strong plus as well as a demonstrative track record in energy.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• A creative commercially minded thinker with strong project management skills.
• Ability to quickly grasp concepts, trends and good command of the subject matter.
• Flexible, proactive and self-motivated.
• Ability to work successfully both independently and in conjunction with the marketing team and fee earning stakeholders and business services.
• Excellent oral, written and presentation skills including the ability to communicate with credibility and diplomacy where required in both English and Arabic.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Strong client service attitude.
• Able to integrate well into a geographically dispersed functional team.
• Highly developed Microsoft Office skills, including PowerPoint, Word, and Excel, and be proficient in contact relationship and experience management databases.

The Firm offers a generous total compensation package with annual bonus in recognition of individual merit-based performance.

King \& Spalding is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a workplace where all individuals are treated with dignity and respect. Employment decisions are made based on merit, qualifications, skills, experience and business needs, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Firm does not tolerate unlawful discrimination, harassment or retaliation in any aspect of employment.

We are proud of our remarkably cohesive culture, which now encompasses more than 2,500 lawyers and business professionals worldwide. We seek to attract and develop the very best talent to work with us.