Legal Business Development Manager

LHH; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

LHH is seeking a Legal Business Development Manager for a permanent role in the Dallas, TX area. The ideal candidate is strategic, relationship-driven, and experienced in professional services to support revenue growth, client engagement, proposals, events, awards submissions, and overall business development strategy.

This hybrid position requires collaborating with firm leadership, attorneys, practice groups, and marketing teams to drive strategic growth and market visibility.

Qualifications

• 6–8 years of business development, marketing, proposals, or related experience within a professional services environment.
• Legal industry or law firm business development experience highly preferred.
• Strong experience developing proposals, pitch materials, RFP responses, presentations, and client-facing materials.
• Experience planning and executing client events, networking events, seminars, sponsorships, or other business development programs.
• Proven ability to develop strategy, manage multiple priorities, and partner with senior stakeholders in a fast-paced professional environment.
• Excellent writing, editing, communication, presentation, and project management skills.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage deadlines, submissions, and competing priorities with accuracy and professionalism.
• Ability to work collaboratively with marketing, communications, leadership, and client-facing teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute business development strategies that support practice group growth, client retention, revenue goals, and market visibility.
• Partner with attorneys, firm leadership, and marketing teams to identify opportunities, build client relationships, and support strategic growth initiatives.
• Lead and support the development of proposals, pitches, RFP responses, presentations, and other client-facing business development materials.
• Plan and manage client events, sponsorships, seminars, webinars, networking opportunities, and other relationship-building initiatives.
• Coordinate awards, rankings, directory, and recognition submissions, ensuring all materials are accurate, compelling, and submitted on time.
• Collaborate with marketing and communications teams on content, collateral, campaigns, practice group materials, attorney bios, and thought leadership initiatives.
• Conduct market, client, competitor, and industry research to inform business development planning and identify new opportunities.
• Track business development activity, proposal outcomes, client engagement, and key initiatives to help measure effectiveness and support future strategy.
• Support internal meetings by preparing agendas, updates, reports, action items, and follow-up materials related to business development initiatives.

Skills

Business development

Strategic planning

Relationship management

Proposal development

Client engagement

Project management

Marketing collaboration

Tools

Microsoft Office

CRM systems

Proposal management software

Marketing tech platforms

Job description

LHH is currently recruiting for a Legal Business Development Manager for a permanent opportunity with our client in Dallas, TX. This role is ideal for a strategic, relationship-driven marketing and business development professional with strong experience in professional services. The Business Development Manager will partner closely with firm leadership, attorneys, practice groups, and marketing teams to support revenue growth, client engagement, proposals, events, awards submissions, and overall business development strategy. Legal industry experience is highly preferred. This is a hybrid role at our client’s office in the Dallas area.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute business development strategies that support practice group growth, client retention, revenue goals, and market visibility.
• Partner with attorneys, firm leadership, and marketing teams to identify opportunities, build client relationships, and support strategic growth initiatives.
• Lead and support the development of proposals, pitches, RFP responses, presentations, and other client-facing business development materials.
• Plan and manage client events, sponsorships, seminars, webinars, networking opportunities, and other relationship-building initiatives.
• Coordinate awards, rankings, directory, and recognition submissions, ensuring all materials are accurate, compelling, and submitted on time.
• Collaborate with marketing and communications teams on content, collateral, campaigns, practice group materials, attorney bios, and thought leadership initiatives.
• Conduct market, client, competitor, and industry research to inform business development planning and identify new opportunities.
• Track business development activity, proposal outcomes, client engagement, and key initiatives to help measure effectiveness and support future strategy.
• Support internal meetings by preparing agendas, updates, reports, action items, and follow-up materials related to business development initiatives.

Qualifications:

• 6-8 years of business development, marketing, proposals, or related experience within a professional services environment.
• Legal industry or law firm business development experience highly preferred.
• Strong experience developing proposals, pitch materials, RFP responses, presentations, and client-facing materials.
• Experience planning and executing client events, networking events, seminars, sponsorships, or other business development programs.
• Proven ability to develop strategy, manage multiple priorities, and partner with senior stakeholders in a fast-paced professional environment.
• Excellent writing, editing, communication, presentation, and project management skills.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage deadlines, submissions, and competing priorities with accuracy and professionalism.
• Ability to work collaboratively with marketing, communications, leadership, and client-facing teams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; experience with CRM, proposal management, or marketing technology platforms preferred.
• Ability to work hybrid at our client’s office in the Dallas, TX area.