Senior Proposals & Pursuits Lead

DLA Piper; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 149,276 - 227,465; Full time

Job summary

DLA Piper is seeking a Pursuits & Directories Senior Manager within the Business Development team. This role collaborates to craft best-in-class, client-centric RFP responses and pitch materials, maintains content and an experience library, and coordinates directory submissions with attorneys and colleagues.

Key responsibilities include leading proposal lifecycle, ensuring timely, compliant submissions, and mentoring the team to deliver high-quality materials while leveraging AI to improve

Qualifications

• Proven track record managing multi-practice, multijurisdictional RFP responses.
• Experience directing pitch and proposal content lifecycle to win work.
• Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates conversations with attorney teams to identify differentiating content.
• Manages pitch/proposal lifecycle ensuring on-time, compliant submissions.
• Drafts and formats proposal documents ensuring quality and adherence to requirements.
• Coaches lawyers on presentations for BD opportunities.
• Extracts pitch trends to scale the pipeline and follow-ups on opportunities.

Skills

Multi-practice experience

RFP responses

Proposal writing

Project management

Pitch development

Client-centric communications

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Communications, Marketing or related fields

Master’s Degree

Tools

PowerPoint

Job description

DLA Piper is seeking a Pursuits & Directories Senior Manager within the Business Development team. This role collaborates to craft best-in-class, client-centric RFP responses and pitch materials, maintains content and an experience library, and coordinates directory submissions with attorneys and colleagues.

Key responsibilities include leading proposal lifecycle, ensuring timely, compliant submissions, and mentoring the team to deliver high-quality materials while leveraging AI to improve