Senior Transactions BD Leader — Law Firm Growth

McDermott Will & Schulte LLP; New York (NY); On-site; USD 183,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

McDermott Will & Schulte LLP in New York seeks a Senior Business Development Manager for Transactions to lead BD strategy across corporate advisory sectors, supporting campaigns, RFPs, pitches, and cross-selling initiatives.

You will manage a team of BD professionals, oversee budgets, and coordinate events, with a focus on market positioning, client targeting, and delivering measurable growth in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• At least ten (10) years of related work experience
• Previous experience managing a direct team of business development professionals
• Excellent project management skills, with keen attention to detail and an ability to prioritize and execute multiple ongoing tasks often under tight deadlines
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
• Knowledge of client relationship management (CRM) software
• Superior presentation, writing, and verbal communication skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to handle and maintain confidential information
• Ability to travel and work flexible and/or fluctuating work hours

Responsibilities

• Organize and drive client targeting program for supported areas, including prompting and monitoring pursuit activities, and tracking and reporting on results
• Lead and draft content for practice RFPs and pitches, including coordination with other business development teams
• Lateral onboarding: guide lateral hires through the protocols of bringing in clients and integrating themselves into firm priorities
• Identify and facilitate cross-selling opportunities for the private equity practice across the firm, including crafting and executing a range of go-to-market strategies around these opportunities and collaborating with other practice areas and industry initiatives
• Conduct strategic research on potential clients, competitors, and practice developments to identify business trends and opportunities and ensure optimal positioning to grow market share
• Build effective agendas for team meetings, prepare materials and speakers, and project manage actions coming from meetings and create and maintain materials to support pitches and proposals
• Coordinate firm-hosted business development events, including receptions, client entertainment outings, substantive presentations, webinars, etc., working closely with participating lawyers and Marketing Dept. colleagues on invitation list development, event materials, participant tracking, engagement, on-site management, and targeted follow-up activities
• Identify and facilitate participation in sponsorships, conferences, memberships and other key profile-building opportunities for the practice, office and individual lawyers in each
• Manage legal directory and league ranking submissions, and assist the PR team in the generation of matters and other information for awards submissions
• Manage workflow and performance of direct reports and the creation of relevant proposal collateral; provide ongoing performance feedback
• Manage, review and track the business development budget for the designated practice group

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Verbal communication

Written communication

Analytical skills

Team collaboration

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

CRM software

Job description

McDermott Will & Schulte LLP in New York seeks a Senior Business Development Manager for Transactions to lead BD strategy across corporate advisory sectors, supporting campaigns, RFPs, pitches, and cross-selling initiatives.

You will manage a team of BD professionals, oversee budgets, and coordinate events, with a focus on market positioning, client targeting, and delivering measurable growth in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.