BD Manager – Litigation
Innovative, award-winning law firm
Excellent opportunity for an existing BD Manager looking for a new challenge or for a Senior BD Executive ready to step up to the next level
London based, hybrid working
We are delighted to be working with this leading specialist law firm who are looking for a talented, commercially minded BD Manager to join their existing team. This firm have enjoyed huge success in recent years, delivering exceptionally strong financial results, and they have exciting growth plans in place for the future, underpinned by a strong strategic plan.
The firm work on high profile, high value cases and have a brilliant reputation. Their culture is extremely friendly, collaborative and supportive and there is superb buy in across the firm for their future plans. BD & Marketing is really valued and appreciated in this firm, and you’ll be truly integral to the practice groups you support.
This BD Manager will support several practice groups, including International Arbitration and Fraud. Experience of working in a Litigation practice would be highly beneficial, but the firm are also open to seeing people who have a keen interest in this area.
This firm are bot afraid to be bold and are able to be agile in terms of their growth and align themselves quickly to the economy and the challenges their clients might face, they are always open to trying new things, without fear of failure and its this approach that has stood them in such good stead and not only delivered excellent results for the firm, but also for their clients.
The BD Manager role will focus on developing and implementing the BD strategy for the practice areas, with a strong focus on creating new opportunities and raising the firm and individual profiles. Working as part of a small team, you’ll collaborate with your peers on a range of BD initiatives including pipeline management, client relationship management and cross selling projects.
This BD Manager role will have a strong client facing aspect to it, and you’ll be attending networking events and meeting with potential referral partners to develop relationships, as well as coordinating the delivery of events for key clients and partners. This varied role will see the successful candidates working closely with partners and fee earners to coach on BD best practice and profile raising initiatives, and will encompass project management of various campaigns, working with the digital marketing team.
The successful candidate will have strong previous BD experience gained in a law firm environment, have a collaborative, commercial and client centric approach and a demonstrable track record of developing opportunities and pipelines. A real passion for what you do is key for this role, as everyone at the firm really cares about the work they do.
This role offers a highly competitive salary, excellent benefits and real scope for long term career progression.
Equal Opportunities
As a responsible business, it is important that we represent the diversity of our people, our clients and our communities. We believe that the firms that thrive are those with the most diverse team; that's why we work so hard to source the best talent from the broadest pool possible. As an equal opportunity employer, we strive to accommodate anyone who may have specific needs. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the selection process, please talk to a member of the recruitment team so that any required adjustments can be made in advance.