Business Development Manager

This Business Development Manager role sits in an international law firm and will play a pivotal role in taking ownership across practice and working closely with the wider business development team and wider partnership to shape key client development and new business initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• BD Strategy Delivery Support: Implement the firmwide BD strategy across practice groups, sectors, and markets, prioritizing areas of growth and opportunity.
• Collaborative Working: Work closely with the BD and marketing team to support growth plans and enhance the firm's brand.
• Sales Mindset: Deploy new approaches to winning work across the firm.
• Opportunity Pipeline: Focus on strategic priority sectors and markets to develop a pipeline of high-value work from existing and new clients.
• Research and Analysis: Conduct research and analysis on clients, targets, markets, competitors, and rankings to identify key clients and targets for new business.
• Key Account Management: Support the delivery of a Key Account Management programme, including account-based marketing programmes.
• Client Feedback Programmes: Assist with the client feedback programme, driving insights into the client lifecycle and influencing strategy.
• Deal Collection/Experience Lists: Capture and verify case and experience information, recording it in relevant databases.
• Learning & Development: Assist with training sessions on BD fundamentals, skills, and techniques to empower lawyers to deliver their own business plans.
• Bid Support: Provide support with high-priority pitches and bids when required.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Develop strong and lasting relationships across the firm.
• Reporting & Analysis: Support reporting and analysis to measure successes and ROI.

The successful candidate for this role will have experience within business development, within a law or professional services firm.

The SR Group (UK) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.