Business Development Manager
- Recruiter
- Career Legal, BD & Marketing
- Location
- City of London
- Salary
- £50000-£60000-per annum +
- Posted
- 25 Apr 2018
- Closes
- 23 May 2018
- Ref
- SB913792
- Contact
- Scarlette Bagan
- Job Title
- Marketing/Business Development
- Practice Area
- Procurement
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Business Development Manager
Employment & Rewards
A new Business Development Manager position has just opened with a large inner-city law firm. Sitting within the firms Employment & Rewards Group you will be instrumental in supporting the partners in developing and executeing business development plans. An all-encompassing role you will implement and engage in a variety of different functions. Including but not limited to: Business Development, Events, Bids, PR & Communications and Research.
Your main responsibilities will include:
- Contribute to the successful creation and implementation of business development plans and budgets
- Support Partners in relation to the delivery of Group initiatives and business development campaigns
- Project-management of submission processes to ensure high quality/winning submissions drafted within tight deadlines
- Liaison with Partners to collect and collate relevant information and testimonials
- Working alongside the Events Team to identify legal and commercial topics for events programme.
- Support the generation of revenue through winning new business, working with the Central Bids team or autonomously as required
- Support BD Assistant and Events Team throughout the entire events lifecycle including coordinating feedback and follow-up activity to maximise opportunities for new business;
- Lead as required on the project management and preparation of bids, including logging of opportunities on the firm's CRM system, recording client feedback
Proven experience of being able to actively engage with partners and senior fee earners is ideal as well as the ability to maintain relationships with key external bodies and intermediaries. Experience of supervising a Business Development/ Bids or Events Team within either Professional Services or Legal environment is desired. Commercially aware with track record of setting and implementing strategy relating to cross-selling and new business generation and the ability to acts as an ambassador for the Business Development team is key to succeed within the position.