Business Development Manager

Location: London
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000
Contract type: Contract/Temporary
Date posted: 15/09/2022

An award-winning international law firm is looking for an enthusiastic Business Development Manager to join on a 12-month maternity cover contract. This is a great opportunity for Senior BDE who is looking for a step up into a Management role helping drive practice area marketing and business development initiatives for the banking and finance practice group.

The Responsibilities

• Creating practice development BD and marketing plans getting the opportunity to work directly with Partners.
• Working with fee earners to provide strong project management in the implementation of the plans and ensuring activities are carried out to time and budget
• Leading strategic and planned approach to develop action plans for existing clients and targets
• Supporting the fee earners on their profile-raising initiatives and partners in the preparation of directory and award submissions
• Assisting the marketing communications team and the banking and finance knowledge lawyers to implement practice-wide marketing campaigns

The Candidate

• Experience working within a Legal / Professional Services firm
• Senior Executive or Management experience in a BD role is essential for this role
• An interest and passion for the Banking and Finance sector
• Experience working with partners would be ideal

Please note: Due to the specific sectors we work in, only candidates with valid work experience in a Law Firm, Accountancy Firm, Management Consultancy, Property/Construction Firm, Financial Services Firm or a high profile relevant Association or Agency will be considered.  We regret that our clients will not accept applications outside of these areas.

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