This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced BD & Marketing Manager with bids expertise to join a leading mid-tier law firm in London following an exciting period of growth and change.
Working closely with the Head of Business Development, the successful applicant will be responsible for planning and implementing the business development and marketing strategy for the Regulatory and Public Law practice groups and will also lead firmwide on pitches and tenders. The role holder will be tasked with building measurable plans for their assigned practice groups, in line with the firm’s strategy and will subsequently implement these leveraging the support of central marketing specialists. You will need to develop strong and effective relationships with partners and practice group heads and BD and marketing partners from Regulatory and Public Law based on a deep understanding of the firm, the practices themselves and the competitive markets in which the practices operate. You will oversee and regularly report on budgets, spend and return on investment arising from initiatives and will be expected to identify opportunities and insights from competitors and the market. Key areas of activity will include leading on the creation of client presentations and pitches and planning, monitoring and reporting on key account activity, driving participation in the client feedback programme. On the marketing side, the Business Development & Marketing Manager will produce content, collateral, including digital media, update website pages, organise events and sponsorships and manage directory entries. In addition, as the Tenders Lead you will be responsible for reviewing results, ensuring continuous improvement, and upgrading firmwide tenders processes. Your duties will span the management of systems such as portals, calendarising potential tenders, planning and executing tender responses, including building teams and timelines, and ensuring early communications, high quality delivery and timely submissions.
The Business Development & Marketing Manager should have strong generalist experience working in a similar role in a legal or professional services environment and a good understanding of how to add value in the BD arena and demonstrate this value within an organisation. Demonstrable success in tendering and pitching will be essential to ideally include some public sector experience. Outstanding organisational skills and the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously whilst maintaining excellent attention to detail are essential. Responsive and supportive when working with internal stakeholders across all levels, the ideal candidate will display a strong ability to gain credibility quickly with excellent relationship management skills.
Leighton Taylor promotes diversity, equality and fair treatment in all aspects of our work. It is our policy that as a provider of marketing and business development recruitment services, we will work to address existing inequalities, eliminate discrimination and promote equal opportunities and diversity. We translate this into all aspects of our everyday work and will aim to prevent discrimination or other unfair treatment against any of our staff or any users of our services regardless of gender, age, race, colour, nationality, ethnic origins, disability, sexual orientation or political and religious beliefs.
Follow us on Twitter for the widest range of roles across the entire professional services sector.