Business Development Executive – Top 200 UK Law Firm

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Business Development Executive to join the London office of a leading UK law firm. Working as part of the Clients & Markets team, the role will suit a commercially minded BD professional looking to take ownership of a range of business development activity and play an important role in supporting the firm’s client and growth objectives.

The successful applicant will have the chance to build their career within a supportive and high-performing team, with structured training, close mentoring and genuine scope to take on greater responsibility. The firm places considerable importance on creating an inclusive and collaborative culture where people are encouraged to contribute, different perspectives are valued and colleagues are supported and empowered to develop and succeed. Reporting to the Clients & Markets Manager, you will work closely with Partners, lawyers and colleagues across the business to develop opportunities and turn agreed priorities into effective and commercially focused activity. The role will have a strong client development focus, supporting lawyers in identifying and developing opportunities with existing and prospective clients and helping to build stronger relationships across the firm. You will work closely with Partners to understand their priorities, prepare for client meetings and ensure that agreed actions are followed through, while also identifying opportunities to strengthen relationships and develop work across different areas of the firm. Alongside this, you will play an important role in supporting pitches and proposals, ensuring that submissions are tailored, compelling and aligned with client requirements. The Business Development Executive will also contribute to wider campaigns and initiatives, drawing on client, market and competitor insight to help shape targeting and messaging and assessing the impact of activity to ensure that future BD initiatives continue to evolve. In addition, the role will involve maintaining a clear view of opportunities and pipeline activity, providing insight and reporting to support decision-making and helping to improve the way the team works through effective processes, systems and technology. As you develop in the role, you will be encouraged to bring your own ideas and commercial perspective, while building strong relationships with both lawyers and business services colleagues.

The ideal candidate will have previous business development or marketing experience, ideally gained within a legal or professional services environment, and will be comfortable taking responsibility for projects and seeing them through from initial brief to delivery and review. You will have strong written and communication skills, good research and project management ability and a practical understanding of CRM, pipeline management, proposals and campaign delivery. Curious and proactive, the Business Development Executive will be confident working with senior stakeholders and will possess sound commercial judgement.

 

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 as we believe that this diversity brings our clients and our community the greatest rewards. Please talk to anyone on our team if you have specific needs and require any assistance or adjustments during the recruitment process.

 

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