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Senior Business Development Executive
Salary: Competitive
Location: Leeds, UK
Hours: Full-time
Overview
Our client, an international law firm, is seeking a Senior Business Development Executive to support the delivery of business development and marketing strategy across several legal practice areas.
This hands-on role combines strategic planning, bids and tenders, client targeting, CRM management, and marketing communications. You will work closely with partners, fee earners, and senior stakeholders, taking ownership of high-profile business development projects and helping identify and convert new business opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Work with senior stakeholders to develop, implement, and review business development plans across multiple legal practice areas.
- Lead targeting activity and track opportunities arising from major programs, campaigns, and client initiatives.
- Manage bids and tenders, including pre-qualification responses, proposal drafting, and appropriate bid opportunities, while supporting major panel tenders.
- Build strong relationships with partners and other stakeholders, acting as a trusted business development adviser.
- Produce credentials, case studies, testimonials, capability statements, presentations, and pitch materials.
- Support partners and fee earners with client meetings, pitches, and other business development activity.
- Maintain relevant website and business development content, ensuring information is accurate, current, and easy to find.
- Promote effective use of CRM and central credentials systems, while monitoring and measuring business development activity.
- Support internal communications relating to campaigns, initiatives, events, and key client work.
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- Previous experience working in a professional services or similar organization.
- Strong business development capability, with the initiative to take ownership and deliver work to completion.
- Excellent written communication skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple teams and workstreams.
- Strong influencing and relationship-building skills, including confidence working with senior stakeholders.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and multiple concurrent projects effectively.
- A practical, solutions-focused approach to delivering business development activity.
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