Marketing & BD Manager - Litigation

For the New York or Chicago Office of a Global Law Firm
This is a filled position.

Responsibilities include:

  • Develop and implement key initiatives, including business plans, thought leadership, client satisfaction and outreach, lawyer training, events and other initiatives to enhance BD efforts;
  • Manage responses to RFPs, pitches, presentations for Litigation group and liaise with other groups when relevant; manage league tables, submissions and survey content for group;
  • Engage in research and analysis and competitive intelligence-gathering for strategic planning, competitive firm positioning, and BD activities for Litigation group;
  • Collaborate with marketing & BD department leadership and practice group leaders to develop annual budgets supporting BD initiatives, including specifying key strategic and tactical objectives and means to achieve annual goals;
  • Support recruiting and integration of lateral lawyers via: preparing targeted information for lateral recruiting packet; preparing bios and announcements; integrating lateral hires' experience into Litigation group's materials;
  • Assist with the supervision and training of more junior team members; conducting team performance management and giving performance feedback, counseling, disciplinary actions when applicable.

Qualifications include:

  • Bachelor's degree, preferably in marketing, business, research, or communications-related field, and a secondary degree (e.g., a Masters degree, a Ph.D., an M.B.A., or a J.D.) is preferred;
  • 6+ years of demonstrated success in a marketing, research, management, and/or communications-related field; professional services (e.g., law, accounting, or consulting) preferred;
  • Familiarity with accepted research techniques and databases typically used for competitive intelligence in a professional services company;
  • Strong written and oral communication skills;
  • Demonstrated good judgment, a team-first orientation, meticulous and results driven;
  • Demonstrated strategic thinking and problem-solving capability.