BD Director

Business Development Director
Global Professional Services Firm | Leadership & Transformation | London Based

We're supporting an international law firm undergoing significant growth and strategic evolution. The firm has seen huge growth and is now modernising how it goes to market. A new CMO has recently unified BD and Marketing, reshaped the team, and now seeks a Business Development Director to help drive the next phase.

The Role

This is not a BAU BD lead role. This is about:

• Setting direction and elevating BD capability globally
• Coaching and upskilling a capable team to operate with greater confidence and commercial impact
• Partner engagement - supporting partners to build stronger client relationships and improve win rates
• Bringing structure and momentum across bids, client intelligence, account management, and BD strategy

You will work closely with the Marketing Director to align brand, campaigns, and BD effort under a unified commercial strategy.

The Firm

• International footprint
• Strong collaborative culture; ambitious but supportive
• Partners genuinely bought into evolving BD - change is welcomed, not resisted
• Hybrid working with real flexibility

The culture stands out: high-performing but warm, collegiate, and grounded. No big egos. People enjoy working here.

Who We're Looking For

A commercially-minded leader who:

• Has broad BD expertise (not just pitches / not just account management - the full scope)
• Brings credibility and confidence working with senior stakeholders
• Knows how to lead change and bring teams along positively
• Has coached and developed BD teams in a professional services environment
• Thrives in a growth environment - sleeves rolled up, practical, adaptable

Why This Role?

You'll have the mandate, the backing, and the culture to make real change happen.
You'll shape how the firm builds relationships, develops clients, and wins work internationally.
And you'll get to lead a bright team that wants to grow.

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