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Business Development Executive

Business Development Executive

About the Role

A well-established London law firm is looking for a Business Development Executive to own defined BD workstreams and support partners in progressing client, prospect and referral opportunities. The role is built around turning agreed priorities into action through disciplined targeting, campaign delivery, pitch support, relationship intelligence and follow-through, with a clear focus on commercial outcomes. You'll be joining a collaborative, high-performing team with genuine scope to develop your career in a supportive environment.

What You'll Be Doing

Opportunity, Client and Target Development
  • Lead defined client development and targeting initiatives, from planning through to follow-up and evaluation.
  • Support fee-earners in identifying target clients, relationship opportunities, key actions and success measures.
  • Identify and promote cross-selling opportunities, prepare client meeting briefs, relationship maps and opportunity summaries, and coordinate follow-up actions to maintain momentum.
Pitches, Campaigns and Market Activity
  • Manage pitch and proposal processes, tailoring materials to client requirements.
  • Deliver BD campaigns and cross-practice initiatives, drawing on client, market and competitor intelligence to sharpen targeting and messaging, and evaluating outcomes to drive continuous improvement.
Commercial Reporting and Systems
  • Maintain accurate pipeline and opportunity data, produce clear activity reports, and analyse trends to support business development decisions.
  • Identify opportunities to improve processes, templates and technology to enhance efficiency and quality.
Advisory and Team Contribution
  • Provide practical recommendations and commercial insight within your workstreams, build effective relationships with fee-earners and business services colleagues, and share knowledge to support wider BD delivery.

What We're Looking For

  • Relevant business development or marketing experience, ideally gained within legal or professional services.
  • A track record of owning projects or campaigns end-to-end, from brief through to outcome.
  • Strong written communication, research, project management and stakeholder engagement skills.
  • Working knowledge of CRM systems, pipeline management, proposals and campaign delivery.
  • Commercial curiosity, sound day-to-day judgement and the confidence to propose and champion solutions.

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