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About the Role

This role supports the Head of Business Development for Financial Services in designing, delivering, and executing marketing and business development plans to win profitable work, deepen client relationships, and strengthen the firm's brand. The successful applicant will play a key role in driving growth across the Financial Services sector, leading specific sub-sector activity and working closely with partners and senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Work with sector leadership and key stakeholders to create and implement business development initiatives that strengthen client relationships, generate new opportunities, and support revenue growth.
Lead on pitches, proposals, credentials, and client-facing materials.
Use client and market insight to support a connected, one-firm approach to business development activity.
Help deliver marketing campaigns, thought leadership, events, sponsorships, and networking initiatives that raise the firm’s profile and create measurable commercial outcomes.
Support the development of junior team members, helping to build commercial acumen, confidence, and a collaborative team culture.

Requirements

Extensive experience in a Business Development role within a professional services environment, preferably within a law firm.
Experience operating at least at Senior Executive level.
Track record of supporting senior stakeholders to win profitable work, deepen relationships, and build brand and reputation.
Strong commercial awareness, with experience growing existing and new business.
Experience managing, mentoring, and motivating team members.
Experience leading or supporting pitches, proposals, credentials, and client-facing materials.
Excellent work management skills, with the ability to manage a broad and fast-paced workload in an organised and efficient manner.

Skills

Business Development
Marketing
Client Relationship Management
Pitching and Proposals
Client-facing Materials
Market Insight
Marketing Campaigns
Thought Leadership
Event Management
Sponsorships
Networking
Team Development
Commercial Acumen
Work Management
Organizational Skills
Efficiency

Location

London
Edinburgh

Work Type

Hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days from home)
Flexible working requests considered

Experience Level

Senior Executive level

About the Company

Pinsent Masons brings together the best people, is naturally curious, constantly learning, listening, and growing.
We value your ideas and offer the opportunity to work with leading experts and form meaningful relationships.
We work in an open and supportive environment to deliver outstanding results.
Our people are our success, and we work as one team.
We are a top Stonewall employer, a Valuable 500 member, a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law.
We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking.
We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents.

Equal Opportunity

As an inclusive employer, we are willing to consider any flexible working requests.
Our strength lies in our differences.
We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking.
We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents.