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About the Role

Morgan Lewis is seeking a Business Development Manager to support client-focused initiatives for their Structured Transactions practice and related transactional practices, industry teams, and strategic initiatives. This role offers the opportunity to work with a dynamic practice, collaborating with leading lawyers and an experienced Business Development team to facilitate practice generation and business growth.

Responsibilities

Work closely with practice leaders to support growth goals, explore new opportunities, and help align initiatives with broader firm priorities.
Target key clients and prospects for increased revenue generation, design cross-practice collaboration opportunities, and manage impactful client-facing programs.
Develop compelling pitches, proposals, and thought leadership content in collaboration with lawyers and BD colleagues.
Collaborate with marketing to create integrated campaigns and digital strategies that showcase the practice’s expertise and market leadership.
Plan and coordinate firm-sponsored events, seminars, and webinars, attend industry conferences, networking events, and trade shows to promote the firm.
Review market trends, competitor activity, and internal performance data to inform go-to-market strategies and deliver actionable insights.
Work seamlessly across departments—including Marketing & Communications, Events, and Business Operations—to drive firmwide alignment and results.

Requirements

Proven business development professional with strong strategic thinking and execution skills.
Minimum of 5 years of business and practice development experience at a manager level.
Experience in professional services, preferably in a law firm environment.
Knowledge of the legal competitive landscape challenging major global law firms and trends and business issues in securitization and structured finance.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence, collaborate, and build trusted relationships.
A data-driven mindset with the ability to translate insights into actionable strategies.

Skills

Strategic thinking
Execution skills
Business development
Practice development
Professional services
Law firm environment
Legal competitive landscape
Securitization
Structured finance
Communication skills
Influence
Collaboration
Relationship building
Data-driven analysis
Actionable strategy development

Location

Boston, MA
New York, NY
Philadelphia, PA
Washington, DC

Work Type

Hybrid (3 days in-office)

Experience Level

Manager level (minimum 5 years)

Salary/Compensations

Boston, MA: $114,200.00 - $182,750.00
New York, NY: $124,200.00 - $198,600.00
Washington, DC: $114,200.00 - $182,750.00

Benefits

401(k) eligibility
Various paid time off benefits (vacation, sick time, parental leave)
Medical benefits
Financial benefits

About the Company

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is one of the world’s leading global law firms with offices in strategic hubs of commerce, law, and government across North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
The Structured Transactions team advises banks, Fortune 100 companies, hedge funds, captive auto finance companies, private equity funds, asset managers, specialty finance companies, mortgage servicing companies and some of the world’s leading innovators in the fintech sector.
The firm is known for its responsiveness, precision, and ability to deliver innovative solutions.

Equal Opportunity

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities.
Solicits applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
Will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances.
Provides reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees who need them to perform the essential functions of the job because of disability, religious belief, or other reason protected by applicable law.