Business Development Manager

Carter Murray is excited to partnered with a fantastic regional law firm who are looking to hire a Business Development Manager to their growing Marketing & Business Development team.

Job Summary:

We are looking for a proactive and commercially minded Business Development Manager to drive client acquisition, relationship management, and strategic growth initiatives across the firm. This role is pivotal in identifying new business opportunities, enhancing client engagement, and supporting practice groups in achieving their revenue targets.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, manage and contribute to responses to RFPs, pitches, presentations, and other opportunities
• Prepare and maintain marketing collateral including general brochures. Collection and integration of experience for and into department, practice, industry group, and office materials, brochures and website sections
• Research, and prepare reports on clients, markets, trends and developments, maintain relevant intranet, website and LinkedIn accounts and lead on and participate in appropriate Business Development team and practice/sector group meetings and training
• Manage regular communications and interaction with lawyers, including responsibility for regular meetings, reports, analysis, progress monitoring
• Manage initiatives related to seminars, sponsorships, webinars (internal/external) and other events pursued by partners
• Periodically review and consult with lawyers regarding their bios, practice descriptions and mailing lists to ensure that they are kept current and content is included in appropriate tools. Manage the content for various business development tools including the deals database, CVs, pitch folders, and a variety of client development tools.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Law, or a related field
• Minimum 5–7 years of experience in business development, preferably within a law firm or professional services environment.
• Strong understanding of legal services, client expectations, and regional market dynamics.
• Proven track record of driving revenue growth and building strategic client relationships.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in CRM systems, data analysis tools, and proposal software.