Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the CMO and senior leadership to support the development and implementation of the Marketing & BD 2028 strategy.
• Support the development and maintenance of strategic roadmaps, ensuring alignment with business objectives; develop and update "off-the-shelf" strategy documents for use in presentations and briefings.
• Identify areas to improve collaboration and team integration, whether through new processes, roles, structures, or other levers.
• Model cohesive, “Firm-first” thinking and behaviour to support the function’s transformation and breaking down silos and legacy approaches.
• Collaborate with the Office of the Chair and Strategy teams around the overall W&C business strategy, particularly where it intersects with M&BD areas of focus.
• Support the CMO and their leadership team, ensuring efficiency and effectiveness by coordinating activities across teams and stakeholders to support project delivery, meet deadlines, improve integration, and enhance overall output.
• Evaluate and structure the right operational rhythms, team meeting routines, and project documentation to promote transparency, integration, quality output, and speed-to-market
• Support initiatives to optimize workflows and processes to improve productivity and collaboration.
• Support the strategic planning and delivery of firm-sponsored events and sponsorships, ensuring the appropriate teams are aligned and informed throughout the lifecycle of each initiative to maximize engagement, business impact, and ROI.
• Lead key relationships with major legal industry organizations such as IBA and marketing industry organizations such as ANA.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and approx. 8 years of relevant experience; whether across chief of staff/C-suite operating roles; marketing and business development; and/or talent management and communications.
• Experience delivering and managing strategic and operational activities within a professional services environment, working closely with leadership to translate strategy into execution.
• Experience or strong familiarity with functional Marketing & BD disciplines (e.g., pitching, client planning, market positioning, brand and comms); examples of directing and influencing a leadership team of subject matter experts around a shared objective.
• Proven experience leading projects and coordinating cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality outcomes within agreed scope and timelines.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and implement process improvements that enhance efficiency, quality, and consistency for a function.
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of market and client dynamics, applied pragmatically to support growth and competitiveness.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and judgment skills, with the ability to address complex operational challenges.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with partners, functional colleagues, and other business services teams.

Benefits

• White & Case LLP offers a comprehensive suite of benefit programs to all eligible employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability coverage, 401(k) retirement savings, vacation time, and leave programs (including parental leave). Exempt roles are also performance bonus eligible.