Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise a high-performing client growth team, fostering collaboration across assigned practice areas and with other Senior Client Growth Managers to develop, implement, and share business development and marketing best practices.
• Serve as the primary business development and client growth resource for the Litigation Department Chair, practice group leaders, and other department leadership. Partner closely with the Department Operating Officer and other firm stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and execute strategic initiatives requiring department and firmwide support.
• Develop and execute business development strategies that strengthen existing client relationships, generate new business opportunities, expand client engagements, and drive cross-selling initiatives across assigned practices and industry sectors.
• Participate in the development of department and practice-specific business development plans and lead the execution of identified goals, objectives, and key results.
• Maintain a deep understanding of the firm's practices, services, industries, geographic markets, and business operations to effectively position the firm's capabilities, identify growth opportunities, facilitate cross-practice collaboration, and connect clients and prospects with the appropriate legal resources.
• Provide strategic business development counsel, coaching, and guidance to attorneys and practice leaders, including support for individual opportunities, client relationship expansion, and broader market positioning efforts.
• Guide attorneys in developing and executing visibility strategies that enhance market presence and support business development objectives, including conference participation, speaking engagements, thought leadership programs, client events, and other profile-raising opportunities.
• Support lateral integration and growth initiatives by assisting with the recruitment, interviewing, onboarding, and business development planning of lateral attorneys to accelerate successful integration and revenue generation.
• Lead the collection, maintenance, organization, and dissemination of practice experience and credential information, ensuring data is current, accessible, and effectively leveraged in business development, marketing, and proposal efforts.
• Oversee the development of pitches, proposals, RFP responses, presentations, and related business development materials in collaboration with Proposal, Legal Operations, Communications, and Client Growth colleagues, ensuring deliverables effectively communicate the firm's experience, differentiators, pricing strategies, and value proposition.

Requirements

• The position requires at least eight years of increasingly responsible, directly related experience during which the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities were attained.
• The position requires a bachelor's degree, preferably in a writing-intensive or research-heavy discipline.

Nice to Have

• Experience in an AmLaw matrixed marketing and BD department is highly preferred.
• Demonstrated project management experience.
• Must be fluent in MS Office Suite and have standard technical proficiency expected within legal marketing and BD (eg, experience and/or understanding of CRMs, ERMs, CMS systems, and basic database platforms) is desired.