BD Tenders Lead

  • Full Time
  • City of London / Hybrid
  • up to £60k + benefits USD / Year
  • Salary: up to £60k + benefits

Business Development & Marketing Manager / Tenders Lead – City Law Firm – London / hybrid – up to £60k + benefits

  • Fantastic BD & Marketing role for specific practice areas
  • An understanding of business development and marketing fundamentals is needed
  • Experience of providing full BD support to large business teams is required 
  • Marketing qualifications is beneficial but not essential
  • Experience gained in a legal environment is preferable (professional services organisation will be considered)

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly organised, proactive individual, with demonstrable understanding of Business Development and Marketing fundamentals, to join a leading City Law firm as a Business Development & Marketing Manager / Tenders Lead.

Working closely with your assigned practice areas, you will execute marketing and bd plans, identify opportunities and overall build strategy and will provide high quality, proactive business development and marketing support. 

What’s on offer?

Our client is offering a competitive salary and core and flexible benefits schemes, which includes 25+ days annual leave, pension scheme, life assurance, private medical insurance, enhanced sick pay and maternity/paternity pay, discretionary bonus, wellness subsidy, childcare vouchers, cycle to work scheme, dental cover and more! 

Standard working hours are 9.30am – 5.30pm and hybrid working is offered.


Key responsibilities as the Business Development & Marketing Manager / Tenders Lead will include: 

  • Organising costed plans for service offerings across practice
  • Overseeing and reporting on budgets and spend
  • Reporting on activity and ROI on initiatives and trends
  • Building strategy and executing business development and marketing plans
  • Identifying opportunities and insights from practices, competitors and the market
  • Attending fee earner and partner meetings on a regular basis
  • Planning and coordinating award entries, directory entries, website pages, social media calendar and client mailings
  • Producing digital media (planning, organising production and assisting with development)
  • Coordinating events – planning all logistics as required
  • Coordinating pitches and presentations
  • Liaising with the communications team to plan and measure PR / media activity
  • Producing and organising client mailings
  • Managing key account tracking and outreach
  • Driving participation in client feedback programme and report on findings
  • Calendarise potential tenders at all target organisations, monitoring and tracking opportunities and relevant news at targets
  • Managing systems/portals to maintain access details and update firmware tender database
  • Planning and executing tender responses, ensuring early communications, high quality delivery and timely submission
  • Reviewing results, ensuring continuous improvement 

And more! 


What we’re looking for: 

  • Demonstrable expertise in tenders / pitches
  • Sound experience in similar business development and marketing roles, preferably within a law practice (or professional services)
  • Experienced in providing full BD & marketing support to practice ares / large teams
  • Planning, budgeting and monitoring skills
  • Accurate, professional drafting, copywriting and proofreading skills with impeccable attention to detail and accuracy
  • Ability to analyse and present data to assist decision making
  • Excellent project management capabilities
  • Excellent administration skills
  • Exceptional organisational skills with proactive time management and the ability to multi-task
  • Excellent written and oral communications skills
  • IT savvy with good MS Office and the ability to learn new software quickly
  • Experience working in a busy, fast-paced and deadline driven environment


Interested in this BD & Marketing Tenders Lead role?

If this role is of interest to you and you have the experience that we’re looking for please submit your CV, quoting ‘DH – BD & Marketing Manager – Tenders Lead’

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Dawn Hamilton

Dawn is a tenacious, honest and gifted recruiter with almost 30 years of experience in the industry. Dawn has recruited for, and placed exceptional candidates in, organisations in sectors that include Oil and Gas, Property, Finance and Legal, as well as Charities and Non-profits. Dawn is passionate about talent sourcing and rises to the challenging task of finding suitable individuals for our clients.