Business Development Manager – Disputes & Investigations (D&I)

The Business Development Manager for Allens’ Disputes & Investigations practice plays a strategic, partner-facing role that drives revenue growth, deepens client relationships, and elevates market presence.

Requirements

• Experience in business development within a professional services environment, with exposure to partner-facing work and practice-embedded roles.
• Strong client-centric mindset, with the ability to translate insight into clear, practical actions that support growth and deepen relationships.
• Hands-on experience delivering tenders and pursuits and contributing to strategy.
• Comfortable contributing ideas on prospecting and growth opportunities and supporting outreach and client engagement activity.
• Interest in building BD capability in others through hands-on support in pursuits, client engagement and day-to-day BD activity.
• Strong organisation and judgement, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and follow through on agreed actions.
• Confident communicator who can work effectively with partners, lawyers and BD colleagues, and contribute constructively to discussions.
• Collaborative working style, bringing people together around shared goals and contributing positively to team culture.
• Comfortable using BD systems and tools, including CRM and pursuit processes, and keen to continue developing technical and commercial capability.
• A growth-oriented mindset, demonstrating curiosity, resilience and a willingness to learn and develop.

Benefits

• Financial: market competitive fixed remuneration, employee recruitment referral program, discounts at hundreds of suppliers including retail outlets, health and travel insurance, charity matched funding program.
• Health and wellbeing: fully subsidised gym memberships, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, in-house snacks and catered meals, subsidised sporting and social activities, Employee Assistance Program including confidential counselling, wellbeing coaching and financial coaching for employees and their families.
• Flexibility: hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support you in your work and life commitments and passions, equipment to support working from home.
• Leave: ability to purchase additional annual leave, access to an enhanced, inclusive and flexible parental leave policy – 26 weeks paid parental leave with no minimum service for permanent employees and high quality executive coaching to support the transition.
• Recognition: team based recognition including social activities and contribution based recognition activities, and annual Allens Values Awards to nominate and recognise the incredible contributions of our people.