Business Development Manager, Capital Markets & Finance

Role Overview

The Business Development Manager, Capital Markets & Finance leads strategic positioning, visibility, and client service activity for one of the world’s leading capital markets & finance practices. Working closely with the Senior Manager for Capital Markets & Finance and colleagues across MBD, you will build trusted relationships with partners and senior stakeholders, and bring specialist BD expertise to bear across the practice in the UK, CE, and beyond.

What You Will Do

Lead the practice’s marketing and BD strategy to strengthen client relationships, win new work, and build the firm’s reputation across the UK, CE, and beyond. Represent and engage the whole practice, managing BD and marketing activity across internal and external stakeholders.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of success in business development, excellent stakeholder management skills, and strong commercial judgment. They will be able to coach and mentor junior colleagues, drive headline marketing campaigns, and champion a ‘one team’ mindset and an agile, collaborative service model.

Requirements

• Degree educated
• 5+ years’ BD experience in a global professional services organisation
• Proven expertise across the BD lifecycle: pitching, campaigns, content/credentials creation, directory submissions, and key account management
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with credibility to influence partners and senior leaders
• Excellent written, presentation, and oral communication skills, with strong drafting and proofreading ability
• Strong project management skills, able to juggle multiple deadlines under pressure
• Sound commercial judgment, independent thinking, and resilience
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite

Benefits

• Equal opportunities employer
• Ban the box employer
• Flexible working arrangements