Business Development (Senior) Advisor (12-month contract)

For Linklaters Warsaw, we are currently recruiting for the Business Development (Senior) Advisor role. The exact level of position will be adjusted to the successful candidate individually based on their professional experience and how they present themselves during the recruitment process.

About the team
Join our global Business Development and Marketing team responsible for supporting Energy, Utilities & Infrastructure sector business development strategy and BD activity, cross-practice BD pursuits, directories, awards submissions, profile-raising and project coordination. This role will also support certain BD initiatives with the Defence sector. Collaborating with Sector Leaders, Lawyers, Business Development colleagues, pitch teams and Marketing Communications, the team supports firmwide growth initiatives, with this role focusing on the Defence, Energy and Infrastructure cluster sectors.

You will be responsible for

• Supporting business development projects and activity tracking

• Coordinating and maintaining sector-relevant and client materials

• Preparing directory and award submissions

• Maintaining sector-relevant credentials and case studies

• Supporting BD and profile-raising initiatives with Marketing Communications, including events, thought leadership and partnerships

• Delivering internal collaboration initiatives and newsletters

• Providing administrative and project support to stakeholders

• Tracking feedback, trends and areas for improvement

Apply if you

• Have experience in B2B business development in a law firm or professional services firm

• Demonstrate strong attention to detail and project management skills

• Are proficient in Microsoft Office tools, especially PowerPoint and Excel

• Have experience working with a Customer Relationship Management tool; Salesforce would be desired

• Possess excellent written and verbal English communication skills

• Work well under pressure and manage multiple deadlines

• Show a strong teamwork mindset and commitment to quality

Location and working hours

• Warsaw (hybrid model - 2 days a week from office)

• Working hours for this position are 10:00 to 18:15

Benefits

Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you'll be making to our success. These include:

• Private medical care

• Free in-house fitness centre

• Life insurance

• Worldwide travel insurance for business and non-business travel

• Benefit Multisport club card or subsidised travel card

• Wide range of training opportunities

About Linklaters
Linklaters is a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.
We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.
Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair, and open atmosphere.
We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias, because we want everyone to feel that they belong. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common mind-set.
We recognise that one size does not fit all. Our goal is to embed flexibility across our firm by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.

What sets us apart

At Linklaters

• We offer a truly global work experience and the opportunity to be involved in strategic projects that drive innovation and shape the future of our business

• We belong to a firm that embodies its corporate social, environment and governance responsibility commitments

• We celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion so our people can bring themselves to work

• We advocate speak-up culture to empower our people in sharing their voices and an open-door policy to ensure they are listened to

• We invest in custom-fit career paths for our people in line with their talents and aspirations

• We provide agile working solutions to meet the changing needs of our people and our business

• We are committed to people first relationships based on mutual trust, respect and appreciation

• We support the health and wellbeing of our people, providing a safe space to talk about emotions and mental health with access to expert advice as needed

• We invest in developing leaders of the future who demonstrate emotional intelligence and a passion to discover, coach and develop the talents of others

Technical Skills:

Business Development, Business Partner Support, Client Presentation Strategy, Communication, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System, Domain Expertise, New Business Development, Pitch Decks, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Business Planning

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive.  It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.