http://synergygrp.contentedmanagement.co.uk/jobs/legal-jobs en-US Copyright (c) 1997-2008 The Synergy Group Limited Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:07 GMT Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:07 GMT Raccoom rss generator, website http://raccoom.sytes.net, email chrisdarebell@msn.com 120 As Business Development Manager (BDM) for the Human Resources Practice Group (HRPG), your role will involve: * Working closely with the HRPG Senior Marketing Manager, HR Campaign Manager and HRPG Partners to develop, implement, monitor and report on business and marketing plans. * Working with the partners to identify strategic products and to build tools and work with/identify channels and resources to take these to market. * Working with partners and teams on specific new business opportunities by providing support on the development of our approach, team, proposition and supporting materials. * Project managing and advising on opportunity-specific capability statements, producing high quality documents and coaching/guiding partners on their approach to the capability statement. (Please note all pitches are done by the Pitch Team). * Proactively managing the HRPG top 5 targeting programme. * Working with the Campaign Manager, PR and internal communications teams to develop / enhance profiles of people/teams/ products internally and externally. * Working with the partners to develop and maintain HRPG priority (CRM) clients. * Assessing and developing opportunities to strengthen international and cross-practice and cross sector group cooperation for HRPG. * Leading the HRPG international sales force and aligning it to the firm's global sales calls. * Encouraging full and effective use of the firm's client database (Share, the company's tailored version of InterAction). * Working with the firm's sector campaign managers and KAM team to promote HR initiatives. * Working with the Operations team on the annual Directories process, by advising and coaching partners through the process. * Liaising with other BD Managers and teams to ensure communication of best practice in areas such as new business, business generation, thought leadership and client care. * Managing and contributing to wider BD projects as required. Specific duties or responsibilities may be reviewed from time to time to reflect changes in personnel and management structure, staff location and services. Key relationships within this role will include: * The HRPG BD/Marketing team: you will be reporting into the Senior Marketing Manager for HRPG and will need to work closely with the HR Campaign Manager and Campaign Executives. * Frequent contact with the senior partners within HRPG, as well as international partners throughout the firm's network. * Daily contact with partners/fee earners and practice support lawyers. * Frequent contact with other Marketing and Business Development teams including the Pitch, Key Account Management, Sectors, Operations, PR and Internal Communications teams. * Regular contact with Business Services areas and other parts of the business to ensure an integrated approach to the achievement of firm wide business objectives. Skills and experience: You will have extensive Business Development/Marketing experience, and ideally within the professional services environment. Key competencies: * Ability to quickly build effective relationships and networks, at all levels across the firm, via excellent interpersonal skills. * Strong diplomacy, influencing and persuasion skills. * Strong written and verbal communication skills, with excellent attention to detail. * Able to think creatively, commercially and to demonstrate a high level of initiative. * Pragmatic, robust and resourceful, with the ability to adapt quickly to different situations and personalities. * Strategically and commercially-minded with the ability to translate emerging business issues and developments into opportunities for the firm. * Strong project management skills and the ability to manage conflicting timescales and priorities. * Ability to effectively manage pitch processes (in order to be able to manage the proposal/capability statement process). Synergy Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. http://synergygrp.contentedmanagement.co.uk/jobs/legal-jobs/business-development-manager-east-anglia-rdbdmgr Synergy Group Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:07 GMT http://synergygrp.contentedmanagement.co.uk/19327