Sales Suport, Senior Associate in Belfast

The Sales Support – Senior Associate plays a critical role in enabling commercial success by supporting Sales and Business Development teams across the full opportunity lifecycle. This role combines commercial operations, client coordination, proposal and SOW management, and data driven reporting to ensure opportunities progress efficiently from initial engagement through to contract signature. The role is highly collaborative and best suited to someone who is organised, commercially aware, confident engaging with clients, and comfortable working with senior internal stakeholders in a fast paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Sales & Commercial Support
  • Support Sales and Business Development teams across the full sales lifecycle, from qualification to deal close
  • Coordinate active opportunities, track next steps, and maintain momentum
  • Conduct client follow-ups and outreach on behalf of the sales team
• Proposal & SOW Management
  • Lead proposal development and coordinate inputs from Sales, Delivery, Legal, and Finance
  • Draft and manage SOWs, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and commercial alignment
  • Manage version control, approvals, timelines, and contract execution support
• Pipeline, CRM & Follow-Ups
  • Maintain accurate CRM and pipeline data
  • Track actions, proposals, and SOWs to ensure timely deal progression
  • Support forecasting and pipeline reviews with structured data
• Data, Reporting & Analysis
  • Produce sales reports, pipeline summaries, and performance dashboards
  • Analyse sales trends to identify risks and opportunities
  • Ensure data accuracy across reporting tools and systems
• Stakeholder & Process Support
  • Collaborate with Sales, Finance, Legal, Delivery, and Marketing teams
  • Identify process improvements to streamline proposals and sales support
  • Support sales onboarding from a systems and process perspective

Qualifications

• Essential
  • 3+ years proven experience in Sales Support, Sales Operations, Commercial Operations, or a related role
  • Hands-on experience drafting and managing SOWs, proposals, or commercial documentation
  • Experience using CRM systems (e.g. Salesforce or similar)
  • Strong Excel skills and confidence working with reports, data, and forecasting
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including client-facing interaction
• Desirable
  • Background in professional services, consulting, financial services, or B2B sales environments
  • Experience coordinating proposals or bids in complex or multistakeholder environments
  • Familiarity with contract approval workflows and commercial governance

Why Factor?

• A unique opportunity to develop your career in an international, innovative company providing legal services to the largest and most sophisticated companies worldwide including top banks, technology companies, pharmaceuticals / biotechs, and others.
• Opportunity to join an industry-leading executive team and over 300 lawyers, contract experts, technologists, and process consultants.
• Inclusive and nurturing work environment, where everyone's contributions are valued.
• A great culture with diverse, top caliber, highly motivated teammates and a respect for work-life balance.
• Hybrid working model (a minimum of 3-4 days in office per month) with a modern office located in the heart of Belfast.

As a member of an ISO Compliant center, the candidate will be required to follow the policies and procedures on Information Security Management System in place at the Center of Excellence and globally at Factor. As a member of the Factor team, the applicant will have access to various company and client assets and will be required to maintain the level of security as identified for each asset. Factor is an Equal Opportunity Employer.