Marketing & Business Development Manager (Pensions and M&A) – Corporate & Finance in London

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Department: Marketing and Business Development (M&BD)

Office Location: London

Reports To: Head of M&BD – Corporate & Finance - UK

Working Hours: 35 hours per week, 9:30am to 5:30pm but additional hours may be required. We are happy to consider agile and flexible working patterns. Our approach to hybrid working allows for up to 40% of time working from home and 60% working in the office.

Firm Description: Hogan Lovells is one of the leading global law firms. Our distinctive market position is founded on our exceptional breadth of our practice, on deep industry knowledge, and on our 'one team' global approach. Formed through the combination of two top international law firms, Hogan Lovells has over 40 offices in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Department Description: We have a well-established global Marketing and Business Development (M&BD) team, which supports the firm on a wide range of business development, marketing and client relationship management activities. The team is divided into several key areas: including practice M&BD, clients and sectors, pitches and pursuits, corporate communications, and campaigns and projects.

Role Overview: The Marketing and Business Development Manager will work closely with the Head of C&F M&BD, the global M&A & Pensions partners, and the Global M&A M&BD lead in London to manage the delivery of projects and goals identified in both the Pensions and M&A group business plans.

Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

• M&BD Strategy and Budget: Working closely with the Practice Area leaders, other senior partners and the Head of M&BD – Corporate & Finance - UK to support both the London and global M&BD plans and budgets.
• Client Targeting and Development: Supporting the Corporate & Finance Practice Group's global Client Listening Programme and embedding this into the Pensions and M&A practices.
• Pitching: Creating strategies for, and managing responses to, RFPs, customised pitches, and business development presentations across the M&A and Pensions practices.
• Marketing Campaigns and Profile Raising: Working closely with the wider C&F M&BD team on the delivery of global marketing programs, campaigns, thought leadership and social media efforts.
• Internal Communication and Knowledge Sharing: Working with the practice leaders to ensure that there is an efficient framework for internal reporting and communication of M&BD activities and successes.
• Wider BD Projects: Contributing to wider Corporate & Finance Practice Group and M&BD projects as required.

Person Specification:

• Strong relevant experience, preferably including time in an M&BD role in the legal sector, with previous exposure to pensions and/or corporate transactional work.
• Able to think strategically and commercially.
• Excellent operational and project management skills.
• Experience of, and comfortable in, a partnership or equivalent professional services environment.
• A broad base of experience across the marketing mix, but with a strong background in client relationship management, pitches and targeting.
• A relevant post-graduate management or marketing qualification such as an MBA, CIM or equivalent would be advantageous.

General Attributes:

• Excellent interpersonal and client-facing skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with an excellent eye for detail.
• A team player, but able to act autonomously with minimal guidance.
• Strong influencing and persuasion skills both in writing and orally.
• Commercial and strategic in outlook.
• Strong project management skills.
• Pragmatic, robust, diplomatic and resourceful.
• Able to think broadly and demonstrate a high level of initiative.
• Highly motivated and enthusiastic self-starter with a can-do attitude.

Agile Working Statement: Our goal is to embed flexibility across our business by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way.

Equal Opportunities Employment Statement: It is the policy of Hogan Lovells to provide equal opportunities for all employees in relation to recruitment, training and promotion.