Head of Business Development - Energy & Natural Resources in Edinburgh

Here at Pinsent Masons we bring together the best people to get the job done. We are naturally curious, constantly learning, listening, and growing. We will truly value your ideas. You will be joining an award-winning, hardworking and commercially minded team, where you will have the opportunity to work with leading experts and form meaningful relationships, while making a difference. You will get the opportunity to be involved in varied and challenging work. Working in an open and supportive environment, we aim to deliver outstanding results.

The Energy & Natural Resources sector is a strategic priority, representing many of the world’s leading companies, financial institutions and Government/quasi-State entities, around the world across the full range of transactional, disputes, regulatory and investigations. The Head of Business Development - Energy & Natural Resources plays an important role alongside sector leadership, with co-responsibility for marshalling the firm’s resources to support our partners and associates in their pursuit of becoming our clients’ trusted advisers, building and maintaining client relationships, winning new clients, increasing the visibility of the firm globally, and positioning the firm as the thought leader. This role also leads a high performing and dedicated BD and Marketing team and reports to the Director of Business Development – Groups & Sectors. It is a high impact, high visibility role working as one team around the world. This role can be based out of any of our UK offices and our standard working hours are 9.30am-5.30pm, however as an inclusive employer, we are willing to consider any flexible working requests.

Responsibilities:

• Leadership in business development across the Energy & Natural Resources sector.
• Coordinating global resources and driving strategic planning and collaboration.

Candidate Overview:

• Extensive marketing and business development experience in a professional services environment (legal preferred) at a level of similar seniority.
• Able to drive strategic direction for business development activity, bringing expertise together across practices/offices.
• A track record of delivering high-impact change in large professional services environments.
• Previous experience of working in a global sector or industry focused role is desirable with strong knowledge of global business development requirements.
• Track record of managing multiple senior stakeholders, able to drive partner and colleague buy-in and managing change in a partnership environment.
• Be an experienced people manager, developing colleagues and building high performing teams.
• Experience of effective budget management and risk reporting to enable business planning and management information.
• Able to evidence being commercially astute and pragmatic; developing workable, realistic ideas.
• Be an excellent team player and exhibit behaviours consistent with the firm’s core values of approachable, bold and connected.

What happens next? Once your application has been submitted and reviewed, our Recruitment team will share the outcome with you by email. We typically hold two interview stages per vacancy providing the opportunity to meet two members of the hiring team at each stage. The first stage is typically conducted virtually and the second stage typically in person at the office in which the role would be based. However, we strive to remain flexible depending on the requirements of the role or the candidate.

Our strength lies in our differences. We are a Disability Confident and top Stonewall employer, a Valuable 500 member, a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking. It is with different perspectives that we will find solutions to our clients’ most complex challenges. It is how we will deliver outstanding results today, and tomorrow. We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents.