Business Development Specialist
| Company | Morgan Lewis |
|---|---|
| Location | Boston, MA, USA, Washington, DC, USA, San Francisco, CA, USA, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Chicago, IL, USA, Culver City, CA, USA, New York, NY, USA |
| Salary | $72200 – $125600 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years of experience in business development, client development, consulting, strategy development or directly related relevant professional experience with at least 3 years of experience managing mid to large scale projects.
- Demonstrated capacity to develop and implement strategic business plans.
- Experience excelling in highly matrixed work environment with ability to work across multiple business units and functional teams.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills and exceptional attention to detail.
- Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with all levels of staff, firm leadership, and partners.
- Demonstrated relationship building skills; strong communication and presentation skills required.
- Results oriented with the ability to support multiple stakeholders and effectively prioritize and balance competing demands.
- Superior reasoning skills and sound business judgment to influence decision-making and effectively interface with executive management.
- Innovative, highly motivated, and self-directed.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, familiarity using a CMS, and ability to adapt to new software programs.
- Willingness to be flexible with schedule when time sensitive deliverables are requested.
Responsibilities
- Effectively prioritize and support multiple business and client development projects and tasks, exhibiting flexibility and commitment as priorities change.
- Drive projects from development to completion.
- Generate superior quality work product in multiple formats (e.g., PowerPoint presentation slides, Excel spreadsheets and pivot tables, Word documents).
- Coordinate responses to ad hoc assignments from department leadership.
- Manage, monitor, and track business development initiatives to ensure department goals and strategies are achieved.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to accomplish assignments and deliverables on an ongoing basis under very deadlines.
- Create and maintain tracking and reporting tools as necessary (e.g., spreadsheets, databases, and reports).
Preferred Qualifications
- Law firm or professional services experience is preferred.