Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, or related discipline
• 7 years’ project/production and management of RFP’s in a professional services environment
• General understanding of the role of business development within a law firm environment
• Database experience and knowledge of management systems and presentation software
• Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects under tight deadlines
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving capabilities
• Solid judgment and decision-making abilities
• Ability to recommend and implement solutions
• Ability to maintain collaborative relationships with attorneys, staff, team members, marketing professionals, client development executives, pricing staff and others

What will your day look like?A typical day will require you to manage the pitch and proposal response lifecycle from start to finish. This will include organizing and conducting proper kick-off calls, determining response requirements, assigning responsibilities, compiling and organizing information, creating new content, quality control, and ensuring on-time delivery. You will provide strategic guidance for RFP responses, proposals, and pitches. You will also interface with all attorneys and staff involved in the process to best position pursuit for successful outcomes. You will gather intelligence, conduct audience analyses, client/project needs analyses, perception analyses, and additionally be responsible for key message development.

You will collaborate with the marketing team and attorneys to identify, create, and update information to communicate what sets DLA Piper apart from the competition!

To learn more about DLA Piper, please visit our website. 

We offer exceptional career opportunities in an environment that is challenging, rewarding, and, we believe, truly different from our competitors. Our employees enjoy a competitive benefits package and a dynamic and diverse environment in which they can build a long and fruitful career and reap the rewards of their success. 

General & Essential Job Expectations While the specific job requirements of a DLA Piper position may vary depending upon scope of the job and area of specialty, there are certain universal requirements that are expected of all DLA Piper employees, which include but are not limited to:

• Effectively communicate, verbally and in writing, with clients, lawyers, business professionals, and third parties;
• Produce deliverables, answer phone calls, and reply to correspondence in an efficient and responsive manner;
• Provide timely, accurate, and quality work product;
• Successfully meet deadlines, expectations, and perform work duties as required;
• Foster positive work relationships;
• Comply with all firm policies and practices;
• Engage in both physical and sedentary activity, such as (a) working at a computer for extended periods of time, including on-screen reading and typing; (b) participating in digital/virtual conference calls; (c) participating in meetings as needed;
• Perform all other duties, tasks or projects as assigned.

Our employees are expected to embrace and uphold our firm values as a part of our DLA Piper culture. We are committed to excellence in how we represent our clients and develop our people.

Physical Demands, Work Environment, and Other Requirements Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met. 

The expected annual pay range for this position, if hired to work in San Francisco is $132,799 – $197,544 per year. If hired to work in Los Angeles, San Diego, or Seattle the expected annual pay range is $121,732 - $181,082 per year. The compensation offered to a candidate selected for employment will be dependent upon various factors, including the candidate’s geographic market, skills, educational and professional background, experience, and overall qualifications. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k).

Application Process:If you have a request for an accommodation during the application process or have any questions about the process, please contact careers@us.dlapiper.com. Please add noreply@dlapipercareers.us to your list of safe senders.

Applicants must apply directly online instead of sending application materials via email.

Agency applications will not be considered.