Senior BD Manager - Investment Funds

BD office of a premier global law firm's NY office is seeking a Senior BD Manager - Investment Funds department

Minimum of five years of experience in a successful business development or marketing role in a professional services environment focused on a transactional practice is a requirement.

Knowledge of Investment Funds, including private equity, credit and hedge funds is also required.

Responsibilities:

In this role, you will interact daily with globally recognized investment funds partners who are at the forefront of today's most sophisticated fund formation transactions. Together with business development leadership and firmwide operational teams, you will help shape and execute strategies that align with the firm's strategic vision for its global investment funds platform and accelerate practice growth across the U.S. and UK. You will be exposed to the firm's full capabilities as an active participant in our cross-selling, business planning, and key client and industry group initiatives. This is a unique opportunity to play a central role in the growth and strategic direction of a market-leading investment funds practice on a global scale.

Together with dedicated junior team member support, and with guidance from the BD Associate Director, the Senior BD Manager will:

* Lead the execution of strategic investment funds priorities, including those specific to fund types, industries, geographies, client teams, and individual partners, as well as regularly track and report on progress.

* Coordinate business development efforts across the firm's U.S. and UK investment funds practices to ensure alignment, optimize cross-border opportunities, and present a unified go-to-market strategy.

* Work with business development leadership to execute individual lawyer, transactional department, and firm business development and marketing objectives.

* Establish and maintain meaningful working relationships with partners and other members of the investment funds practice group to build support for key business development initiatives.

* Optimize strategic cross-selling opportunities in coordination with business development colleagues throughout the firm, leveraging the breadth of the firm's transactional and advisory capabilities.

* Monitor, track, and report on partner client development activities, market trends, and competitive developments affecting the global investment funds market.

* Work closely with the group's dedicated business intelligence team to monitor marketplace and competitive developments that impact existing and prospective clients.

* Collaborate with other team members to meet rolling fund formation league table submission deadlines and effectively leverage firm processes to more efficiently mine data and improve matter management and overall data collection.

* Work with the firm's event professionals and other members of the business development department to execute details of events, sponsorships, speaking engagements, and thought leadership initiatives relevant to the investment funds space.

* Prepare pitch materials, responses to RFPs, deal lists, brochures, and other client materials for the firm's investment funds practices, including drafting original content, and collaborate on cross-practice materials as needed.

* Maintain and update marketing content for the investment funds practice group on a regular basis, ensuring consistency across U.S. and UK platforms.

* Collaborate with junior members of the business development team to execute legal directory and league table submissions, biography updates, matter management, and other routine projects.

* Handle marketing and business development database updates, including practice and matter descriptions, website content, biographies, mailing lists, and CRM.

* Any additional responsibilities as required by management.

Work environment

* This role requires interaction with firmwide attorneys and administrative personnel on a regular basis, as well as communicating information to various groups within the broader marketing/business development department. The successful candidate will possess outstanding proofreading and communication (oral and written) skills, and the ability to multitask and prioritize in a demanding environment with meticulous attention to detail and a professional demeanor.

Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree.

* Minimum of five years of experience in a successful business development or marketing role in a professional services environment focused on a transactional practice is a requirement.

* Knowledge of Investment Funds, including private equity, credit and hedge funds is also required.

Required Skills

* Demonstrated ability to support attorneys with a wide range of business development goals and marketing skills.

* Excellent interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to work confidently and collaboratively with individuals at all levels of the organization.

* The ability to think critically, analyze data effectively and convey complex information clearly.

* Focused on execution and achieving measurable results through superior project management.

* Excellent communication skills, including writing, editing, and presentation capabilities.

* Ability to work in an environment with shifting priorities and meet time-sensitive deadlines, as well as manage multiple projects simultaneously, including confidential matters.

* Highly organized with a meticulous diligence.

* Strong analytical skills and the ability to synthesize information and facts to provide brief yet detailed company profiles, industry overviews, biographical summaries, and analyze key matters, industry trends and competitive intelligence.

* Resourceful, driven attitude with a desire and energy to use a "whatever it takes" approach to ensure team success.

Technologies / Software

* A solid command of software applications to produce high-end, professional work product, including PowerPoint and Excel.

* Experience with investment funds research platforms, including Preqin, Pitchbook, PEI is a plus.

* Experience with InterAction or an equivalent Contact Relationship Management (CRM) system is a plus.

* Travel may be required.

* Ability to respond to calls-to-action outside of standard business hours.

* Overtime work, including early mornings, after hours and weekends may be required.

* This is a hybrid role which requires in-office attendance in accordance with the schedule set forth by the department. A hybrid schedule is an essential function of this role.