Business Development Senior Coordinator - Capital Markets & Corporate Governance
About The Position
The Business Development (BD) Senior Coordinator will leverage research, writing, and analytical skills to support the Firm in executing business development and marketing initiatives for the Americas Capital Markets and Corporate Governance practices. Cleary Gottlieb is a pioneer in globalizing the legal profession with 14 offices in major financial centers around the world, operating as a single, integrated global partnership. The firm employs approximately 1,100 lawyers from more than 50 countries. Since 1946, their lawyers and staff have worked across practices, industries, jurisdictions, and continents to provide clients with simple, actionable approaches to their most complex legal and business challenges, whether domestic or international. They support every client relationship with intellectual agility, commercial acumen, and a human touch.
Requirements
- 3+ years of relevant business development experience in a professional services firm.
- Experience writing pitches and proposals.
- Extraordinary attention to detail.
- Excellent analytical and research skills and the ability to synthesize, interpret, and summarize information from a wide variety of sources in a clear concise manner.
- A proactive thinking individual who is excited to bring new ideas to the table.
- Excellent oral and written communications skills.
- A strong team player, fostering collaborative environments and contributing to collective success.
- Ability to handle time-sensitive requests and work in a fast-paced environment.
- Expected to monitor emails outside of regular business hours.
- Flexibility to work outside regular business hours, including early mornings, evenings and weekends, as needed.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of, or experience with, Capital Markets or Corporate Governance preferred.
Responsibilities
- Prepare first drafts of highly tailored pitches and RFP responses, directory and award submissions, and marketing materials.
- Assist on global and local cross-selling and client targeting efforts, including as they relate to the firm’s key client program.
- Conduct research on existing and prospective clients, competitor activity, and industry or market trends to help drive strategic decisions and create revenue/profitability opportunities.
- Attend practice group and client team meetings, as appropriate, and prepare agendas, materials, and minutes in connection with such meetings.
- Work with the BD team’s assistants and the legal assistants to maintain and update BD activities and mailing lists in the Firm’s CRM system and pitches and practice experience in the Firm’s Experience Management system.
- Coordinate with other teams such as Events, PR/Comms, etc. to ensure a seamless process that will help raise the profile of the firm and these practices, in particular.
- Ensure attorney pitch profiles are kept up to date.
- Foster a collaborative environment and help promote an exceptional culture across the team.
Benefits
- health care benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
