Business Development Executive

Job Description

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity exists for a Business Development Executive who is passionate about the industry to join the Middle East operations of this international law firm. This firm has an outstanding history in the region and has really made its mark regionally within the last 5 years. They’ve successfully demonstrated their ability to win work and continue to grow with outstanding regional hires across fee-earning and business support roles. This is an outstanding opportunity for a highly-skilled individual to join their team.

The primary function of this role will be to support the Business Development Manager in the delivery of the Middle East Business Plan. A key objective of this role is to assist in the location of opportunities within the region to win new business. A brief summary of tasks included:

* Project managing events including organising logistics and running the events on the ground.
* Project management of transactional bids;
* Supporting global sector and client teams to roll out campaigns across the Middle East
* Working with fee earners and external support to project manage awards and directory submissions for the region.
* Coordinating regional contributions and input into the business development system
* Producing reports as and when required for discreet projects and pursuits.
* Coordinating internal communications and playing a key role in creating and providing content for these communications and internal events