# M&BD Manager – Disputes

**Company**: Hogan Lovells
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: contract
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Legal

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## Description

We are seeking a Marketing and Business Development (M&BD) Manager to join our Disputes practice group. You will play a key role in driving the practice group's strategy, focusing on growing revenues, raising our profile, and leveraging our people, knowledge, and resources.

Responsibilities:

- Develop and implement M&BD plans in line with business plans and objectives

- Work closely with disputes partners, sector groups, and other team members to achieve goals

- Ensure a structured approach to targeting and client development, pitching, profile raising, and marketing campaigns

- Manage and contribute to wider M&BD projects as required

- Line manage one team member and provide advice and support to other Disputes M&BD team members globally

Key Responsibilities:

### BD Planning and Budgeting

- Develop business and M&BD plans with practice heads and partners

- Deliver market analysis to support business planning

- Manage M&BD plans and budgets, monitoring and reporting on progress

- Liaise and collaborate with global Disputes M&BD team members

- Work with other practice, client, and sector M&BD team members to deepen collaboration

### Client Targeting, Pitching and New Business Generation

- Develop and implement M&BD initiatives and campaigns

- Lead on pitches and promote pitching best practice

- Identify new business opportunities and support strategy development

- Champion the firmwide client feedback programme

### Marketing Campaigns, Thought Leadership and Profile Raising

- Shape and implement campaigns and thought leadership projects

- Deliver marketing communications programmes, including seminars and client events

### Internal Communication and Knowledge Sharing

- Manage internal reporting and communication of M&BD activities and successes

- Maintain M&BD information and knowledge, including credentials and pitch information

- Run M&BD training sessions for partners, lawyers, and non-fee earners

### Wider M&BD Projects

- Manage and contribute to wider M&BD projects as required

### Team Management

- Line manage one team member, providing guidance and support

- Provide advice and support to other Disputes M&BD team members globally

Skills and Experience:

- Previous experience in a business development role in a legal or similar professional services firm

- Knowledge and experience of working with disputes lawyers

- Familiarity with the banking and financial services sector advantageous

- Previous line management experience

- Highly collaborative team player with excellent interpersonal skills

- Ability to influence and persuade, with strong written and verbal communication skills

- Strong project and stakeholder management skills

## Skills

### Required
- business development
- marketing
- client relationship management
- pitching
- team management

### Nice to have
- banking and financial services sector experience
- line management experience

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