For Linklaters Service Delivery Centre Warsaw, we are currently recruiting for the BD Advisor role.

About The Team

You will be welcomed into the BDM function as a critical part of the BDM LGS (“Linklaters Global Solutions”).

BDM is a globally diverse group of specialists dedicated to driving revenue growth, nurturing our priority client relationships, strengthening the firm’s reputation.

In this role, you will be supported by and collaborate closely with the BDM leadership team and the broader function beyond. Our team thrives on a collegiate atmosphere with a strong focus on teamwork and collaboration with colleagues.

Alongside our lawyers, the BDM function is committed to creating, developing, and executing business development and marketing initiatives that drive growth and align with the firm's strategic goals.

The role within BDM promises a diverse array of tasks and projects.

You will encounter significant opportunities for learning and growth within a nurturing and supportive environment. We look forward to expanding our team with individuals who share our drive, forward-thinking mindset, and enthusiasm.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for assisting in the execution and tracking of key BDM activities and projects, ensuring alignment with practice/product, client, sector, and firm wide objectives. Including:

• Working closely with global BD colleagues to help shape and implement BD plans.
• Supporting the creation of client-facing materials, including working with dedicated pitch teams throughout the pitch process.
• Supporting the project management and drafting of legal directory and award submissions (e.g. Chambers & Partners, Legal 500), coordinating with practice teams to gather essential information.
• Providing logistical and administrative support to the BD team and other stakeholders.
• Supporting the BDM team to gather feedback for post-project evaluations and identify and help implement potential improvement.
• Helping establish workflow processes, identifying opportunities for improvement, and drive the adoption of core tools and material, including Salesforce.
• Helping to promote the practice's profile both internally and externally, collaborating closely with Marketing colleagues where necessary.
• Maintaining BD project/activity trackers and logs ensuring the accuracy and accessibility of information.
• Providing information that enables the maintenance and strategic enhancement of practice/sector content on Linklaters.com and on relevant intranet pages e.g. lawyer bios, credentials and other content for various platforms.
• Building strong relationships with BDM teams and other business teams, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Seeking feedback to assess the quality, consistency, and timeliness of your contributions, identifying areas for enhancement.
• Assisting in continuous improvement by analysing and reporting on trends, including the variety and scope of support offered to stakeholders.
  
  

Apply If You

• Have 2-4 years of experience in BD/Marketing, ideally within a law firm or professional services firm.
• Are an effective communicator with strong written and verbal English language skills, confidently engaging with lawyers and business team colleagues.
• Demonstrate excellent attention to detail.
• Have previous experience using MarTech tools like Salesforce.
• Possess time management and organisational skills, handling multiple projects concurrently and meeting tight deadlines while prioritising effectively.
• Have a commitment to continuous learning and development.
  
  

Location

• Warsaw (hybrid model - 2 days per week at the office)
  
  

Working hours

• 10:00 – 18:15 or 11:00 – 19:15
  
  

Benefits

Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you'll be making to our success. These include:

• Private medical insurance
• On-site gym and bike facilities
• Group Life insurance
• Firm funded worldwide personal travel insurance, for you and your family
• Subsidised sport card or public transportation card
• Wide range of training opportunities
  
  

About Linklaters

Linklaters is a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional. We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction. Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair, and open atmosphere. We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias, because we want everyone to feel that they belong. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common mind-set. We recognise that one size does not fit all. Our goal is to embed flexibility across our firm by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.

What Sets Us Apart

At Linklaters

• We offer a truly global work experience and the opportunity to be involved in strategic projects that drive innovation and shape the future of our business
• We belong to a firm that embodies its corporate social, environment and governance responsibility commitments
• We celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion so our people can bring themselves to work
• We advocate speak-up culture to empower our people in sharing their voices and an open-door policy to ensure they are listened to
• We invest in custom-fit career paths for our people in line with their talents and aspirations
• We provide agile working solutions to meet the changing needs of our people and our business
• We are committed to people first relationships based on mutual trust, respect and appreciation
• We support the health and wellbeing of our people, providing a safe space to talk about emotions and mental health with access to expert advice as needed
• We invest in developing leaders of the future who demonstrate emotional intelligence and a passion to discover, coach and develop the talents of others
  
  

Technical Skills

Business Development, Marketing

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.