Head of BD & Marketing

Totum

UAE

Ref: QP524-09

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Head of BD & Marketing - Middle East

We are currently working on a great opportunity for a Head of Business Development & Marketing to lead the business development strategy and support for a leading global law firm based in the Middle East. You will be supporting the firm across all of its locations in the Middle East and as a result, there is flexibility over whether this role is based in Dubai or in another office within the network.

In terms of key responsibilities for this role, you will be responsible for providing strategic focus for the Middle East practices which will include keeping up to date with market developments, competitors, practice, industry and product development. You will be responsible for ensuring that the firm’s offering is cohesive across the region and will drive an integration plan for the Middle East with the purpose of increasing workflow and client development across the region.

This role will also require you to manage the regional BD team for the Middle East, take responsibility for creating and driving a Middle East media relations and profile raising plan and directing the development for a key group of clients with the aim of increasing revenue and broadening relationships across the firm.

Requirements

In order to successfully apply for this role, you need to have extensive business development experience which has been gained within the Middle East. You will need to have previous international experience and have had prior exposure to cross-border projects, issues and communication.

You will need to be able to demonstrate strong team management and be commercially astute with a strong track record in growing existing and new business.

About the Company

At Totum, we are committed to the very specific group of individuals who provide the fundamental skills enabling law firms to move forward faster as successful commercial organisations in the global legal marketplace. By introducing the best talent from traditional management sectors to the important new roles emerging in the highly specialised area of law firm management, we are helping our clients and our candidates discover significant new opportunity and expertise.

Individuals in law firm management roles make up a significant proportion of all law firms. The leadership, business support and strategic management they provide is critical to a law firm’s development. We recognise the exceptional combination of expertise these individuals bring, and we are passionate about the difference we have seen by the right expertise, in the right role, in the right firm. As a team, we champion these law firm management professionals as drivers during this period of industry change.

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