Legal Bid Manager for an International Law Firm

Job description / Role

Legal Bid Manager for an International Law Firm, Dubai

Our client, a top international law firm is searching for a focused, flexible team player to join their growing team.

Responsibilities

Pitching and market intelligence
• Pitches - promote general pitch best practice from bid alert through to presentations and client debrief.
• Produce pitches/ manage experience statements.
• Manage the Proposals Tracker, including win/loss reporting.
• Support the global BDM team with regional/global pitch requests (60% of the workload).
• Market Intelligence - conduct research via appropriate resources on existing/prospective clients/opportunities and track industry/market trends (including competitor tracking) to support KAM/regional BD initiatives.

Profile and internal/external communications
• Directories - manage/support relevant ME/global submissions/interviews for key legal directories supporting the ME MBD team lead to rollout improvements to the legal directory process.
• Profile building - support the regional groups to improve profile, including proactively tracking opportunities with key legal and trade journals.

Marketing materials and client alerts
• Collateral - drive the production of tailored materials such as office brochures/group experience statements - including managing internal processes/ensuring that relevant deadlines are met.
• Client alerts - drive/manage client alerts proactively feeding through office news/deals/articles for publications such as regional/global updates/other alerts
• Website - ensure that the firm website is up-to-date/adequately reflects the skills/experience of the regional network

Support the BDM team to roll-out website development projects.
• Events and seminars/conferences
• Firm Events - manage/support client events from start to finish, working closely with the wider BDM team.
• Ensure FEs proactively drive appropriate attendance. Lead event debriefs/manage feedback/track follow-up.
• Database - work with the wider ME MBD team//FEs to drive improved use of InterAction in supporting events, including arranging appropriate training/support as necessary.

Requirements

• Over five years' experience gained in a law firm.
• Solid experience in delivering quality proposals/bids.
• Exceptional eye for detail and a good level of technical competence.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Strong project management skills with a pro-active approach.
• Ability to take responsibility for and lead projects.
• An appreciation of a partnership environment and specific issues affecting the delivery of legal services.
• Ability to work effectively with and motivate partners and others.
• Good team player.

About the Company

RecruitME are a specialized recruitment consultancy supplying top tier business support staff to Dubais leading multinational organizations. We carefully source, screen and select only the very best candidates to assist our clients in making easier recruitment decisions faster.

Differentiating ourselves from standard recruitment agencies our consultants have been carefully chosen for their backgrounds in business support for leading multinational organizations. Having been both the client and the candidate previously, we have an insiders understanding of the recruitment process and our clients needs.

What we do:

Specializing in business support positions we can assist in introducing a small selection of experienced administration, finance and human resource candidates with the relevant experience to benefit your business. Our careful screening process ensures that we have met with and can give a concise overview of each candidates skills and current situation before you meet them.

We pride ourselves on sending our clients only the very best available candidates in the market to ensure a simplified, hassle free and timely recruitment experience for all involved.