Senior Business Development Specialist or Manager / Legal Business Development Manager - L&E, Trademark, and Patent

Ready to run BD strategy rather than just support it? This role puts you at the center of three practices with very different clients: labor and employment, patent, and trademark. You’ll work directly with practice leaders to decide where the group goes next, and then make it happen. Open to Senior Specialist or Manager level, depending on experience.

What’s In It For You

• Strategy is the job. You’ll help design, run and recalibrate BD plans and budgets for the groups and individual attorneys.

• Real breadth. Covering three practices builds the kind of cross-practice experience that sets you up for the next step.

• You delegate. The marketing and communications team executes events, webinars and content, and you direct the work.

• Modern tools. You’ll use litigation tracking, GenAI and CRM to spot and evaluate new business.

• Pay. The Senior Specialist range for New York City is $115,000–$135,000 and Manager is $150,000–$200,000.

What You’d Actually Do

• Identify targets and expansion opportunities, and build the outreach strategy

• Produce tailored pitches, RFP responses and presentations

• Track pitch, proposal and referral results against the plan

• Direct client events, webinars and the groups’ content marketing

• Guide attorneys through Chambers, Legal 500 and award submissions

You’ll Likely Have

• 5+ years of BD or marketing experience at a law firm or professional services firm

• The presence to influence partners, not just support them

• Strong research skills and comfort with CRM, reporting and AI platforms

• Experience juggling multiple practices or competing priorities

How To Apply

Apply here with your resume. We review every application personally, and nothing goes to our client without your say-so.