Business Development Advisor / Team Lead, Energy & Infrastructure

Job description

For Linklaters Warsaw, we are currently recruiting for the Business Development Team Leader role. About the Team Join our global team responsible for delivering business development and marketing support across Linklaters’ practices and sectors. Collaborating with lawyers and business teams worldwide, our team covers client development, pitches, directories, research and strategic initiatives. You will be responsible for Leading a BD Hub team and overseeing complex workflows. Providing active hands-on service delivery alongside the team within the area of specialisation by working closely with a group of key internal stakeholders. Crafting comprehensive client, sector, and practice content (e.g. client-facing collateral, CVs, and pitch input, etc.) to facilitate client engagement. Owning delivery of high‑impact BD support for specific practices/sectors. Project management and drafting of legal directory submissions. Partnering with senior Product BD, Sector and Client Relationship Managers. Driving best practice, process optimisation and Salesforce adoption. Using data and feedback to improve service quality and resource allocation. Coaching, mentoring and developing team members’ skills and careers. This role involves the line management of one of the BD Hub teams comprised of Advisors and Assistants or Assistants. This includes: Managing performance, workflow, deadlines and quality. Fostering a strong client service ethos and empowering the team. Providing clear direction, feedback and regular communication. Acting as an escalation point and supporting recruitment and onboarding. Ensuring HR processes are followed in line with firm policies. Apply if you Have a minimum of four years of experience in business development or marketing in a law firm or professional services firm. Demonstrate strong project management, organisation and time management skills. Have excellent written and verbal English communication skills. Are proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Bring a collaborative approach and people management or leadership experience. Show initiative, solution-focused thinking and resilience under time pressure. Are committed to high quality, continuous improvement and client service. Location and working hours Warsaw (hybrid model - 2 days a week from office) Working hours for this position are 10:00 to 18:15 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 care Free in-house fitness centre Life insurance Worldwide travel insurance for business and non-business travel Benefit Multisport club card or subsidised travel 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: 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.