Business Development Executive

4 weeks ago

Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Gowling WLG Full time

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Business Development Executive to join our Clients and Markets team in Birmingham. As a Business Development Executive, you will be responsible for directly supporting the Senior Business Development Manager on all business development activities relating to the firm's Tech sector, as well as the Dispute Resolution Group (DRG) practice, which encompasses commercial litigation and intellectual property.

In addition to this, you will also work to provide support on BD activities aligned to other sectors including Automotive and Life Sciences. The role will be based in Birmingham but travel to London will be expected from time to time.

About You:

We are looking for an individual with experience in a business development role who demonstrates self-motivation, a positive team player attitude, initiative, and a can-do approach. The ideal candidate should be capable of building rapport at all levels and possess excellent organisational and project management skills, along with excellent attention to detail, outstanding grammar and communication abilities.

As a Business Development Executive, you will be required to analyse and report on financial data, support sales initiatives, optimise ROI on events and conferences, undertake client and market research and provide support to the Senior BD Manager.

Along with IT skills, including an extensive experience of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, your work experience will demonstrate the ability to work within tight deadlines, demonstrating a flexible approach to deliver tasks and projects to time and with high quality outputs.

Advantageous Skills/Experience:

  • Previous experience in law or the professional services sector is desirable
  • An interest and awareness in the tech sector is also advantageous
  • Experience or qualification in marketing or equivalent would be advantageous but not essential

What We Can Offer You:

The opportunity to work within a strong and supportive BD function and with dynamic partners and lawyers in high profile areas of the firm. Gowling WLG has been recognised as one of best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work for 24 consecutive years.

Excellent benefits, including:

  • A hybrid approach to office and remote working.
  • 25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week's extra annual leave.
  • Free private medical insurance, and the option to add family members.
  • A generous pension allowance.
  • Life assurance covering four times your annual salary.
  • The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years.
  • Maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes.
  • A range of health and wellbeing programmes.
  • Offices in Birmingham city centre or in London overlooking Tower Bridge, both with onsite restaurants.
  • Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development.

Equal Opportunities:

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re-assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.

If you have any queries in relation to this position or would like to see a full job description please contact Meg Astley at

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