Marketing and Business Development Manager, Financial Institutions

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Marketing and Business Development Manager, Financial Institutions Sector

London

Marketing and Business Development

We have a well-established global Marketing and Business Development (M&BD) team which supports the firm on a wide range of business development, client relationship management and reputational activities.

The team operates across several key areas including Clients and Sectors covering Sector M&BD and Client Development (where this role sits);
Practice M&BD;
Communications, which comprises Public Relations, Brand, Design, Events, Content and Digital;
Operations and Systems, which manage strategic global pitches and operations; and Client and Market Solutions, a team dedicated to managing and driving forward firm-wide profile building initiatives and strategic growth opportunities.

35 hours per week, 9:30am to 5:30pm but additional hours may be required. We are happy to consider agile and flexible working patterns. Our approach to hybrid working allows for up to 40% of time working from home and 60% working in the office, please contact a member of the recruitment team to discuss further.

We need a self-motivated and enthusiastic Manager to support and drive global strategy for the M&BD activities for the Financial Institutions Sector (FIS), Digital Assets and Blockchain (DAB) and Fin Tech practices.

The role will work alongside the Financial Institutions Sector Head, Lead partner for Future of Finance, partner co‑chairs for DAB, Global Heads for Fin Tech and Head of M&BD FIS.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a supportive and close‑knit team, operating across a broad remit across new and emerging markets. You will play a critical role in supporting client development and profile‑raising initiatives in the UK and international markets, to ensure we:

• Deliver on the profile‑raising initiatives and objectives laid out in the FIS, DAB and Fin Tech business plans.
• Maximise our opportunities to grow our revenues from existing and prospective clients across the sector.
• Raise the firm’s profile and position within our key markets.
• Leverage and coordinate our people, knowledge and resources in an effective and efficient manner.

There will also be the opportunity to play an important role in driving FIS, including one of our transformative trends:
Future of Digitalisation from an M&BD perspective, leading DAB and Fin Tech in particular. This role will help develop and shape the thinking and deliver in one of the fastest growing and most exciting sectors.

This candidate will work closely with other members of our global M&BD team to ensure that UK and international M&BD programmes support the firm and sector priorities.

Specific duties or responsibilities may be reviewed from time to time to reflect changes in personnel and management structure, staff location or services. All members of the firm participate in our Responsible Business program.

• Working closely with the Head of M&BD FIS sector and the FIS core team to develop robust M&BD plans for the industry sector, in line with the group’s overall business strategy and objectives.
• Supporting on the implementation of M&BD plans, leveraging dedicated M&BD resource across the international network and regularly monitoring and reporting on progress.
• Supporting to develop comprehensive budgets for the industry group and helping to actively manage budgets during the financial year, working closely with international colleagues.

• Managing responses to RFPs, customised pitches, and business development presentations across the DAB, Fin Tech and FIS sectors, coordinating with colleagues.
• Developing strategy and action plans around specific client opportunities to broaden existing relationships and drive the development of new relationships.
• Advising on new business opportunities, providing support on the development of our proposition, approach, team, and supporting materials.
• Working with the DAB and…