05 May Business Development Manager | Strategic Role with Tier-1 Professional Services Firm

Posted at 09:10h in Australia, Business development, Contract, Marketing, Part-time, Permanent, Pursuits and proposals, Uncategorized by Charles Handley

Locations: Sydney | Job ID: 1501178

  • Rare opportunity with an excellent tier-1 professional services firm
  • Prominent and strategic opportunity working with some of the firm’s most BD and client savvy partners
  • Join a senior and talented team of BD/CRMs
  • Manager and Senior Manager level candidates considered
  • Exclusive engagement with one of Dalton Handley’s longest standing clients

We are partnering exclusively with one of the most prestigious law firms in the Asia-Pacific region to appoint a high-calibre Business Development Manager to support their high-performing Disputes practice.

This is a rare opportunity for an established BDM to step into a global brand with a reputation for excellence, sophistication, and scale. The role offers significant scope to influence client strategy, drive premium pursuits and help shape some of the region’s most high-stakes contentious matters.

Working closely with senior stakeholders and as part of an exceptional business development and client function, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring the firm’s market-leading disputes team remains top of mind for major corporate clients across APAC.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and execute BD and client strategies aligned to the Disputes group’s goals, with a focus on high-value litigation, class actions, regulatory and investigations work.
  • Partner with senior lawyers to identify growth opportunities, prioritise pursuits, and enhance key client relationships.
  • Lead strategy on complex bids and proposals, driving content strategy and best practice.
  • Collaborate across teams, geographies and sector groups to elevate the firm’s disputes capability as a key differentiator.
  • Analyse market and client intelligence to inform strategy and enable sharper decision-making.

About You:

  • Proven experience in a BD Manager or Senior Executive role within a professional services environment.
  • Deep understanding of litigation and disputes (or the confidence and commerciality to quickly grasp this area).
  • Ability to work at pace, with credibility and influence at partner level.
  • A strategic mindset combined with sharp execution skills and strong attention to detail.
  • Comfortable navigating complexity, ambiguity and high expectations in a global environment.

Why This Role?

This opportunity offers a genuine brand uplift for an ambitious BDM ready to operate on a bigger stage. You’ll be joining a firm that invests heavily in its BD and client function, prizes innovation, and offers long-term career progression within a world-class team.

To confidentially discuss this opportunity, please contact Charles Handley at Dalton Handley on +61 2 8042 7970 or email charles@daltonhandley.com.

Agency information

Dalton Handley is a market leading recruitment and career advisory firm, our team and alliance partners have over 40 years’ experience specialising in business development and marketing roles within professional services – we understand the intricacies of your world. 

We have placed hundreds of candidates into career enhancing roles and built high performance BD and marketing teams with some of the world’s leading professional services businesses, from global law firms, the Big-4 and global engineering firms, through to boutique consultancy practices.

To apply, or to have an exploratory conversation in the strictest of confidence, please contact Charles Handley at Dalton Handley. Your CV will not be sent to any firms without your prior consent.