We are leading on one of the most exciting Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer (CMBDO) searches in the international legal market, with a leading global offshore law firm looking for a leader to play a pivotal role in the next phase of the firm’s growth.
With significant growth over the last decade, the firm is now looking to further strengthen its client proposition and deepen relationships across its international network. The CMBDO will have the opportunity to influence how the firm positions itself in the market, develops strategic relationships with key clients and intermediaries, and identifies new opportunities for growth across its core markets.
This is a genuinely broad and high-impact leadership role, working closely with the Board and COO to shape the firm’s marketing, business development, brand and client strategy. The successful candidate will play a key role in strengthening how the firm understands, engages with and grows its most important client relationships, while helping to build a more proactive and commercially focused approach across the business.
The role will suit someone who is passionate about commercial growth, and who can bring together market insight, relationship strategy, brand and business development to create a genuinely client-led approach.
Reporting into the COO, responsibilities will include:
- Lead the firm’s overall marketing and business development strategy, aligning the function with its ambitious international growth plans.
- Continue to develop and evolve the existing marketing and BD infrastructure, with a particular focus on strengthening the BD function and its commercial impact.
- Lead, develop and structure a sizeable multi-disciplinary team of over 50, across marketing, BD, digital, events, client intelligence and operations, including managing through organisational change where required.
- Develop and strengthen the firm’s brand and market positioning across its international footprint, ensuring its profile reflects its growth and ambition.
- Support the continued growth of the firm’s Corporate and Regulatory Fiduciary business, working closely with senior leadership to identify and execute commercial opportunities, and deepening relationships with key intermediaries.
- Work across international markets, with a particular focus on understanding and developing opportunities across the offshore market, North America/Cayman and APAC.
If you are interested in joining an ambitious, fast-growing international law firm where the CMO will have genuine scope to shape the next stage of the organisation, then this role will be particularly interesting for someone who is:
- An established senior marketing and/or business development leader, ideally with experience within a mid-sized international or offshore professional services environment.
- Commercially minded and strategic, but equally comfortable being hands-on work required to turn strategy into tangible results.
- Experienced in building, developing and restructuring teams, with the ability to lead people through periods of significant organisational change.
- Internationally experienced, ideally with exposure to North America/Cayman and/or APAC, and able to quickly develop an understanding of the offshore market.
- Highly credible with senior stakeholders, partners and boards, with the ability to build strong relationships across a complex professional services organisation.
- Experienced in intermediary relationships and developing business with major international professional services and law firms.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a business that has undergone significant growth and is now entering another important phase of its development. The role can be based in London or Jersey. If interested, or if you know anyone who may be, then please apply or reach out.
