Business Development Specialist – Experience, Litigation

About the role

Latham & Watkins is one of the world’s leading global law firms, advising businesses and institutions that drive the global economy. The Business Development Analyst – Experience, Litigation supports and maintains the firm's deal and case database, fostering communication and leading reorganizational changes to ensure information is easily accessible.

Responsibilities

• Act as a liaison between attorneys, local and global BD management, and the BD Experience team, providing subject matter expert level support.
• Foster communication within Marketing Technology, BD teams, and external stakeholders to create a seamless experience collection process.
• Prioritize and coordinate with team members for exports of data for business development efforts and prepare custom reports as needed.
• Participate in regular team and department meetings, sharing knowledge of policies, procedures, and technologies to increase department efficiency.
• Protect and maintain any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and proprietary information retained by Latham & Watkins.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate well-developed and professional interpersonal skills, and the ability to interact effectively with people at all organizational levels of the firm.
• Possess the ability to work in a team environment with a customer-service focus.
• Have a minimum of three (3) years of relevant experience, including experience in a law firm or professional services organization profiling Litigation matters, working as a Litigation Paralegal, or working in a Litigation Services role.
• Experience with marketing databases, market/company research, and project management, preferably.
• Relevant experience working with legal markets in the US, Europe, Middle East, and Asia, preferably.

Benefits

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
• Professional development programs
• Employee discounts
• Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff

Pay

USD $75,000.00 - USD $90,000.00 /Yr.