Manager: Business Development

Overview

Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes. We are recognized by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do.

We are a collegial, collaborative firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realize their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm’s client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.

If you thrive in a collaborative environment that values exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, we invite you to consider joining our Commercial department in our Chicago, or Washington, D.C. office as a Manager:
Business Development.

The Business Development Manager will support our Global Employment and Benefits and Global Mobility groups, helping to drive growth across high-stakes litigation, regulatory, and transactional matters in some of the firm's most dynamic practice areas. Working closely with lawyers and firm leadership, this individual will contribute to client development efforts, strengthen market positioning, and help execute business plans that span jurisdictions and industries.

This role is built for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, intellectually stimulating environment and is looking for the kind of challenge and exposure that accelerates a career. This is an opportunity to step into a high-impact role at the heart of Mayer Brown's strategic growth engine. If you are a motivated business development professional eager to deepen your expertise, expand your strategic influence, and grow within a top-tier global law firm, we want to hear from you.

This is an opportunity to shape go-to-market initiatives and to partner with a team recognized for its practical judgment, creativity, and business acumen. You will play a pivotal role in translating technical subject matter into compelling market narratives, building profile through thought leadership and strategic campaigns, and positioning the practices as first-choice counsel for clients facing bet-the-company risks and evolving regulatory expectations.

Essential Functions:

Business Plans & Infrastructure

• Develops and supports annual marketing and business development business plan development focused on priorities outlined by firm leaders and/or assigned teams, including thought leadership platforms, communications, and client outreach
• Collaborate with Business Development & Marketing department leadership and group leaders to develop annual budgets to support initiatives outlined in business plan(s) or as outlined by leadership, including specifying key strategic and tactical objectives and means to achieve annual goals
• Manage day-to-day responsibilities to ensure that assignments and projects are properly managed and in alignment with the firm’s overall strategic efforts, and that service to clients is exceptional
• Support the onboarding and integration of lateral lawyers

Business Development & Profile Raising Initiatives

• Develop and support the implementation of key BD initiatives, including priority client targeting and campaigns, client satisfaction, client seminars, roadshows, and networking events, as well as other initiatives to enhance business development efforts
• Engage in research and analysis and competitive intelligence-gathering
• Support the…