Clifford Chance has an ambitious global strategy which puts clients at the very heart of everything the Firm does. The Business Development ("BD") function is pivotal in making the Firm strategy a reality. BD teams collaborate strategically with partners, lawyers and other business professional functions to drive sustainable growth. The BD function supports conversion of key client and market opportunities through the development and delivery of targeted business development and marketing plans.
Business Development is structured to support the Firm's strategy through teams aligned to Global Product Groups, clients, sectors and operations. Within that structure, Business Development Operations is a core part of the function, bringing together specialist capabilities that support and strengthen BD activity across the Firm. This includes Global Proposals, which provides proposals expertise, standards and support to improve the quality and effectiveness of client responses, with the aim of increasing win rates and revenue.
Global Proposals professionals operate as part of a global proposals community, sharing common standards, tools and best practice, while also aligning closely with specific business areas to provide targeted support where it has the greatest impact. This role is aligned to the Project Development & Finance Global Product Group, while remaining part of the Global Proposals team and its wider global practice.
Support the proposal strategy for the Project Development & Finance Global Product Group, helping maximise the Firm's success on strategic opportunities. The role sits within Global Proposals and is aligned to Project Development & Finance, working closely with GPG partners, lawyers and BD colleagues to manage complex proposals and help convert priority opportunities.
The role has a global remit, with a primary focus on proposals in the European market, and will collaborate with Global Proposals colleagues across regions on cross-border Project Development & Finance opportunities. It combines the benefits of being part of a global team of specialist proposals professionals with close alignment to a product group, providing strong partner and client exposure and meaningful scope for development.
This role follows our balanced hybrid working approach and as long as business needs allow, you will be supported to work in a hybrid way in line with the hybrid working policy.
From your first day with us, you will have varied opportunities to continuously grow and develop your expertise and knowledge. From formal training, informal coaching and mentoring through to technical and personal development skills-based training.
What we offer including our broad range of benefits and working environment
When you join Clifford Chance, you will have access to a broad range of benefits to support you across many aspects of your personal and professional life including financial, wellbeing, lifestyle, and family friendly benefits. For more information on what we offer specifically in the UK, please visit our What We Offer page on our career site.
At Clifford Chance we understand that our true asset is our people. Inclusion is good for our team and their families, our firm and society.
We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age. This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment.
Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity, an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm. Find out more here.
We are one of the largest international law firms in the world. With over 30 offices across the globe, we strive to exceed the expectations of our clients, providing them with the highest-quality advice and legal insight, which combines the firm’s global standards with in-depth local expertise.
Our firm, work and people span jurisdictions, cultures, and languages. We offer our clients a truly international perspective. We believe every career should be rewarding and stimulating – full of opportunities to learn, thrive, and grow. That’s why we’re so proud of our inclusive, friendly, and team-based approach to work.
Our one firm global strategy is focused on targeted growth led by the needs of our core clients, those who we can best support with the breadth and depth of Clifford Chance expertise, across the sectors and geographies, which matter most to them.
You’ll find our clients in commercial and industrial sectors, the financial investor community, governments, regulators, trade bodies, and not-for-profit organisations. But no matter who they are or why they’ve reached out to us, we provide a world-class service every step of the way. And that’s possible thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit and conscientious approach to work that you’ll find across all of our teams.
Whichever area of the business you join, you’ll become an integral part an innovative, diverse and ambitious team of people. Clifford Chance is a place where the brightest minds and the best of colleagues meet.
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