Senior Client Relationships Manager at Clyde & Co · London

Department: Enterprise Client Programme (Insurance Client Programme)

Location: London

Role: Senior Client Development Manager

Hybrid working: a minimum of 2 days per week in the office

The Firm

Clyde & Co is a global law firm providing a complete service to clients in its core sectors of insurance, transport, energy, infrastructure and trade & commodities.

With over 5000 people operating from over 60 offices and associated offices across six continents, Clyde & Co is committed to creating successful outcomes for our clients. Our globally integrated teams of disputes, regulatory and transactional lawyers provide a comprehensive range of legal services and advice to businesses operating at the heart of global trade and commerce.

Our success in the past 90 years has been built on our vision of a single global partnership, providing a platform that offers rapid access to expertise, wherever you operate in the world.

As our clients have evolved, so have our core values. We believe that these values reflect our firm, our strategy and our commitment to delivering commercially minded legal advice, client-focused services, and innovative technological solutions to support our clients.

Aligned with these values is Clyde & Co's commitment to being a responsible business. We take responsibility for the impact we have on the environment, seeking to reduce it as much and as quickly as possible. We strive to be a positive contributor to the communities in which we operate across our entire global network. We take steps to foster a truly diverse and inclusive workplace, that allows all our people to flourish, for the benefit of our colleagues, the firm and our clients.

The Department

The Global Business Development Leadership team sets the strategy in consultation with the Global Strategy Board and Global Practice Executives. The BD teams (comprising Communications, Marketing, Business and Client Relationship experts) are led by regional heads of business development who are aligned to our regional boards: Asia Pacific, Middle East Africa, North America, UK, Europe.

Our strategy seeks to:

• Manage and develop clients and profile in our global sectors
• Adopt a content and product led approach in taking our practice groups to market
• Prioritise the use the integrated digital marketing channels
• Position our most senior staff as advisors to the business, supported by expert execution teams
• Our principles dictate that the highest value clients and opportunities command the highest value BD attention and bespoke tactics

The Role

This role is a key component of the Global Business Development Team, working with the Head of Clients, Head of Clients, London Market and the other Insurance Key Client Senior Managers, to manage and contribute to the collaborative development and pursuit of clients across insurance business lines and/or sectors.

This will be achieved by leveraging our global network; facilitating the sales process; originating and coordinating high value marketing and communications activity; and providing advisory and execution services to the business.

Key to the success of this role will be an individual who is comfortable determining key growth opportunities for their clients and aligning these to the firm. The individual will be required to drive internal connections and sales conversations with Partners and their teams.

Location

The role can be based anywhere in the UK but you will need to be able to easily access our London office when required.

Key Responsibilities

Engage

with contacts at clients and targets

• Marketing & Communications activity
• Engagement management
• Executes the given tactics in agreed client development plans to best practice and actively uses analytics to identify and track leads.
• Ensure tactics employed are commensurate with global and regional objectives; and analytics are used to drive pursuits and leads
• Content, Products and Thought leadership (“Tools”)
• Identify trends/topics for the development of tools and content and feed these into global Products programme. Advise partners in the use of tools for engagement and sales purposes. Ensures use is commensurate with identified objectives.

Evaluation

by clients and targets of our capability and appropriates to instruct

• Client and Business Development activity
• Sales Pipeline management
• Support the use of the Clyde & Co Sales Operating System in tracking, managing and converting identified pursuits and leads with allocated priority clients.
• Research and intelligence
• Undertake prescribed analysis of internal and external data sources to meet client team, practice and sector needs.
• Measurability
• Actively report on ROI on tactics and activity for further opportunity identification

Conversion

of opportunities to instructions

• Client and Business Development activity
• Enterprise client pitch opportunities
• Lead strategic pitch and panel opportunities for relevant Enterprise Client ensuring the pitch reviews are completed.
• Client meeting preparation
• Prepare internal and external source research and necessary supporting material including marketing assets.
• Partner pipeline review meetings
• Conduct pipeline review meetings with Enterprise client partners / teams to understand opportunities and BD support required.

Retention

of existing clients, and expansion of relationship to other offices and practices

• Client and Business Development activity

• Client relationship management and development

• Take Client Relationship Manager role on relevant clients as strategy dictates taking an overarching view of strategy and client needs, achieving growth across the programme.

• Facilitate partners’ engagement with Enterprise account programmes.

• Use existing and identify new products to help partners manage engagement and sales.

• Demonstrate strong and comprehensive knowledge of assigned client accounts and represent that knowledge effectively in front of senior firm leadership.

• Create and coordinate client teams and effective cross-practice groups to support client development plans.

• Client insight: Relationship reviews

• Gain support from partners to undertake regular relationship reviews; undertake client review and ensure report standards and processes are met. Take forward actions arising from said meetings.

• Client insight: Matter/satisfaction reviews

• Following established best practice, ensure appropriate Enterprise client matters are opted into the programme. Support reporting and analysis needs.

• Use sector/practice insight gained to influence sector/practice value proposition and market perception.

Operational management

People

• Take ultimate responsibility for all deliverables, quality and suitability of deliverables for each client.
• Ensure appropriate utilization of local and central resources to achieve objectives for each client whilst working collaboratively with Client Development Managers in other sectors and regions. It is envisaged there may be some team management requirements.
• Ensure Head of Clients and Insurance Key Account Senior Manager remain apprised of work and opportunities in progress and is consulted on any barriers to delivery.

Process

• Conform to global standards and best practice, and their development or continuous improvement.

Data

• Contribute routinely and accurately to BD systems and safeguard data integrity; proactively use data in the analysis and continuous improvement of our programmes.
• Technology
• Ensure BD technology is utilised in a timely manner as processes and activity command.

Budget management

• Lead annual budget process for allocated Enterprise clients in relation to client activity and maintain responsibility for budget management to ensure appropriate expenditure and that the firm receives suitable return on that investment

Essential Skills and Experience

• Substantial experience of working as a senior client development practitioner within a fast-paced professional services environment.
• Experience of setting and monitoring budgets
• Works comfortably at a Senior level and possesses the ability to influence clients and key partner/lawyer groups
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to handle multiple priorities within tight timescales
• Able to work to very tight deadlines under pressure and to assimilate information quickly
• Strong interpersonal skills including confidence, positivity, diplomacy and the ability to gain credibility quickly
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrates attention to detail with a high level of accuracy
• Positive and tenacious with the ability to pro-actively drive initiatives forward and motivate resources within and outside their team to perform

Business Services Competencies

Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to fulfil their career aspirations.

The competencies are used to inform all aspects of Business Services career development. They vary across levels and different business areas and fall under the following areas:

• Technical Excellence
• People and Team
• Client/Stakeholder Relationships
• Service Delivery and Commercial Awareness
• Personal Effectiveness

The Firm

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

Our Commitment

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity. Learn more about our interview process.

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