Pitch Manager - 12 month FTC

We're recruiting a Pitch manager to join our Pitch team on a 12 month fixed term contract to help with an exciting internal project that is improving how pitches are put together and enhance the sales process.

The role focuses on helping the firm win new profitable business by responding to pitch opportunities. You will be responsible for project managing the creation of pitches and presentation materials, working across our practice groups, sectors and offices with an emphasis on strategic and high value opportunities. This role reports into the International pitch team working closely with the wider Marketing and Business Development team.

This will be a great opportunity working across offices on an International basis where you can help make an impact.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Advise and challenge legal teams on the decision to respond to pitch opportunities
• Lead pitches in accordance with our best practice pitch process
• Developing the pitch strategy including win themes and value proposition
• Scoping the pitch opportunity to understand client needs and to ensure our proposal is responsive
• Involving subject matter experts, for example the pricing team, to develop our proposition
• Developing pitch content that is compelling and focused on the client
• Briefing contributors to ensure their input is tailored, relevant and received on time
• Finalising and submitting pitches in line with the client's instructions
• Coordinate presentation rehearsals and offer advice and coaching on style, approach, messaging
• Conducting client debriefs to capture feedback
• Coach, mentor and support other Marketing & Business Development colleagues on best practice pitch techniques
• Deliver training on pitch best practice to increase efficiencies and improve success rates
• Provide recommendations on improving the pitch process
• Take responsibility for additional projects which support the pitch team's priorities.

About you

• Experience of working under pressure on complex pitches and proposals
• Effective time and project management skills
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to exercise tact and diplomacy
• Negotiation and influencing skills
• Commercial awareness and acumen
• An ability to deal with confidential and sensitive information
• Experience in dealing with a demanding workload and conflicting priorities
• A collaborative working style, able to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Degree/CIM Chartered Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing/MBA (desirable).

About us

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers and business service professionals located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.

Our values

In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:

• Be Supportive – we are compassionate and inclusive, valuing diversity and acting thoughtfully
• Be Collaborative - we are proactive, passionate team players investing in our relationships
• Be Bold - we are fearless and inquisitive, challenging ourselves to think big and find creative new solutions
• Be Exceptional - we are strategic and driven, exceeding standards and expectations

Diversity and inclusion

At DLA Piper, diversity and inclusion underpins how we live our values and everything we do. We believe that everyone has a voice, and that everyone’s voice counts. We know that the rich diversity across our firm makes us stronger, more innovative and creative, which helps us to better serve our clients and communities. We are committed to providing an inclusive working environment and culture across our global firm, where everyone can bring their authentic self to work.

Diversity of perspective, thought, background and culture combine to make us the leading global law firm; that’s why we actively seek to build balanced teams. We welcome the unique contribution that you will bring to our firm and actively encourage applications from all talented people – however your talent is packaged, whatever your background or circumstance and regardless of how you identify.

Hybrid working

We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly. That's why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.

Pre-engagement screening

In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits and where relevant, we will conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and work-related references.