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About The Firm

Amundsen Davis, a full-service business and litigation law firm, is seeking an experienced Marketing & Business Development Manager to join a strong team with an excellent firm culture! We offer a collegial environment and an excellent opportunity to continue to develop strong skills and professional growth. This is an excellent opportunity to join a sophisticated litigation practice and work in the dynamic, friendly, and collaborative atmosphere of our St. Louis office, while enjoying the benefits of working for a large law firm.

Position Overview

The Marketing & Business Development Manager plays a critical leadership role in translating firm strategy into execution. Reporting to the Assistant Directors of Business Development, this individual serves as the operational bridge between firm leadership—including the CMO, and Assistant Directors—and a high-performing team of marketing, communications, and pricing professionals.

This role is responsible for ensuring that strategic initiatives are executed efficiently, consistently, and at a high level of quality. The Manager will oversee day-to-day workflow, drive accountability across the team, and ensure that all work product aligns with firm standards, deadlines, and business development objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Execution & Project Leadership

• Implement marketing and business development initiatives developed by firm/team leadership, ensuring seamless execution across team specialisms
• Translate high-level strategy into clear, actionable tasks and deliverables for the team
• Monitor progress of active projects and adjust resources and priorities as needed to meet deadlines

Team Leadership & Performance Management

• Supervise and mentor a team of marketing and business development professionals
• Ensure team members are collaborative, aligned, engaged, and working efficiently toward shared outcomes
• Provide ongoing feedback to support professional development and performance improvement
• Review team deliverables to ensure accuracy, consistency, and alignment with firm messaging and brand standards
• Maintain high expectations for work product across all outputs
• Serve as a central point of coordination between leadership and execution teams

Workflow & Deadline Management

• Manage team workflow and capacity, ensuring deadlines are consistently met
• Identify potential bottlenecks or risks and proactively implement solutions
• Establish and reinforce tools and processes that improve efficiency, accountability, and execution

Required Qualifications

8+ years of experience in marketing, business development, or professional services environment (law firm experience strongly preferred.

Demonstrated experience managing teams and complex projects in a deadline-driven environment.

Strong understanding of business development within a B2B or professional services context.

Core Competencies

• Execution Excellence: Ability to drive initiatives from concept through completion with precision and accountability.
• Leadership & Team Development: Proven ability to manage, motivate, and develop high-performing teams.
• Project Management: Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Communication: Clear, concise communicator capable of bridging strategy and execution.
• Attention to Detail: Commitment to delivering high-quality, polished work product.
• Business Acumen: Understanding of how marketing and BD efforts contribute to revenue generation and client development.
• Advanced knowledge of HubSpot, Canva, Adobe, Issu, Semrush a plus.

Why This Role Matters

This position is essential to ensuring that the firm’s marketing and business development function operates with consistency and impact. Success in this role directly contributes to the firm’s ability to strengthen client relationships, win new business, and execute at a level that reflects the sophistication of the firm’s legal services.

Opportunity

This is an opportunity to step into a visible leadership role within a growing, collaborative (and downright fabulous!) team and to play a meaningful part in shaping how strategy is executed across the firm.

Our Team

The Amundsen Davis business development team works hard, but leaves work at the door. Our group is a little zany with team members ranging from lifers to those just starting their careers. If free cake is on offer, we will be there en masse.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we support and encourage workforce diversity and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, citizenship, creed, marital status, veteran status, age, family caregiving responsibilities, genetic profile or predisposition, pregnancy, or disability in any aspect of employment.