Current Opportunities

This role plays a key part in driving the implementation of the firm’s National Business Development (BD) and Marketing Plan while also supporting the strategic growth of our Sydney practice. Working closely with partners and senior lawyers, you will develop and execute BD and marketing initiatives that enhance client engagement, brand visibility and business growth.

What you’ll be doing:

• Support several nationally significant practice teams and focus groups and provide critical support to Sydney partners and client-facing initiatives.
• Driving tailored BD initiatives across key sectors and practice groups, with a focus on cross-selling and client relationship development
• Collaborating with the People & Development team in Sydney to deliver the firm’s PLATFORM & ELEVATE event series
• Acting as the key contact for Sydney-based sponsorships—managing relationships, ROI tracking, and activation
• Preparing client and market insights, fee reports, and other commercial analysis to inform strategic decisions
• Supporting the development of legal directory submissions and contributing to award nominations
• Managing Sydney-related marketing content on the firm’s website and intranet, and contributing to firm-wide social media and e-marketing campaigns
• Contributing to national marketing projects and initiatives as a member of the national BD & Marketing team
• Helping maintain and enhance the firm’s CRM and marketing platforms, supporting effective client engagement and communications

About You

You are an experienced business development professional who enjoys working closely with senior stakeholders to identify opportunities, shape pursuit strategies and turn market insights into new business outcomes.  You will have:

• Tertiary qualifications in Business, Marketing, Communications or a related discipline
• Significant business development experience within a law firm or professional services environment
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing business development plans
• Experience working directly with partners or senior stakeholders
• Strong understanding of professional services business development, new business generation and, in collaboration with specialist client growth resources, client relationship development
• Demonstrate a proactive, results-driven and collaborative approach, building strong stakeholder relationships while operating with credibility, resilience, professionalism and adaptability
• Highly commercial and strategically focused, with strong business development planning and execution capability, exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills, and the ability to facilitate strategic discussions that drive accountability and outcomes
• Excellent communication, analytical, problem-solving and project management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, identify growth opportunities and translate them into practical, actionable business development initiatives

 About Us

Piper Alderman is a premier commercial law firm with offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, and Melbourne. We work with clients across Australia and internationally to achieve practical commercial outcomes, innovation in service delivery and deep engagement across multiple industries.

Piper Alderman’s vision is to Deliver client outcomes with responsive, commercially decisive expert advice.  Piper Alderman prides itself on being a collaborative law firm where high achieving ambitious team members can succeed in achieving their career goals whilst performing challenging and rewarding work.

At Piper Alderman we promote a culture of excellence, collaboration and teamwork. We recognise and support individuals and invest in their continued professional development.

Our perks

We have a variety of employee benefits aimed at supporting our people including, but not limited to:

• Learning and development opportunities to support career growth including generous study support options.
• An attractive Parental Leave policy offering up to 26 weeks paid leave.
• Automatic acceptance into the group Salary Continuance insurance plan
• Purchased annual leave options.
• Both a firm wide and discretionary bonus program.
• A range of fun office and team events all year round so we make sure we are connecting socially as often as possible!
• A range of corporate discounts.
• Employee-led Diversity & Inclusion and Reconciliation Committees and the opportunity to participate in pro-bono work.

Apply today

Piper Alderman is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We aim to attract and retain the best people and provide an environment where those people can be their authentic selves.  We value diversity of thought and experience and aim to ensure all our people are valued and respected.  People from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Please submit an application by clicking the relevant link in this job advertisement. Please note, no applications will be accepted directly via email.

If you have questions or would like further information about this opportunity, please contact careers@piperalderman.com.au