Business Development Manager Senior (Middle East/Africa), International Financial Law Review (IFLR)

Location: London, UK

Work Type: Hybrid (minimum 2x per week in office)

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We are seeking an experienced and ambitious Senior Business Development Manager to drive client acquisition and grow our recurring revenue base. The ideal candidate will be passionate about B2B sales—particularly in the legal or professional services sector—and excel in a consultative, target-driven environment.

This role will manage a portfolio of clients and prospects, with clear monthly and annual targets for annual recurring revenue (ARR) and event-related revenues. You will lead the sales process across the IFLR portfolio using a solutions-based approach to deliver value and secure sustainable revenues.

The role is based in London and reports directly to the Head of Sales – IFLR- New York.

What will you do?

• Identify and convert new business opportunities focused on ARR growth.
• Account Manage IFLRs existing ARR book of business in the regions.
• Grow revenue across IFLR Awards portfolios.
• Engage regularly with prospects to understand their business development needs and recommend tailored solutions.
• Proactively prospect through networking, marketing lead generation campaigns, and cold outreach.
• Collaborate with Analysts, Head of Sales, Insight (Editorial), and Marketing to launch new revenue streams and win new logos.
• Maintain a real-time sales pipeline in CRM, including tracking upsell, renewals, and lost opportunities.
• Report and forecast sales progress accurately to senior management.
• Conduct effective outbound outreach (email, phone, LinkedIn, events) to generate and nurture qualified leads.
• Deliver engaging product demos and consultative sales conversations aligned to client goals.
• Close new subscription sales and consistently achieve or exceed monthly and annual sales targets.
• Provide feedback from the market to inform product and marketing strategy.

Skills & qualifications to succeed in this role:

• 3+ years of B2B sales experience—preferably in subscriptions, SaaS, data, or insights products.
• Track record of exceeding sales targets in a consultative selling environment.
• Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills.
• Excellent verbal, written, and virtual presentation skills.
• Proficiency with Salesforce or similar CRM tools.
• Ability to work independently and remotely while contributing to a global team.
• High level of professionalism when engaging with senior-level decision makers.

Your background & experience:

• Experience selling accreditation or subscription products to the legal market is highly desirable.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and a proactive, tenacious sales approach.
• Exceptional time management and organisational skills.
• Experience selling ARR subscription products.
• Experience selling awards/event-related products (e.g., table packages, sponsorship, amplification services).
• Confident in leading negotiations and finalising sales agreements.
• Familiarity with performance-based reporting, and accurate forecasting.
• Willingness to travel internationally - typically four trips per year.

Join Our Team!

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Are you passionate and eager to make a difference? We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our team at Legal Benchmarking Group.
Don't Have All the Skills? No problem! If you are passionate, motivated, and eager to learn, we encourage you to apply. We value diverse perspectives and believe that everyone has something unique to offer.

Why Join Us?

We offer a competitive compensation package which empowers our employees to thrive both professionally and personally. Our benefits package includes private medical, company pension, health cash plan, life assurance, flexible work arrangements, vacation time & paid holidays & learning resources.

About Us:

IFLR (International Financial Law Review) is a leading source of insight and analysis on the world’s financial-legal markets. We are an authoritative voice in the legal benchmarking space, trusted by professionals around the globe. As part of a newly acquired and fast-evolving company, we offer an exciting opportunity to shape editorial direction during a time of transformation and growth.

Legal Benchmarking Group is the leading practice-area research and rankings, insights, and awards provider for global law firms. Our focus on Financial & Corporate, Litigation, Intellectual Property, and Tax provides differentiation and intelligence for practitioners who depend on highly specialised, cross-border collaboration between law firms and corporate counsel.

We pride ourselves on our P.A.C.E. culture: proactive, agile, customer-focused, entrepreneurial, which enables knowledgeable professionals to do their best work. We also believe in autonomy, accountability, passion, and a sense of humor. For more information on LBG, visit: www.legalbenchmarkinggroup.com

Legal Benchmarking Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.