Eversheds Sutherland’s award winning pitch team is recognised as best-in-class in both its project management of pitches and win rate. Aligned to the firm’s client strategy, the team focuses on sector-led, often multi-jurisdictional, pitches and retenders to key accounts and development clients, working with client partners, sector group teams, technical specialists and key account managers to ensure success.

We will look at candidates for this role across a number of office locations, including Leeds, Newcastle, Manchester, Cardiff and Birmingham

The Role

We are looking for a highly experienced and capable Pitch Manager to join our established and winning Pitch Team, who will focus on helping the firm win new profitable business through formal pitch opportunities. These are firm wide roles, working across all of the firm’s practice groups, sectors and international offices. 

We are particularly looking for individuals with creativity who want to join a progressive and innovative firm and who are passionate about wanting to be the best. We want to continue winning the best work for the best clients whilst at the same time pushing the boundaries for truly putting the client at the heart of everything we do. 

Key Responsibilities

You will need to prove that you have the ability to independently not only project manage the creation of pitches and presentation materials, but also take on a challenging/consultative role to: 

• Guide and challenge legal teams through making the decision to tender (based on their Groups business objectives) 
• Guide partners through a scoping process that will help us determine what the client really wants and identify how our services will match those needs (in the pitch document) 
• Create quality pitch content and messages that focus on delivering client needs 
• Challenge and coach on best practice throughout the pitch process 
• Challenge and coach at presentation rehearsals 
• Obtain debriefs from clients/targets on pitch wins/losses 
• Become a specialist in the firm’s focus sector areas and provide pitch support in these area as required.