North America Business Origination Manager

North America Business Origination Manager

The Firm:
Mason Hayes & Curran LLP is a leading Irish law firm based in Dublin with representative offices in San Francisco, New York and London. The firm has been the fastest growing law firm in Ireland over the last decade. We are a business law firm with extensive knowledge and experience in all areas of Irish business-related law and with particular focus on the Energy, Technology, Financial Services, Built Environment, Healthcare, Life Sciences and Charities sectors.

The role

We are currently recruiting for a North America Business Origination Manager to support the Mason Hayes & Curran (“MHC”) partners with responsibility for US business origination. This will be achieved through researching leads and gathering market intelligence and supporting fee earners to plan and implement effective business origination initiatives. The successful candidate will be based in North America and will have the opportunity to network with existing and prospective North America based clients and contacts of MHC and to work with the MHC lawyers that assist with the firm’s international business origination.

Candidate requirements

• Based in North America.

• Experience of working in a role that involves market research, lead spotting and lead generation.

• Strong research, trend spotting, competitive analysis and spread sheet analysis skills.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with proven ability to take initiative and build productive relationships.

• Be a team player with a sense of urgency.

• Ability to interact at all levels of the organization.

• Flexible and willing to support multiple functions and business units.

Responsibilities of role:

• Finding and researching leads, gathering market intelligence and undertaking market analysis.

• Reporting leads to fee earners and working with them to convert leads into work.

• Carrying out ad hoc and targeted market research pieces.

• Attending events and arranging meetings to expand MHC’s network.

• Assisting fee earners to arrange meetings for business origination trips and accompanying fee-earners at meetings.

• Assisting with the preparation of North America focused marketing material and sharing it with relevant contacts.

• Arranging for the capture and maintenance of centrally accessible regional contact and market intelligence databases and information packs.

Why MHC?

At Mason Hayes & Curran, we are proud of our culture and our friendly and informal working atmosphere. We encourage staff involvement at all levels and are committed to fostering a climate of open communication across the firm. We offer an excellent remuneration and benefits package aimed to reward high performance. We run a range of initiatives, such as our award-winning Green Month and our on-going employee wellness program Working on Wellness (WOW).

• Excellent remuneration and benefits package; pension, healthcare & bonus.

• Enviable client base and strong career progression opportunities.

• Flexible/hybrid working arrangements.

• Friendly, open and informal working atmosphere.

• Focus on employee involvement, wellbeing and success.

• Social events, clubs and initiatives (Green Team, Working on Wellness, subsidised fitness classes, MHC RISE, Diversity, Sports & Social and Art Committee).

• MHC knowledge and education programme to facilitate personal development.