Purpose

Manages the integrated business planning process for Linklaters globally to ensure that the Firm's legal practice areas, geographies and Business Teams are delivering tangible, beneficial outcomes aligned to the strategy. Collaborates with key stakeholders to ensure that short-term actions are aligned with long-term priorities and that tangible and measurable targets and plans are in place.

Your key responsibilities

• Conducts in-depth analysis (including market trends, competitive landscape analysis and SWOT analysis) and gathers business intelligence to provide the context and direction for business planning annually.
• Collaborates with Business Management and other key stakeholders from across the business to facilitate the business planning process (starting with the strategic context, business divisions, through to specific geographic practice areas and countries).
• Facilitates regular outcome-focussed reviews with the relevant planning governance committees and other leaders of the Firm to ensure that progress is tracked and that adjustments are conducted as required.
• Identifies synergies (and/or gaps) in plans and takes action accordingly, including collaborating with other Business Teams to input into other key business activities such as, client planning, budgeting, and portfolio planning.
• Identifies and develops enhancements to the Firm's approach to business planning, owning all templates, timelines and other assets as required on behalf of the Chief Business Change Officer to facilitate planning.
• Supports governance efforts to ensure business planning aligns with the Firm's overall direction and operational needs.
• Manages a Business Planning Analyst, developing and implementing goals and providing guidance to enhance their performance and contribution to the function.

Your experience

• Experience of running integrated business planning in a large (ideally legal or professional services) global environment.
• Strong strategic and analytical background with experience of using measures and KPIs to monitor and drive performance
• Excellent collaborator with experience of working with a diverse set of business stakeholders / leaders to drive outcome-focused actions in line with strategy.
• Excellent communication skills both in writing and verbally. Ability to draft messages succinctly and appropriately dependent on audience.

The Team

The Business Change team partners with stakeholders across the firm to deliver change initiatives that align with strategic goals—whether through process optimisation, technology implementation, organisational transformation, or cultural change. The team plays a crucial role in ensuring that change is delivered effectively, sustainably, and with minimal disruption. This role offers exposure to a broad range of projects and change methodologies, providing significant opportunities for professional development and meaningful contribution.

We are excited to welcome individuals who are forward-thinking, solution-oriented, and passionate about making a positive impact through well-executed change.

Linklaters

Linklaters is a global law firm, with 31 offices in 21 countries worldwide.

Linklaters is a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.

We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.

Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair, and open atmosphere.

We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common goal.

What sets us apart

At Linklaters

• We offer a truly global work experience and the opportunity to be involved in strategic projects that drive innovation and shape the future of our business
• We belong to a firm that embodies its corporate social, environment, and governance responsibility commitments
• We remain focused on talent and having the best people which will result in a diverse workforce
• Having got the best people, we want them to feel included, valued and respected so they can perform at their best
• We advocate speak-up culture to empower our people in sharing their voices and an open-door policy to ensure they are listened to
• We invest in custom-fit career paths for our people in line with their talents and aspirations
• We provide agile working solutions to meet the changing needs of our people and our business
• We are committed to people first relationships based on mutual trust, respect, and appreciation
• We support the health and wellbeing of our people, providing a safe space to talk about emotions and mental health with access to expert advice as needed
• We invest in developing leaders of the future who demonstrate emotional intelligence and a passion to discover, coach and develop the talents of others

Technical Skills

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive.  It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.

Application Policy

Applications and CVs (direct or via agency) are only accepted online via the portal. Queries related to our roles must be directed to the relevant recruitment team and not the partners, practices or stakeholders ([email protected] for legal roles or [email protected] for business team roles).