Business development - Assistant manager (global role – in a virtual working environment)

The role

Join our high performing team! Ideal for a business development associate/executive looking for a step up to assistant manager/senior executive role with a strong focus on content creation rather than hands-on sales.

As a Senior associate, pursuit content within our International Business Support Function (IBSF) team, you will

  • Support international growth, enabling our member firms to thrive internationally
  • Create impactful content: deliver international pursuit-ready content that drives success
  • Work across the whole pursuit process from pre-pitch to client engagement tools
  • Lead best practices: identify and share innovative guidance
  • Collaborate and engage globally with stakeholders across time zones, countries, regions, services and industries
  • Manage multiple projects efficiently and track meaningful results
  • Champion IBSF by helping raise awareness of all that IBSF stands for: we are dedicated to continuously improving member firm client experiences, and support global engagement leaders across various service lines and industries
  • Contribute to our joint strategic execution objectives – we have a lot of exciting projects this year!

Key Skills & Experience

Essential:

  • Background in professional services, financial services, or B2B environments (preferred).
  • Experience creating compelling business development content—proposals, bids, capability statements, sales decks, or website material.
  • Ability to translate client needs into engaging content, moving beyond hands-on sales approaches.
  • Proven ability to collaborate with senior stakeholders such as fee earners, partners, or industry leaders.
  • Fluent in written and spoken English
  • Strong writing, editing, and organizational skills with a focus on clarity and effectiveness.
  • Self-starter with the confidence to manage projects independently.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).

Desirable:

  • Experience with Microsoft tech stack (SharePoint, Teams, Planner, Outlook).
  • Knowledge of Adobe products (InDesign, Photoshop).
  • Additional language skills are a plus.

Our culture

There are many benefits of being part of Grant Thornton International, working with a global and diverse team in a virtual setting is just one of them. We pride ourselves on our inclusive culture and believe it\'s one of our most valuable assets. Our values of collaboration, leadership, excellence, agility, respect and responsibility are fundamental to how we interact across the whole Grant Thornton network. You will learn more about how our international culture charter applies to this role and how putting care at the heart of our network culture really unites us.

About Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton is one of the world’s leading professional services networks with member firms in over 150 countries, 76,000 people and global revenues of $8bn. Member firms offer audit, tax, and advisory services to privately owned companies, publicly listed companies, public sector and not for profit organisations, both domestically and internationally. In our Go Beyond network strategy 2025 our vision is to become ‘the most valued network in the profession’.

Salary: GBP 36000 - 60000 per year Experience: 3 years required
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