Head of Business Development, Legal Services

Manages a team responsible for winning new legal services business.

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Compensation by seniority

Simulated

Median

$282k

Mean

$293k

10th–90th pct

$214k–$389k

Observations

Confidence: 29% · based on 26 simulated observations · last updated 7/27/2026

Historical trend & projection

Median total compensation at the typical seniority level for this role, 2021–2025, projected forward under three scenarios.

Simulated

Common skills

People Management

Core

Strategic Planning

Core

B2B Sales

Process Improvement

Education requirements

Share of postings that require or prefer each level — a signal of typical hiring bars, not a hard rule.

Simulated

Bachelor's Degree

65% require · 29% prefer

Master's Degree

17% require · 34% prefer

No College

16% require · 15% prefer

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Common next roles

Practice Operations Director, Legal Services+4.6%Legal Services Business Development Manager-59.3%Legal Services Practice Coordinator-52.1%Legal Services Business Development Associate-55.7%Legal Services Practice Operations Specialist-52.9%

Common previous roles

Legal Services Business Development Manager-145.5%Legal Services Practice Operations Specialist-112.5%Legal Services Business Development Associate-125.8%Legal Services Practice Coordinator-108.7%Practice Operations Director, Legal Services+4.4%

Demand snapshot

Active openings (simulated)7,223

Posting growth+6.4%

Median days to fill48 days

Simulated

Employed (US, simulated)128,181

Projected growth5%/yr

Simulated

Role characteristics

Remote-friendliness50%

Automation exposure15%

Sources & freshness

Compensation and demand figures on this page are simulated demo data, deterministically generated for this build of CareerAtlas — not verified real-world observations.

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