Market Growth Manager

Location: Sydney

Contract Type: Permanent

MinterEllison is one of Australia’s largest independent law and consulting firms. With a heritage of almost 200 years, we are known for our excellence, and our authentic and enduring relationships with our clients, our people and our communities. Clients seek out MinterEllison to help them solve complex problems every day. We do this by our full-service legal offering and complementary consulting offering.

We offer opportunities to work on industry-leading mandates for top-tier clients, while being part of a high-performing and collaborative team that values excellence, diversity of thought, curiosity, and inclusion. We value our people and empower them to achieve their ambitions - with the support, trust and autonomy to grow their careers in meaningful ways.

At MinterEllison, we're leading the way with AI and other emerging technologies, powering innovation right across our firm. You will have the opportunity to engage with AI tools we've built, and other external AI tools, to enhance efficiencies and excellence internally and with our clients.

We support sustainable ways of working regarding how, when and where you work and offer a wide range of social, financial and health benefits (see https://www.minterellison.com/-/media/Minter-Ellison/Files/Careers/MinterEllison-Employee-Benefits-Dec_2025.pdf)

Your Role

The Clients and Markets team at MinterEllison is a high-performing and critical contributor to the Firm’s growth. As a Market Growth Manager, you will play a central role in supporting the M&A practice to identify market opportunities, strengthen client relationships and convert commercial insights into targeted business development activity. This role will have a particular focus on the Firm’s M&A and Private Equity (PE) practices, working closely with Partners to support growth across priority clients, sectors and transaction opportunities.

Working closely with the Head of M&A and a core group of M&A and Private Equity Partners, you will combine strong market awareness, commercial judgement and internal relationship-building to help the practice identify opportunities early, position the Firm competitively and support Partners to pursue and win work.

M&A Market profiling and opportunity pipeline

• Lead market intelligence and deal profiling activity for the M&A and Private Equity practices.
• Maintain a pipeline of target opportunities to help prioritise pursuits and align activity with the practice’s and Firm’s strategic growth priorities.
• Monitor and assess activity across priority segments, including private equity sponsors, corporates, listed companies, investment banks, financiers, advisers and other market intermediaries.
• Translate market and deal intelligence into actionable insights and recommendations for Partners, supporting earlier and more targeted engagement with prospective clients and referrers.

Growth Strategy

• Support the development and execution of growth strategies across priority M&A client segments, including Private Equity, ASX-listed companies and high-net-worth clients.
• Work with Partners and key stakeholders to identify white space opportunities, competitor positioning gaps and areas for targeted business development investment.
• Support go-to-market initiatives for priority growth sectors and clients, ensuring activity is focused, coordinated and aligned to broader Firm strategy.

Execution and collaboration

• Develop high-quality pitch materials, credentials, client insights and market-facing collateral for strategic pursuits.
• Coordinate cross-practice input where M&A opportunities intersect with other Lines of Business, ensuring a connected and commercial approach to client engagement.
• Work collaboratively with the broader Clients and Markets team to share insights, leverage best practice and support Firm-wide growth initiatives.
• Contribute to broader CMC and Firm initiatives as required.

Stakeholder relationships

• Build and maintain strong relationships with Partners across the Firm, drawing on their expertise and networks to support opportunity identification, pursuit strategy and client wins.
• Develop close, collaborative working relationships with the Clients and Markets team and Business Operations stakeholders to deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Act as a trusted and connected point of contact who can mobilise internal resources quickly in response to market opportunities.

What You’ll Bring

Experience

• Significant experience in business development, ideally within a law firm, professional services, corporate advisory, investment banking or financial services environment.
• Demonstrated understanding of the Australian corporate M&A and private capital markets, including private equity transaction dynamics and public company M&A.
• Experience using market intelligence, client insights and relationship networks to identify opportunities and support targeted business development activity.
• Proven ability to work closely with Partners, senior leaders or stakeholders to support pursuits, deepen client relationships and help convert opportunities into instructed work.
• Experience preparing high-quality pitches, credentials, client materials or market-facing collateral.

Skills and Attributes

• Strong commercial acumen and a genuine interest in M&A, private capital and the broader Australian corporate market.
• Excellent relationship-building skills, with the credibility and confidence to engage effectively with Partners, senior stakeholders and external market participants.
• A collaborative and proactive mindset, with the ability to connect people, insights and opportunities across a complex matrix environment.
• Strong analytical capability, with the ability to synthesise market and deal intelligence into clear, practical and actionable recommendations.
• Highly organised and self-motivated, with the ability to manage competing priorities and operate with autonomy in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce clear, compelling and commercially focused materials.
• Curious, agile and comfortable working in a growth-oriented environment where priorities may evolve quickly.

How to apply

We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, cultural backgrounds, genders (including trans or gender diverse), LGBTQ+ people and those with carer responsibilities. We particularly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

We prefer to connect with people directly, so please submit your CV by clicking on the 'Apply' button. We encourage all applications, including if you do not meet all the criteria listed for the role. Your application will also enable us to consider you for other opportunities that may be available at MinterEllison.

If you are currently a MinterEllison employee, please apply through the internal careers page.

If you would like further information, require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process or for a confidential discussion, please contact Simon.Gillin@minterellison.com.