Client & Market Intelligence Manager

The role In this role, Client & Market Intelligence Manager will build and lead the firm’s Asset Tracking Initiative, a new strategic capability designed to identify and track early-stage business development opportunities across key sectors and practices. Operating independently and with a high degree of autonomy, the role will design the methodology, governance, and quality framework for this capability from the ground up, using leading market intelligence databases, and translating complex market signals into clear, decision-ready insights for senior stakeholders. The incumbent will engage directly with partners and senior Business Development leadership, driving ongoing coverage across Healthcare, Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Aerospace & Defence, while leading the evolution of technology-enabled research outputs and, over time, shaping the team built around this capability. Who you will work with The individual will work independently and directly with senior partners and Business Development leadership globally, as well as with CIBI team members, including the Warsaw-based analyst team. What you will be responsible for Asset tracking and market monitoring • Identify and track early‑stage business development opportunities, examples being M&A and private equity opportunities, IPOs, restructuring signals, and greenfield or development projects, aligned to sector and practice priorities. • Monitor tracked opportunities on an ongoing basis, ensuring timely updates, consistent coverage, and appropriate escalation of material developments. • Maintain structured trackers and monitoring tools that reflect stakeholder requirements and evolving market activity for proactive delivery. • Build and own key relationships with partners, business development leadership and other senior stakeholders to enable the addition of primary asset tracking insights from partner and client conversations. Process, quality and continuous improvement • Design, develop and own repeatable asset‑tracking methodologies and governance frameworks aligned to sector requirements and best practice, building this capability for the firm from the ground up. • Apply quality control and validation checks to ensure accuracy, relevance, and consistency of outputs. • Collaborate with business development, fee earners and other stakeholders to refine scope, formats, and tracking approaches over time. • Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, and impact of asset tracking outputs Technology and tools • Leverage AI‑enabled tools responsibly to streamline research workflows and enhance outputs. • Contribute to the evolution of technology‑enabled research processes, supported by appropriate quality and risk controls. • Stay informed on new database features, tools, and functionality relevant to asset tracking and market monitoring What you will do Research and insight delivery • In addition to proactive recurring delivery, assess new requests and determine the most appropriate market intelligence sources and processes to address stakeholder needs. • Synthesise complex or incomplete market information into clear, concise, and actionable insights. • Deliver outputs in decision‑ready formats, including live trackers, summaries, and dashboards. Databases & Tools Exposure The role requires hands‑on experience with, or the ability to quickly develop proficiency in, the following: • Mergermarket – IPOs, transactions, Healthcare, Aerospace & Defence • CoStar – Real Estate assets and developments • Infralogic – Infrastructure and greenfield projects • AlphaSense – Restructuring and special situations • Advanced Excel – trackers, data analysis, dashboards, and data visualisation • AI tools / Copilot – research efficiency and output enhancem