Business Intelligence Specialist

Who We Are:
Lowenstein Sandler is a one of the most sophisticated law firms in the United States with over 400 lawyers and 300 business services professionals serving clients from offices in New York Palo Alto Roseland Salt Lake City San Francisco Washington D.C. and Wilmington. We recruit candidates who seek a collaborative entrepreneurial culture that prioritizes our clients our colleagues and the communities where we work and live. Committed to career development and to a diverse and inclusive workplace the firm offers many programs and opportunities for personal and professional growth. We seek professionals for our business services group who share these values.

The Business Intelligence Specialist is a strategic contributor to the firms Marketing and Business Development function responsible for delivering high-impact research competitive intelligence market insights that support business development initiatives client development efforts and strategic firm priorities. Sitting within the Business Development team and reporting to the Director of Business Development this role works closely with attorneys practice group leaders firm leadership Marketing and BD professionals and Knowledge Research Services to provide timely accurate and actionable intelligence on clients prospects industries and competitors.

The role also supports the firms growth initiatives by identifying market opportunities developing actionable recommendations and uncovering cross-practice expansion opportunities that strengthen client relationships and drive strategic business development efforts.

The ideal candidate combines rigorous research skills with commercial instincts and the ability to synthesize complex findings into polished executive-ready deliverables that drive decisions. Strong communication skills business acumen and the ability to work fluidly across the firm are essential.

Essential Job Requirements:

Research & Competitive Intelligence

• Research analyze and deliver intelligence on companies industries competitors key individuals and market conditions to support client meetings pitches RFPs lateral recruiting partner retreats and strategic planning.
  
• Develop SWOT analyses company profiles industry overviews biographical summaries and deal and transaction analyses that equip attorneys and BD professionals to engage clients and prospects with confidence.
  
• Leverage PitchBook Capital IQ Bloomberg Law and other premium databases to surface financial data deal flow ownership structures market trends litigation history and outside counsel intelligence relevant to the firms practice areas and target clients.
  
• Proactively monitor clients target prospects competitors and relevant industries regulatory developments and economic conditions and communicate key developments through timely alerts summaries and intelligence briefings.
  
• Monitor lateral attorney movement practice group trends and competitive talent dynamics across the legal industry; deliver timely intelligence to Recruiting and firm leadership to support expansion planning and opportunity identification.
  
• Support the Recruiting team with due diligence on lateral attorney candidates synthesizing internal data and external sources into concise executive-level profiles that inform hiring decisions.
  
• Identify trends transactions and market developments likely to generate demand for the firms services.
  
• Support conference and event strategy by delivering attendee intelligence executive profiles investor identification and prospect segmentation to optimize relationship-building and pipeline development.

Business Development Strategy Support

• Partner with BD colleagues and other requestors to clarify research needs scope assignments and deliver work product in the format most useful to the audience.
  
• Contribute intelligence and supporting analysis for key-client planning cross-selling opportunity identification and pursuit decisions.
  
• Contribute to the identification of whitespace opportunities high-value prospects and relationship pathway strategies that support revenue generation and client retention.
  
• Help develop and maintain recurring intelligence products including target lists market briefs client-growth summaries and monitoring reports.
  
• Coordinate with Knowledge Management Finance Marketing Operations and other business teams as needed to gather data and support more complex requests.

Research Tools Analytics and AI-Assisted Workflow

• Use Excel Power BI and similar tools to organize information identify patterns and create visuals that make intelligence deliverables clearer and more actionable.
  
• Use approved AI-assisted research tools and generative AI applications where appropriate to accelerate research summarize information and improve workflow efficiency while validating all outputs for quality accuracy confidentiality and relevance.
  
• Document effective prompts workflows and research approaches and share practical tips with the team to support consistent quality.
  
• Contribute to the ongoing evaluation and adoption of new research tools AI platforms data sources and technology solutions that strengthen the departments intelligence capabilities.
  
• Support the consistent and responsible use of approved AI tools within Marketing & Business Development by documenting effective workflows and applying quality-control standards.
  
• Serve as a resource to Marketing & BD colleagues on effective use of AI-assisted research workflows supporting knowledge sharing and adoption across the team.

Operations and Knowledge Assets

• Manage incoming research requests through the firms workflow process including status updates prioritization and timely delivery.
  
• Maintain templates source lists trackers watchlists and other intelligence assets to support consistency and scalability.
  
• Identify recurring request patterns and contribute ideas for converting high-frequency work into templated scalable intelligence products.

Skills Knowledge and Abilities:

• Bachelors or advanced degree required.
  
• Approximately 24 years of relevant experience in competitive intelligence business research market analysis legal research or business-development support in a law firm professional-services firm consulting environment financial-services setting or similarly research-intensive environment.
  
• Strong research skills and experience synthesizing legal business financial and market information into clear concise work product.
  
• Excellent writing editing and executive-summary skills.
  
• Experience using research platforms such as PitchBook Capital IQ Bloomberg Law LexisNexis Westlaw or similar tools.
  
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office especially Excel and PowerPoint; familiarity with Power BI Tableau or similar visualization tools preferred.
  
• Demonstrated comfort using AI-assisted research tools in a professional setting with sound judgment and strong quality-control habits.
  
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple assignments and deadlines with attention to detail.
  
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including comfort working with attorneys business professionals and senior stakeholders.
  
• Intellectual curiosity and the ability to turn ambiguous questions into decision-ready recommendations.
  
• High level of discretion and commitment to confidentiality.

Preferred

• Law firm or other professional-services experience.
  
• Familiarity with CRM and experience databases.
  
• Background in library science information science knowledge management or a related discipline.
  
• Exposure to corporate transactions litigation trends capital markets private equity/venture capital or other topics relevant to the firms core practices.

Office Location: Roseland NJ or New York NY (Hybrid)
Schedule: Full-time Monday through Friday

• NJ: 9:00 AM 5:00 PM
• NY: 9:30 AM 5:30 PM

Travel Required: None

The expected salary range for candidates meeting the requirements of this position is $100000 to $115000. The range provided is the salary that Lowenstein Sandler in good faith believes at the time of this posting that it is willing to pay for the advertised position. Exact compensation will be determined based on individual candidate qualifications and location. Our benefits package includes coverage options for medical dental vision prescription drug life insurance disability FSAs 401K and paid time off.

Disclaimers:
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities duties or responsibilities required by employee.

Lowenstein Sandler LLP is not accepting resumes from search firms for this position. Regardless of past practice all resumes submitted by search firms are to be deemed the sole property of Lowenstein Sandler LLP and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Lowenstein Sandler LLP as a result of the referral.

Lowenstein Sandler LLP is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race color gender sex age religion creed national origin ancestry citizenship marital status sexual orientation physical or mental disability medical condition veteran status gender identity genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law.