Legal Project Manager Corporate

Clifford Chance; Frankfurt; Vor Ort; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading law firm is seeking a Legal Project Manager to oversee various legal projects across multiple clients and sectors. The role involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, managing project documentation, and influencing stakeholders to adapt their working methods. Ideal candidates will have a background in project management or law, strong collaboration skills, and experience with legal technology tools. This full-time position is based in Frankfurt, supporting a diverse legal environment and global connectivity.

Leistungen

Training and development opportunities

Global community engagement

Support for external qualifications

Qualifikationen

• Experience in project management within a professional services environment.
• Law qualifications or equivalent experience in legal matter management.
• Ability to influence stakeholders positively and adapt working styles.

Aufgaben

• Assist with project documentation and track proposals.
• Apply analytical approaches to problem-solving.
• Manage planning and execution of projects effectively.
• Monitor budgets and advise on legal technology tools.
• Deliver presentations and facilitate workshops.

Kenntnisse

Collaboration

Influencing

Resilience

Networking

Ausbildung

Background in project management or law

Project management certification (desirable)

Tools

Legal technology tools

Lean Six Sigma

Prince2

Jobbeschreibung

Overview

The role

You will work day to day on a range of projects (legal matters) across multiple Clients/sectors. Multi-disciplinary teams will be made up of Trainee Lawyers, Partners, Legal Tech Advisors, Secretaries, Business Development, Billing and others who form part of a client matter or deal team. The focus of each team is to serve the Client, deliver excellent legal advice and guidance, and conclude the matter successfully.

You will need to establish strong relationships with Partners, Lawyers, Legal Support, Secretaries and Billers. You will develop sustainable relationships, understand stakeholder needs, identify ways to address those needs, and demonstrate influencing skills to deliver business objectives.

You will collaborate with other Legal Project Manager colleagues around our global network and work closely with Legal Technology Delivery Advisors, Transformation Managers, Resource Managers, Pricing Specialists and Delivery Centres professionals. We are leaders in change delivery in the legal sector and everyone who joins the team contributes to shaping a rapidly developing area of law that is critical to the Firm's strategy.

You will work directly with Clients, positively representing Clifford Chance, and, as required, work from Client site locations independently.

Responsibilities

• You will assist with the preparation of all project initiation documentation such as preparing scopes, resourcing and budget proposals for relevant matters or workstreams and then track progress against those proposals.
• You will dissect problems and processes and apply logical and analytical approaches to solving them.
• You will positively influence the individuals you work with (across a range of roles and seniority) to change and adapt their ways of working.
• You will clearly explain theoretical concepts to senior stakeholders, including Clients, and be comfortable amending your delivery approach and style.
• You will manage effective planning: over the short, medium and long term, then execute against those plans, such as documenting minutes and actions and tracking workstreams. Throughout each project you will continually assess and understand where issues are and how they can be addressed, providing pragmatic solutions to ensure the programme moves forward.
• You will identify risks, such as conflicting deadlines or lack of skills, and provide alternative solutions to mitigate the risk.
• You will monitor accruals and manage the project against agreed budgets, including scope change.
• You will advise, recommend and engage with legal technology tools available to provide support to efficiently manage your projects.
• You will demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills of working with legal technology and will be able to define requirements and set up technology to support efficient delivery.
• You will assess the activities required and ensure we are delegating appropriate tasks to Legal Project Analyst teams to efficiently manage your projects.
• You will take regular feedback and direction from colleagues and adjust and adapt your style and plans.
• You will deliver presentations and facilitate workshops and be part of the client pitch teams.
• You will work directly with Clients, positively representing Clifford Chance and, as required, working from Client site locations independently.

Qualifications / Your experience

You will either have a background in project management gained within a professional services or complex matrix environment, or you will have been a lawyer qualified or equivalent type of role with experience of (legal) matter management.

A qualification or industry-recognised certification in project management would be desirable but is not essential, as we are happy to support team members with these qualifications.

Collaboration, influencing, resilience and networking are key skills to make an impact as a Legal Project Manager within the Firm.

Additional Information

How we will support you

As a Firm we invest in training and supporting team members through their careers at the Firm. We continuously develop career structures to aid skill development and progression of team members.

We offer assistance and funding for externally recognised training qualifications, including Lean Six Sigma, Prince2 and training in change management. The nature of the work and interaction with the team will drive continuous on-the-job learning, and you will have access to our global training and development centre, the Academy.

There are Transformation teams in every region across the globe representing all change delivery disciplines, working across project management, process improvement, outsourcing, technology and pricing. You will become part of this multidisciplinary global community with structures in place to connect team members from across the globe.

The team is enriched by a wide range of knowledge and made up of people with vastly differing career backgrounds and experiences, coming from other professional services firms within the legal industry and from corporates.

Equal opportunities

At Clifford Chance we understand that our true asset is our people. Inclusion is good for our team and their families, our firm and society. We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation or age. This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment.

Our goal is to deliver equality of opportunity, equality of aspiration and equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm.

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Remote Work: No

Employment Type: Full-time

Key Skills: Diploma, Crew Management, Flight Operations, Front Office Management, Law

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1