IT Procurement Manager

Pinsent Masons Llp; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent law firm is looking for a Technology Business Partner who will work closely with various practice groups to support technology-enabling projects and drive innovation. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in similar roles, excellent stakeholder management skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with both technical and non-technical teams. This position offers flexible working arrangements and opportunities for travel across the UK and internationally.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a similar Technology Business Partner or Product Solutions role.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship skills.
• Experience working closely with Technology Delivery teams.
• Ability to make informed decisions for key stakeholders.
• Experience managing multiple workstreams with various teams.
• Demonstrable commerciality regarding tech innovations.

Responsibilities

• Support technology-enabling projects in assigned practice business plans.
• Drive innovation to aid transformation across practice groups.
• Adapt to various clients and influence decision-making.
• Clarify expectations and support problem resolutions.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Relationship skills

Consultative advisory style

Cross-functional teamwork

Commercial awareness

Job description

Role Overview

Here at Pinsent Masons we bring together the best people to get the job done. We're naturally curious, constantly learning, listening, and growing. We'll truly value your ideas. You'll be joining an award‑winning, hardworking and commercially minded team, where you'll have the opportunity to work with leading experts and form meaningful relationships, while making a difference. You'll get the opportunity to be involved in varied and challenging work. Working in an open and supportive environment, to deliver outstanding results. Our people are our success, and we work as one team.

As standard we operate a 35‑hour working week, Monday to Friday, and as an inclusive employer we are willing to consider any flexible working requests.

The Technology Business Partners are the front‑line evangelists of the Technology Solutions team, and will work with their assigned group(s) to support all technology‑enabling projects in their assigned practice business plans or drive innovation to help transformation.

This role can be based out of any of our UK offices but will require travel to other offices across the UK and possibly internationally to support your practice groups where required.

Candidate Overview

• Extensive experience in a similar Technology Business Partner, Technology Change or Product Solutions role – supporting the use of current technology solutions and driving innovation within our practice groups and for our clients.
• Able to evidence excellent stakeholder management and relationship skills – this role is a true partnering role and requires a consultative / advisory style with the ability to adapt to different individuals / clients and influence and challenge where appropriate.
• Experience working closely with Technology Delivery teams, to support projects, liaising and clarifying expectations, supporting testing and problem resolutions.
• Ability to make informed decisions about what key stakeholders / clients will find most useful for their areas, knowing who to speak to and how to engage that individual.
• Experience managing multiple workstreams with various cross‑functional teams including non‑technical partners.
• Demonstrable commerciality – able to consider / prove return on investment and business impact of any new tech innovations.

What Happens Next?

Once your application has been submitted and reviewed, our Recruitment team will share the outcome with you by email.

We typically hold two interview stages per vacancy providing the opportunity to meet two members of the hiring team at each stage. The first stage is typically conducted virtually and the second stage typically in person at the office in which the role would be based. We strive to remain flexible depending on the requirements of the role or the candidate.

EEO Statement

We are a Disability Confident and top Stonewall employer, a Valuable 500 member, a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking. It's with different perspectives that we'll find solutions to our clients' most complex challenges. It's how we'll deliver outstanding results today, and tomorrow. We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents.