IT Project Manager - Maternity Cover 14 Months FTC

Charles Russell Speechlys; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Charles Russell Speechlys is seeking an IT Project Manager to join the Information Technology team. You will oversee planning, execution, and delivery of IT projects, coordinating cross‑functional resources and ensuring alignment with organisational objectives.

Hybrid working model with focus on stakeholder communication, risk management, and delivering projects on time and within budget. Experience in the legal sector tech and proficiency with MS Project and Office tools are desirable.

Qualifications

• Providing comprehensive project plans, detailing scope, budgets, timescales and resources.
• Translating business requirements into project deliverables and successful delivery.
• Experience managing a diverse portfolio including application development and infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of MS Project and Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive project plans with input from technical resources.
• Analyse and refine business requirements and translate into project requirements.
• Liaise between the firm and IT to deliver technical solutions.
• Manage project risks, budgets and stakeholder communications.
• Ensure smooth handover of projects into production and post‑project analysis.

Skills

Project leadership

Process mapping

Stakeholder communication

Team management

Education

Price Foundation / Practitioner qualifications

Tools

MS Project

MS Office

iManage

SharePoint

Active Directory

Messaging

Virtualisation

LAN/WAN

Job description

The IT Project Manager position is an integral part of the Information Technology team, reporting directly to the IT Technical Portfolio Project Manager. This role is pivotal in overseeing the planning, execution, and delivery of IT projects, ensuring they are aligned with organisational objectives and completed within the established timelines and budget constraints. The IT Project Manager will lead cross‑functional teams, efficiently manage project resources, and maintain clear and effective communication with stakeholders to ensure the successful achievement of project goals.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Providing comprehensive project plans, taking input from technical and firmwide resources, detailing scope, roles, responsibilities, budgets, timescales and resources
• Analysing, refining and liaising on business requirements, translating these into project requirements and successful project delivery
• Analysing business operations to understand their strengths and weaknesses, and identifying opportunities to automate processes and functions
• Liaising between the firm and IT in order to provide technical solutions that meet user needs
• Assisting in the business process redesign and documentation as needed for new technology
• Selling the benefits of projects to relevant sections of the firm to gain commitment
• Obtaining sign off from sponsors of projects and key contacts within the firm
• Providing regular communication to stakeholders throughout the project life cycle
• Identifying, analysing, measuring, managing and communicating project risks
• Ensuring that key milestones are completed on time and in accordance with defined requirements and agreed budgets
• Assigning tasks to the various people involved in the project
• Managing the competing profiles of multiple projects
• Ensuring the smooth handover of the project into production
• Carrying out a post project analysis
• Educate the IT department on the direction of the business
• Experience in running a diverse portfolio of projects including application development, software configuration and implementation, infrastructure deployment, office moves etc
• Good IT skills, in particular legal software including the following Document Management, Practice Management, Conflict Checking and Billing Systems
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office business applications, including MS Project
• Desirable knowledge of technologies such as iManage/ Sharepoint/ Active Directory/ Messaging/ Virtualisation/ LAN and WANs
• Price Foundation or Practitioner qualifications are highly desirable

Person specification

• Able to deal with conflicting requirements
• Broad technical understanding and the ability to communicate with technical staff
• Excellent process mapping skills
• An understanding of the legal sector
• Proven project leadership skills

Hybrid working

We adopt a hybrid and flexible working approach, dependent on the requirements of the role and subject to manager approval.

Charles Russell Speechlys is an Equal Opportunities Employer, and we are committed to developing an increasingly diverse, inclusive and supportive culture where everyone can be themselves, feel valued, and that they can thrive and belong. Please see here for more information on our employee‑led DEI Networks.

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