Legal Project Manager

BIRD & BIRD; London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A global law firm is seeking a dynamic Legal Project Manager to support their Legal Project Delivery team. This role involves guiding complex matters, enhancing communication with stakeholders, and ensuring efficient project delivery. Ideal candidates will have project management experience, strong IT skills, and a proactive approach. The position offers the opportunity to work closely with clients and manage multiple workstreams in a vibrant team environment.

Qualifications

• Self-motivated and proactive with strong attention to detail.
• Very organised and able to prioritise effectively.
• Ability to lead project update meetings.

Responsibilities

• Support matter fee earners on complex matters.
• Build relationships with stakeholders across the firm.
• Act as a point of contact for clients.

Skills

Project management experience

Stakeholder engagement

Attention to detail

Excellent IT skills

Education

APM qualified or similar

Tools

Excel

Legal tech platforms

Job description

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The opportunity

An opportunity has arisen for a dynamic Legal Project Manager (LPM) to be a part of our global Legal Project Delivery (LPD) team. The LPD team are client facing and work with lawyers and other support teams to enhance our delivery of legal matters via the application of legal project management and process optimisation.

The Legal Project Manager will support the team in driving the delivery of the team's strategy. It is a dynamic role that will provide an opportunity to work with key stakeholders within the firm as well as directly with our clients. The primary focus of this role will be on the legal project management service line but with some cross over with the process optimisation team. The successful candidate will work as part of high-performance team, demonstrating communication and coordination skills and the ability to effectively multi-task and manage stakeholder expectations.

The Team

Bird & Bird's Global Legal Project Delivery team comprises qualified legal project managers and process design specialists who are integrated into our matter delivery teams to support colleagues and clients across our 32 offices to ensure we are delivering legal matters in the most efficient way possible.

We are a diverse, energised team, focussed on service and dedicated to ensuring the seamless integration of strategic planning, design, technology and collaboration, ensuring optimal client outcomes while maximising operational effectiveness and fostering a culture of innovation within the legal world. We work extensively across the network and seek candidates who are keen to engage internationally and make wider contributions both internally and externally.

What you'll do

• Support matter fee earners on complex matters by guiding them through best practice approaches at each stage of the matter lifecycle
• Build relationships with stakeholders across the firm, ensuring open communication and knowledge sharing
• Coach junior team members and provide guidance and support where required
• Act as a point of contact for clients, setting agendas for, and leading, regular project meetings and tracking action points through to completion
• Support fee earners in effectively scoping matters and applying the most appropriate resource model
• Develop and maintain bespoke project trackers and reporting templates where required to best meet client requirements
• Managing risks and scope creep throughout the life of a matter
• Coordinate multiple parties, across practice group and jurisdictions as required
• Facilitate effective communication between all stakeholders, including regular lessons learned reviews
• Actively monitor fees and provide regular internal and external financial reporting
• Encourage sharing of ideas and promote a collaborative working environment
• Contribute to business development efforts, which may include presenting at client seminars, internal training sessions, or informal networking events, helping to raise the team's and firm's profile
• Line management responsibilities may be introduced, involving oversight of junior team members' development, performance, and day-to-day support when appropriate.

About you

• Project management experienced gained in a law firm or professional services firm, that equips you to perform the role with minimal supervision.
• APM qualified or similar
• Self-motivated and proactive with strong attention to detail
• Excellent IT skills, in particular Excel
• Familiar with various legal tech platforms and ability to learn quickly
• Very organised and able to prioritise effectively
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and coordinate stakeholders across practice groups and jurisdictions
• Resilient, efficiency oriented and solutions driven
• Stakeholder engagement and management experience
• Ability to confidently communicate at all levels, written and verbal, internally and with clients
• Ability to lead project update meetings
• Flexible approach with ability to adapt processes to suit specific requirements
• Supervisory experience a plus

The main responsibilities of this role are outlined above; however, this description is not exhaustive, and the job holder may be required to undertake additional duties from time to time to ensure the smooth running of the department. The role may require some working outside our normal working hours of 9:30am- 5:30pm.

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