Legal Project Manager - Innovation and Business Change

Digital Data Foundation; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal firm in Greater London is seeking an experienced Legal Project Manager to oversee the delivery of complex client matters. The ideal candidate will possess a degree, ideally with project management accreditation, and have a strong track record in managing client-facing projects. This role involves coordinating project management activities, establishing solid relationships with partners, and ensuring best practices in project delivery. The firm offers hybrid working options and an excellent salary with benefits.

Benefits

Excellent salary

Hybrid working options

Benefits package

Qualifications

• Degree qualified with preferably a Project management professional accreditation.
• Experience in managing client-facing, complex matters.
• Strong facilitation and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Set up matters for success from planning to delivery.
• Manage and communicate risks and dependencies.
• Build relationships with partners across the firm.

Skills

Project management

Client-facing skills

Analytical skills

Presentation skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree qualification

Project management professional accreditation

Job description

Legal Project Manager - Innovation and Business Change

Job Openings Legal Project Manager - Innovation and Business Change

About the job Legal Project Manager - Innovation and Business Change

Legal Project Manager

Innovation & Business Change

£ Excellent Salary + Benefits – London / Hybrid Working

James CarreraofDigital Data Foundation is sourcing an experienced Legal Project Manager for an International Law firm, to work across five practice groups and own how they deliver complex client matters - having a direct impact on improving service quality.

Responsibilities

Set matters up for success from initial scoping, planning, delivery, mobilisation to lessons learnt, applying best practice project management to complex matters, delivering to quality, on time and on budget

• Co-ordinate project management activity across matters; Control and monitor and communicate with key stakeholders in real time and accurately
• Manage risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.
• Identify opportunities and challenges from an early stage
• Demonstrate value and financial savings in effective matter delivery
• Work with fee earners to deliver complex legal matters based on best practice project management
• Collaborate cross functionally to maintain an impeccable reputation for delivery across the firm
• Build credible relationships with Partners across the firm
• Coach fee earners in applying the Service Excellence and best practice
• Collaborate with our Marketing & Business Development team to identify opportunities

Experience

Degree qualified with (ideally) a Project management professional accreditation, you will have time served in similar and progressive roles and evidence skills in Consulting, coaching and advisory;

• Project management of client-facing, complex matters in either; a professional services firm or leading international firm or in-house legal function
• Excellent client and internal stakeholder management
• Strong facilitation and presentation skills
• A genuine passion and aptitude for new and developing technology.
• Good analytical skills, to produce engaging, concise, and timely reports
• Ability to influence and strong personal presence