Senior Consultant (3-month FTC)

Pinsent Masons; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in Manchester seeks a Senior Consultant who will build the consultancy practice and support end-to-end CLM implementation projects. The role involves developing strategic relationships, managing client engagements, and providing thought leadership. Candidates should have strong communication skills and hands-on technical abilities, with experience managing multiple projects. This position offers flexible working arrangements and a range of benefits.

Benefits

Agile working

Carers leave

Contributory pension

Private healthcare

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience managing multiple projects and tight deadlines.
• Confident presenting to stakeholders and conducting workshops.
• Collaborative team player with commercial awareness.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic insight and thought leadership.
• Develop templates and online tools for consultancy.
• Manage project planning and technical delivery.

Skills

Advanced written / verbal communications

Creative thinker

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Technical skills

Project planning

Organisational skills

Ability to influence stakeholders

Fluency in French, German or Spanish

Tools

Eclipse

.NET

High Availability

Data Management

Oracle

DynamoDB

Neo4j

Redshift

IP Networking

Job description

Senior Consultant (3-month FTC)

Manchester

Role Overview

Vario is a market leading alternative legal services provider within the law firm Pinsent Masons. Vario is a practice group within Pinsent Masons which incorporates; Flexible Services Consulting and Technology Legal Project Management and Managed Legal Services (MLS).

The Senior Consultant will be instrumental in building the consultancy practice developing strategic client relationships identifying new opportunities and converting opportunities into chargeable engagements.

A significant part of the role is to support end-to-end CLM implementation projects. The Senior Consultant will be expected to operate independently when required and be confident in first contact situations taking a lead role in client engagements throughout the full relationship lifecycle.

This role will focus on :

• Provide strategic insight and though leadership to the consultancy practice
• Develop procedures methodologies templates and online tools
• Represent the firm at external forums and engage with legal / consulting communities
• Conduct research on client needs competitors and products
• Identify sales opportunities and build lasting client relationships
• Create promotional content storyboards and demo prototypes
• Support RFP processes with written / visual content and formal presentations
• Prepare and present proposals for consultancy services
• Facilitate workshops kick-off meetings and requirements gathering
• Define scope KPIs and lead design discussions
• Coordinate internal resources and engage third-party providers
• Manage project planning implementation and technical delivery (CLM automation portals Microsoft apps)
• Ensure stakeholder communication and validate deliverables
• Oversee post-delivery handover reporting and service improvement
• Develop case studies and contribute to promotional content
• Build client relationships and act as trusted advisor on technology adoption
• Manage mid-to-large client engagements end-to-end
• Supervise workstreams and ensure delivery to agreed plan cost and quality

Our standard working hours are 9.00am-5.00pm however we are happy to consider flexible working requests.

Candidate Overview

We are looking for candidates who ideally hold the following skills and experience :

• Advanced written / verbal communications; confident presenting to stakeholders
• Creative thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to influence and build trust with internal / external stakeholders
• Hands on technical skills
• Strong project planning and organisational skills; detailorientated
• Experience managing multiple projects risks and tight deadlines
• Collaborative team player with commercial awareness
• Fluency in French German or Spanish would be an advantage

What can we offer you

• Agile working (the opportunity to work from home subject to diary commitments)
• Carers leave (up to five paid days leave towards caring responsibilities)
• 25 days annual leave entitlement and the opportunity to purchase or roll over 5 days
• Contributory pension of up to 5%
• Private healthcare policy
• Death in service cover (4 x base salary)
• Eligibility to apply for an interest free season ticket loan an interest free gym membership loan and / or an interest free rental deposit loan
• Cycle to work scheme

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. However we strive to remain flexible depending on the requirements of the role or the candidate.

Our strength lies in our differences.

We are a Disability Confident and top Stonewall employer a Valuable 500 member a founding member of the Mindful Business Charter 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. Its with different perspectives that well find solutions to our clients most complex challenges. Its how well deliver outstanding results today and want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents.

Our in-house recruiter Victoria Greaves would be happy to have an informal chat about this role provide this job advert or our application form in an alternative format and / or discuss any reasonable adjustments to be made either during the recruitment process or after offer stage. You can contact Victoria by emailing

Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

Eclipse,Disaster Recovery,.NET,High Availability,Redshift,Data Management,IP Networking,Neo4j,Data Warehouse,Pre-sales,Oracle,DynamoDB

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1