Client Operations & Legal Project Manager

Ropes & Gray LLP; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Ropes & Gray LLP seeks a Manager for the Client Operations Services & Legal Project Management team in a hybrid on-site role. You will guide lawyers, clients and staff on matter management best practices, align delivery with practice priorities, and drive efficiency through scoping, budgeting, data reporting and knowledge sharing.

You will collaborate with partners, finance, BD, and IT to design tools that communicate costs and risks, implement technology solutions, and support large, complex

Qualifications

• Maintains strict confidentiality of firm information and billing.
• Builds relationships and collaborates across practice groups.
• Communicates solutions within a legal project management framework.
• Willingness to travel and work across multiple offices.

Responsibilities

• Develops understanding of practice priorities and aligns support with them.
• Leads client relationship and practice group support with analysts and infrastructure.
• Implements processes and tools addressing client priorities.
• Maintains resources to communicate cost and scope of legal work.
• Advocates for PM practices including scoping, budgeting, reporting.
• Collaborates with peers to design innovative solutions for lawyers and clients.
• Uses data storytelling to analyze metrics and inform recommendations.

Skills

Confidentiality

Relationship building

Client-focused

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree

J.D. or MBA preferred

Job description

Ropes & Gray LLP seeks a Manager for the Client Operations Services & Legal Project Management team in a hybrid on-site role. You will guide lawyers, clients and staff on matter management best practices, align delivery with practice priorities, and drive efficiency through scoping, budgeting, data reporting and knowledge sharing.

You will collaborate with partners, finance, BD, and IT to design tools that communicate costs and risks, implement technology solutions, and support large, complex