Senior Legal Project Manager

One of the world's leading Law Firms with over 800 lawyers and revenues in excess of $1bn are looking for an accomplished Senior Legal project Manager to join their growing team.

Based in the US. The Senior LPM will work with the Legal Project Management team to support lawyers in managing the Firm's business and clients through early-stage matter engagement and budgeting, on-going matter lifecycle support.

The successful candidate will work closely with professionals across the Firm's Business Services teams to support the continued development of the Firm's legal operations strategic objectives.

Day to day duties:

• Scoping and developing budgets across multiple practice areas
• Manage large-scale matter management and budget monitoring projects
• Leveraging a variety of tools to extract, analyze, and present data
• Ensure clients receive accurate budgets and progress reports
• Identify issues or opportunities, tracking them through to resolution
• Partner with Pricing, Financial Planning & Analysis, Client Operations, and other Business Services teams to provide project support
• Collaborate with Knowledge Management, Practice Management, and Information Services to support practice innovation initiatives
• Train, coach, and mentor junior team members

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree preferred
• JD and/or law practice experience preferred but not essential
• PMP or Prince 2 Certification appreciated
• Previous experience with data analysis and reporting tools
• Excellent interpersonal, customer service and communication skills

Please contact Simon Taylor to discuss this role further.