PERMANENT: Project Manager - Magic Circle Law Firm (ref: DM4378), High Profile Business Improvement Programme, £70,000 - £75,000
Project Manager -
Magic Circle Law Firm (ref: DM4378)
High Profile Business
Improvement Programme
PERMANENT,
£70,000 - £75,000,
Our Client is a leading, Magic
Circle, global Law Firm with an outstanding reputation for delivering high
value, high quality and innovative Professional Services to leading
institutions globally.
They have an internal Business
Improvement function which provides consulting support and project management
delivery for firm-wide initiatives working with Senior Lawyers.
The focus is on improving the efficiency of their deals
with clients; these are large complex programmes in their own right with great
scope for improvements in the way they are handled.
The Legal Project Manager will be
responsible for supporting large complex pieces of client work and bringing
about business process improvement in the firm.
- Leading
the work to scope, structure and plan different projects on behalf of
practices/functions.
- Managing
delivery of requirements to plan from set-up to close
- Working
with the Head of Project Services to ensure proper governance, control and
monitoring of projects;
- Providing
ad hoc consultancy advice and assistance to other projects (e.g. in
relation to change management, budgeting, communications, implementation)
- Supporting the building of the firm's project management capability (e.g. via training or other best practice initiatives).
- Providing coordination between clients and the internal
team for reporting and communications
The ideal candidate will be sharp and incisive, able to
thrive in a demanding professional and intellectual milieu, having had some
experience in a top tier consulting environment.
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Top Tier Consulting background
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Experience of delivering large scale,
multi-functional, multi-geography projects within a world-class organisation
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Specialist knowledge of one or more relevant
project management skills / disciplines (e.g. change management, risk analysis)
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Experience in overcoming "barriers to
progress", and reaching mutually acceptable outcomes with multiple
difficult stakeholders