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Our international Law Firm client is seeking to recruit a Legal Project Manager to oversee practice operations, client pipeline management and legal project management for the firm’s global private equity practice.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee day to day department operations, manage the client mandate pipeline and oversee project planning and delivery
- Work closely with the managing partner, business development and marketing leadership and other key stakeholders to ensure all critical projects are delivered within scope and budget
- Develop project plans, criteria, budgets and delivery deadlines
- Monitor ongoing project status and document project status updates
- Prepare and deliver project status reports for firm senior management
- Coordinate and run weekly project meetings and delegate project responsibilities
- Serve a the key adviser to the managing partner on all strategic planning and practice operational initiatives
- Analyze budgets and variances
- Analyze key metrics and data and assist in creating reporting dashboards
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- PMP, PMI or Prince2 certification preferred
- 5+ years’ legal project management or practice management experience
- Advanced full-lifecycle project management and project delivery experience
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively with and influence key internal and external stakeholders
- Advanced technology skills – Excel, PowerPoint, BI tools, etc.
- Highly motivated and detail oriented with a strong ability to delegate project responsibilities and manage tight deadlines
- Exceptional client service skills
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