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Our elite global Law Firm client is seeking to recruit a Legal Project Manager to provide project management support the firm’s global private equity practice focused on the development, execution and delivery of complex client-focused projects to drive new business development and revenue growth.
Responsibilities:
- Develop, execute and deliver complex client-focused projects focused on driving new business development and revenue growth
- Develop strong relationship with clients and internal stakeholders
- Own projects including defining and prioritizing objectives, coordinating with and updating stakeholders on progress and driving projects to delivery
- Identify project risks, develop contingency plans and manage changes to projects plans
- Work closely with partners, colleagues and key firm stakeholders to execute complex engagement letters including pricing and project scoping
- Develop subject matter workstreams for new clients during the onboarding process and educate colleagues on deliverables and responsibilities
- Diagnose problems with existing legal matters/engagements and develop solutions to get them back on track
- Assist with high-volume domestic and international transactions simultaneously across multiple time zones and with varying deadlines
- Create and implement processes and tools to track and manage project delivery
- Develop resource plans and estimates for specific projects
- Analyze, monitor and report on project budgets
- Analyze data and metrics to determine project success
- Develop after action reports for process improvement planning
- Work with technology teams on project delivery efficiency, dashboards and other execution planning
- Track and record time spend so clients can be billed accordingly
- Manage and delegate tasks for junior team members
Requirements:
- 5+ years of project management experience at a peer law firm or professional services firm
- Legal project management experience supporting a private equity practice strongly preferred
- Demonstrated experience manager the full project lifecycle – scoping, pricing, budgeting, resource planning, engagement letters and delivery
- Client-facing experience and strong relationship management skills required
- Ability to handle changing priorities in a fast-paced deadline driven environment
- Experience working on a global team with simultaneous projects across multiple time zones
- Ability and willingness to work overtime and long hours as required
- Advanced MS Word and Excel
- Experience with MS Project or Visio preferred
- Bachelor’s Degree
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