Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager
London
£80,000 - £100,000 + Bonus & benefits

The Company
As an international Magic Circle law firm, this business has built an enviable reputation for advising on high-profile and ground-breaking global transactions for a portfolio of blue-chip clients. Offering a renowned professional service, technical excellence and commercial awareness, the firm prides itself on a practical and constructive approach to legal issues. Due to expansion across several key vertical markets, the firm is currently seeking a Senior Project Manager to deliver a variety of high-profile client facing projects.

Key Responsibilities of the Senior Project Manager

• Driving delivery of client facing projects in most efficient manner; challenging & considering alternative methods of delivery
• Setting up & maintaining project management tools & processes
• Providing project management support across all workstreams
• Assisting with pitches & client presentations
• Meeting with senior stakeholders to scope matter, create financial agreements, assist with resourcing, engage third parties & consider suitable technologies
• Assisting with planning, including client requirements, kick off & team briefing meetings & ensuring third parties are engaged as part of the process
• Managing matter throughout project lifecycle, providing guidance & oversight on scope, financials, planning, resourcing & ensuring a continuous focus on creating efficiencies & value add considerations
• Providing training to embed a firm-specific approach to client facing project management
• Assisting with the drive to implement the strategic goals of the team

Skills & Attributes of the Senior Project Manager

• You will be an experienced Project Manager, ideally from the legal sector, management consulting or other professional services
• Ideally you will have a recognised Project Management qualification (PRINCE 2, AMP or PMP)
• A track record of advising, influencing, and supporting key stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including networking and working with senior stakeholders to articulate the value of LPM
• Ability to challenge the status quo

Applications can only be considered from those eligible to live & work in the UK without restriction.

Harcourt Matthews is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Our divisions include: Legal Operations (Legal Tech and Legal Project Management, LPM, Operations Project Managers, Change, Innovation and Process Improvement); Accounting & Finance (Part and fully qualified Accountants); Pricing & Strategy; Pfi/PPP & FM.

Harcourt Matthews is committed to diversity and inclusion. We value and encourage applications from all ethnicities and welcome everyone regardless of social background, disability, gender identity, and orientation. Diversity benefits us all and challenges our assumptions.

Keywords: LPM, Legal Project Manager, Law firm, Professional Services, management consultant, consulting

Ref: BHJOB3543_5743