Senior Project Manager - Bristol, United Kingdom - Harcourt Matthews Ltd

Harcourt Matthews Ltd

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Bristol, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Senior Project Manager

Bristol

£60,000 - £70,000+ Bonus & benefits

The Company

Due to continued growth and success, this international law firmhas an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Manager to join them.

This award-winning firm is known for being welcoming and supportive of their employees - business services and lawyers / traineesalike.

Known for being international legal experts in sectors such as digital business, energy, financial services, life sciences, real estate, retail and more, they have represented many household names.

Having also won an award for Best Law Firm for LegalTech, we are now delighted to support the recruitment of a Senior Project Manager to manage and mentor a team of Project Managers to deliver successful projects across an array of areas, whilst engaging stakeholders and taking responsibility for the successfuldelivery of projects.

Key Responsibilities of the Senior Project Manager

Defining project scope, goals and deliverables that support the business in achieving their desired business outcomes
Ensuring successful delivery of projects to agreed timelines and budget and ensuring ongoing achievability of planned benefits
Drafting and submitting business cases, taking into consideration the holistic people, process and technology change required to deliver on the desired strategic goals & business outcomes
Developing budget proposals and subsequent budget changes where necessary
Developing and managing fullscale, integrated project plans, including the identification and management of interdependencies and the critical path
Delivering progress reports, proposals and presentations to ensure that key governance forums and stakeholders are able to make effective decisions, in a timely manner and that critical risks and issues are escalated as appropriate
Coaching, motivating and supervising project delivery teams (including third parties), influencing them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work
Conducting project washups and creating recommendations reports in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements

Skills & Attributes of the Senior Project Manager

An experience Project Manager with a proven track record of delivering complex projects
A focus on delivering tangible business outcomes, with a clear view for how change fits in to the broader business agenda
A full and complete understanding of the technical project life cycle to facilitate the tangible delivery of business benefits & outcomes
An approach that recognises the criticality of change management and benefits management (alongside project management) in successfully delivering sustainable business change
Persuasive, encouraging and motivating with strong interpersonal and written/oral communication skills

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.