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Legal Project Manager - London, United Kingdom - Harcourt Matthews Ltd

Harcourt Matthews Ltd

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Legal Project Manager

London

£75,000 - £85,000+ Bonus & benefits

The Company

An opportunity has been created for a Legal Project Manager to provide a high-quality project management services aligned to a specific practice group.

This is a business-facing role and so proven stakeholder management, and communication skills are of criticalimportance.

The firm is a leading global £multi-billion turnover Legal Professional Services group, operating within the UK, Europe, US and Asia-PAC markets.

They have developed an enviable reputation for outstanding professional services and delivering innovativeproducts & service solutions. Enjoying continued growth through service and market development, the business delivers challenging assignments for a worldwide blue-chip client base.

Key Responsibilities of the Legal Project Manager

Providing Project Management support on large scale legal projects within the firm's legal project management service offering
Coaching junior legal project managers with regards to their technical delivery on projects
Providing legal project management input for client pitches relating to arbitration, and attending client pitches or presentations as required
Raising awareness of how the LPM capability can support the business by ensuring regular attendance at business group meetings and other appropriate internal forums

Skills & Attributes of the Legal Project Manager

Minimum 4 years of experience in a professional services environment, ideally within a law firm
Qualified within a Project Management certification is highly desirable
Proven project delivery experience, and experience of change management, ideally within the legal industry
Highly motivated individual with a proactive, pragmatic and resilient approach
Ability to build credibility quickly amongst team members and key stakeholders, and establish themselves as a trusted advisor
Excellent at building, maintaining, and leveraging relationships to support both team and firm objectives
Excellent communicator with ability to engage effectively with stakeholders of all seniorities to facilitate business outcomes

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.