Legal Project Manager

This job is brought to you by Jobs/Redefined, the UK's leading over-50s age inclusive jobs board. Department : Legal Project Management Duration : Permanent Location : London/Milton Keynes/Edinburgh/Glasgow/Hybrid Reports to : Head of LPM Reference Number : 7428 Role Purpose The legal services market is experiencing a period of notable change, determined by growing expectations, technological development, and an evolving competitor marketplace. Increasingly our clients are approaching us to provide innovative solutions to enable them improve efficiency, reduce risk, and gain strategic advantages. Accordingly, we have an opportunity for a Legal Project Manager to join our Legal Project Management (LPM) team, reporting to the Head of LPM. This role will support our offices across the UK, Ireland and Middle East. Our LPM Team sits with the newly created Solutions function together with the Innovation, Legal Delivery Centre (LDC) and eDisclosure teams. Solutions supports initiatives designed to improve Practice Group productivity and profitability, and alongside our Practice Groups and Helix, support the development of client facing products or services, particularly AI enabled, enhancing the overall client experience. The LPM work alongside our legal delivery teams in a client facing role. You will work closely with Partners, matter teams and clients to oversee and co-ordinate the delivery of legal work to solve client's complex legal challenges. Our goal is to focus on all aspects of delivery, process improvement and innovation, providing clients with an exemplary level of service throughout the full matter lifecycle. We are looking for a motivated candidate from either a legal or professional services consulting background who has experience in delivering complex projects and implementing change. Duties & Responsibilities Provide high quality project management and consulting support and work closely with Partners and Associates across the various practice groups within Dentons. Provide our legal teams and clients with expert knowledge on the use of LPM tools and techniques. Work closely with senior stakeholders across the full lifecycle of matters to define scope, design governance structures, build and set up budgets, conduct planning, monitor progress and financials, conduct risk management, manage resources, and work allocation, control scope change and complete reporting. Communicate with Partners, matter teams and clients as required. Analyse planned vs actual performance at a profitability and margin level and identify opportunities for improvements. Understand process, technology, people, and data trends and identify and implement improvements into working practices. Collaborate with other departments involved in the delivery process; notably Business Development, Innovation, Accounts, IT (Information Technology) & Practice Development. Provide matter teams with LPM knowledge and support with tools, templates, and legal tech systems. Contribute to the continuous development and improvement of LPM methodologies and processes; build significant working relationships with stakeholders and identify opportunities to grow LPM within the Firm. Evaluate existing contract management processes, systems, and strategies to identify areas for improvement. Assist in the design or improvement of contract management processes to increase efficiency, reduce risk, and improve compliance. Role Requirements A good academic record, preferably of graduate level. Substantial project/process management experience gained within a financial or professional services environment or Legal Project Management experience gained within a global law firm. Highly organised and proactive with the ability to prioritise and evaluate tasks in a progressive and collaborative environment. Enhanced attention to detail. Strong budgeting and numeracy skills. Effective communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to confidently interact at all levels. Ability to think strategically and pragmatically whilst being willing to challenge and question assumptions and propose alternative solutions to problems. Competent with MS Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) and receptive to the use of modern technology.

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