Senior Legal Project Manager GFM

The role

Clifford Chance US is seeking a full time Senior Legal Project Manager to play a key role in delivering complex legal services within the Americas Global Financial Markets (GFM) practice. The Firm has embedded Legal Project Management to various practice areas focusing on continuous improvement and innovative technology to enhance client outcomes. This role will be located in our New York office and reports to the Practice Area Manager Global Financial Markets with a dotted line to the Director of Legal Project Management.

The Senior Legal Project Manager will be responsible for strategically planning and building demand in the GFM practice area deploying resources and implementing best practices for large mandates. Additionally the role will actively participate in client matters track workstreams manage budgets and enhance the client experience through efficient project management. This role requires bringing new ideas and expertise to navigate a rapidly evolving legal landscape.

Responsibilities:

• Support partners and senior stakeholders in complex matters with the opportunity to drive deliver and implement outstanding project management.
• Responsible for developing and coaching project management best practices.
• Assist and attend client pitches providing a compelling explanation of how the firm will effectively manage the project to time cost and quality.
• Assist with the preparation of all project initiation documentation such as preparing scope resourcing and budget proposals for relevant matters or workstreams and then tracking progress against those proposals.
• Dissect problems and processes and apply logical and analytical approaches to solving them.
• Influencing stakeholders (across a range of roles and seniority) to change and adapt their ways of working.
• Explain theoretical concepts to senior stakeholders including clients and be comfortable amending your delivery approach and style.
• Manage effective planning over the short medium and long term then execute against those plans such as documenting minutes actions and tracking workstreams. 
• Continually assess and understand where issues are and how they can be addressed and then provide and implement pragmatic solutions to ensure the programme moves forward.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of best practices tools and processes that enhance the efficiency and quality of our legal services
• Identifying risks such as conflicting deadlines or a lack of skills and then provide alternative solutions to mitigate the risk.
• Monitor accruals and manage the project against agreed budgets including scope change.
• Responsible for influencing and integrating new ways of working to improve service delivery.
• Responsible for allocating project management work and tasks for specific matters to the appropriate resources within the Legal Project Management function.
• Advise and engage with legal technology tools available to provide support to efficiently manage your projects.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders with the ability to accept regular feedback and direction and adjust and adapt your style and plans as needed.
• Deliver presentations and facilitate workshops and form part of the client pitch and relationship teams as needed.
• Work directly with clients positively representing Clifford Chance US LLP and as required work from client site locations independently.
• Build strong and deep client relationships through your activities on client projects and/or client relationship teams contributing towards delivering the firms strategic priorities for the.

Qualifications :

Your experience

• Must have a strong background in project management preferably in a professional services or complex matrix environment or extensive experience in matter management as a lawyer.
• A bachelors degree is required; a JD M.B.A. or equivalent advanced degree is preferred.
• A qualification or industryrecognized certification in project or program management is preferred (e.g. PMP Six Sigma).
• Proven ability to collaborate influence and build internal networks at all levels of an organization.
• Must be professional personable and mature with the ability to work appropriately with people at all levels of the organization including senior stakeholders. Must be able to foster enhance and contribute to the team environment.
• Must have strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Skilled communicator able to convince and articulate verbally and in writing.
• Must keep abreast of market developments pertaining to the practice area and develop a deep understanding of the practice areas offerings clients and markets.
• Must have strong proficiency in Microsoft applications and project management software (collaboration tools PowerBi legal tech applications).
• Must be able to adhere and comply with the Firms Agile Working Policy which requires employees to work from the office at least three days each calendar week.
• Ability to work outside of core business hours as needed.
• Must be independently and legally authorized to work in the United States.

Clifford Chance US LLP offers a comprehensive benefits and compensation package. The salary range for this role is $170000 $190000. Actual salary will be commensurate with the candidates qualifications and relevant experience.

Additional Information :

Equal opportunities statement

It has been and continues to be the Firms policy to provide equal opportunity and equal terms and conditions of employment to all employees and applicants for employment without discrimination on the basis of race religion color national origin sex age marital status sexual orientation gender identity or expression citizenship status immigration status pregnancy disability veteran status genetic predisposition or any other status protected by law.

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