Senior Legal Project Manager Global Financial Markets

Clifford Chance is the world\’s largest fully integrated law firm committed to leadership and innovation in legal service. We are global market leaders in all major areas of legal advice and a significant element of our strategy is to attract and retain the best people by investing in developing and nurturing our talent.

Clifford Chance is committed to delivering our clients the best-in-class legal service. We recognize that achieving this relates to the quality of our legal advice and how we provide our advice to clients, which is why efficient and effective delivery is critical to our strategy. We apply innovative technology, embed a culture of continuous improvement, and deploy efficient resources to improve outcomes for the firm and our clients.

We have established cross-functional teams in key locations comprising Legal Project Managers, Resource Managers, Legal Technology Advisors, Pricing Specialists, and Transformation professionals.

Legal Project Management (LPM)

Our LPMs are fully aligned and embedded within our priority client relationship teams and the global business units (GBUs) which comprise Corporate, Global Financial Markets, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Real Estate, and Tax, Pensions and Employment.

Our Legal Project Management team is market-leading. Those who join our award-winning team become integral to shaping a rapidly evolving area of law essential to the firm\’s growth strategy.

As a Senior Legal Project Manager, you will have an impact on how we deliver high-end complex legal advice to our biggest clients.

In conjunction with your Legal Project Management colleagues, you will be responsible for strategically planning and building demand in your relevant sub-practice areas or office to deploy legal project management resources and best practices on the firm\’s largest and most complex mandates.

You will work on client matters and deals as a core part of the client team, recording time against those matters.

You will help enhance the client experience and add value through efficient project management.

You will track workstreams, work with clients, monitor resourcing, manage budgets, and integrate best delivery solutions into our largest and most complex projects. You will bring new ideas and expertise to an evolving role within a rapidly changing legal market.

Who you will work with

You will work day to day on a range of projects (legal matters) working across multiple clients/sectors, typically on two to three project teams at any one time. These multidisciplinary teams will be made up of trainees, lawyers, partners, legal tech advisors, secretaries, business development, billing, and anyone else in the firm who forms part of a client matter or deal team. The focus of each of the teams you work with is to serve the client and to deliver excellent legal advice and guidance and to conclude the matter successfully.

You’ll need to establish strong relationships with Practice Area Leaders, Practice Area Managers, Business Development, and Transformation Managers. You’ll be able to develop sustainable relationships, understanding stakeholder needs, identifying ways to address needs, and demonstrating influencing skills to deliver the business objectives.

You will collaborate with other Legal Project Management colleagues around our global network. You will also work closely with Legal Technology Delivery Advisors, Resource Managers, Pricing Specialists, and Delivery Centres professionals.

What you will be responsible for

You’ll support our partners working on some of the most complex matters with a chance to drive, deliver, and implement outstanding project management on our largest legal matters.

You’ll be responsible for developing and coaching project management best practice.

What you will do

We are the front runners of change delivery in the legal sector and everyone who joins our team becomes an integral part of shaping a rapidly developing area of law that is critical to the Firm\’s strategy.

1. You will assist and attend client pitches, providing a compelling explanation of how the firm will effectively manage the project to time, cost, and quality.
2. You will assist with the preparation of all project initiation documentation such as preparing scope, resourcing, and budget proposals for relevant matters or workstreams and then track progress against those proposals.
3. You will dissect problems and processes and apply logical and analytical approaches to solving them.
4. You will positively influence the individuals you work with (across a range of roles and seniority) to change and adapt their ways of working.
5. You will clearly explain theoretical concepts to senior stakeholders including clients and be comfortable amending your delivery approach and style.
6. You will manage effective planning: over the short, medium, and long term, then execute against those plans such as documenting minutes, actions, and tracking workstreams. Throughout each project you will:

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.

1. Identify risks; such as conflicting deadlines or a lack of skills and then provide alternative solutions to mitigate the risk.
2. Monitor accruals and manage the project against agreed budgets including scope change.
3. Responsible for influencing and integrating new ways of working to improve service delivery.
4. You will be responsible for allocating project management work and tasks for specific matters to the appropriate resources within the Legal Project Management function.
5. You will advise and engage with legal technology tools available to provide support to efficiently manage your projects.
6. You will take regular feedback and direction from your colleagues and adjust and adapt your style and plans.
7. You will deliver presentations and facilitate workshops and form part of the client pitch and relationship teams as needed.
8. You will work directly with clients, positively representing Clifford Chance and, as required, working from client site locations independently.
9. You will build strong and deep client relationships through your activities on client projects and/or client relationship teams, contributing towards delivering the firm\’s strategic priorities for the client.

Qualifications: Your experience

You will have either a background in project management gained within a professional services or complex matrix environment, or you will have been a qualified lawyer or tax advisor with extensive experience of matter management.

A qualification or industry-recognized certification in project or programme management would be desirable but is not essential as we are happy to support team members with these qualifications.

Collaboration, influencing, and internal networking are all key skills to make an impact as a Senior Legal Project Manager within the Firm.

How we will support you

As a Firm, we make a significant investment in training and supporting members of the team through their careers at the Firm. We continuously develop career structures to aid the skill development and progression of team members.

We offer assistance and funding for externally recognized training qualifications including Lean Six Sigma, Prince2, and training in change management and technology. In addition to this, the nature of the work and interaction with the team will drive continuous on-the-job learning and you’ll all have access to our global training and development centre, the Academy.

There are Transformation teams in every region across the globe who represent all the change delivery disciplines working across project management, process improvement, outsourcing, technology, and pricing. You will immediately become a part of this multidisciplinary global community with structures in place orchestrated to connect team members from across the globe.

The team is enriched by a wide range of knowledge and made up of people with vastly differing career backgrounds and experiences coming from other professional services firms within the legal industry and from corporates.

Additional Information

About the office

You will be based out of one of our offices in Warsaw, Frankfurt, Madrid, Amsterdam, or Düsseldorf.

Equal opportunities statement

At Clifford Chance, we understand that our true asset is our people. Inclusion is good for our team and their families, our firm, and society.

We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age. This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer, and every other aspect of employment.

We have a variety of flourishing employee networks. These networks are a place for colleagues to share experiences and advocate for change wherever they see an opportunity for improvement.

Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity, an equality of aspiration, and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm.

Find out more about our inclusive culture here.

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