London |
£140,000 - £160,000 + bonus + benefits |
Due to excellent investment a newly created role of a Head of Legal Project Management is available at this leading Legal Services group to work closely with specific practice groups. Operating within the UK, European and Australasian markets, they have developed an enviable reputation for outstanding professional services and delivering innovative products and service solutions. Enjoying continued growth through service and market development, the business has established a specialist division to deliver a range of project management, pricing and automated solutions to large corporate clients.
Key Responsibilities of the Head of Legal Project Management
- Delivering excellence in LPM service delivery to the firm's practice groups across the UK, US & EMEA
- Responsibility and accountability for the financial management and financial performance of LPM across the UK, US & EMEA in line with relevant budget targets
- The strategic management of LPM across the UK, US & EMEA toward demonstrable growth of the business unit – in respect of financial performance and the evolution of product offerings
- Leading accretive business development activities both internally and externally
- Formulating and communicating a clear vision and value proposition for Disputes and Transactions LPM and clearly defining and communicating its services to internal and external clients
- Communicating a clear vision for the team and demonstrating exceptional leadership
- Establishing and maintaining robust processes for quality delivery of work including developing and maintaining sustainable models of operational best practice in LPM
- Implementing and managing robust risk and governance procedures
- Implementing and managing robust financial management processes including time recording and productivity tracking and reporting
- Leading a high performing team which will include:
- Creating a framework to ensure team members' focus is directed towards activities that deliver optimal outcomes and maximum value to the firm
- Setting clear KPIs for team members and actively monitoring and reporting on performance against these
- Leading to build a high-performance culture where team members are engaged and inspired to work at their highest capacity. Managing performance actively and identify and address gaps in capability and performance
- Coordinating team members to ensure effective collaboration, cross-pollination and teaming in service delivery and across own team and across the Digital practice group more widely
- Collaborating with LPM leaders across Asia and Australia to ensure global consistency in the LPM delivery operating model and core service offering (where appropriate);
- Positively supporting the Associate Director of Disputes Legal, and the Director Transactions Legal in their respective roles
Skills & Attributes of the Head of Legal Project Management
- At least 7 years' experience in a senior leadership role in a law firm managing a Legal Project Management function, ideally leading large teams
- Demonstratable relevant "hands on" Legal Project Management experience at a law firm
- A deep knowledge of Legal Project Management acquired through experience including:
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- Best practice processes and methodologies
- Capable of supporting a variety of large scale projects across litigation, arbitration, transactions/deals and/or regulatory change projects with Legal Project Management services and has a sound understanding of the pricing models which underpin them
- Experience in using relevant technologies/ tech stack and the application of technology in Legal Project Management services
- Able to anticipate the likely future evolution of Legal Project Management through experience gained in supporting contentious and non-contentious legal work in a law firm
- Demonstrable ability to develop and lead mixed, high-performing teams of people with multiple skill sets and achieve optimal outcomes in the context
- Extremely numerate, with the proven ability to convert complex/raw data into concise and actionable intelligence
- Strong presentation and facilitation skills
- Detailed understanding of law firm economics, pricing and resourcing models
- Able to build relationships and experience of routinely working closely with senior firm management roles
- Experience of using a Financial Practice Management System
- Appropriate Graduate or post-graduate qualification
- Professional Qualification e.g. Agile, PRINCE2 or equivalent
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Applications only 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 Accounting & Finance; Legal Operations; HR – Human Resources & Personnel; IT – Information Technology; Pfi/PPP & FM; Procurement & Purchasing; Project Management & PMO; Sales & Marketing.
Keywords: law, legal, LLP, Lawyer, solicitor, project manager, project management, consultant,
Ref: BHJOB3543_5865