Legal Project Manager

Location London
Discipline: Legal Project Management (LPM)
Job type: Permanent
Salary: £90000 to £100000
Contact name: Heather Allen

Job ref: 5369
Published: 8 days ago
Start date: 24-04-2021

Legal Project Manager |
London |
£90,000 – £100,000 |


This Legal Professional Services group operating in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, boasts a strong track record of delivering high quality services to a blue-chip portfolio of clients in some of the fastest growing markets in the world. We’re now delighted to be supporting this team with the recruitment of a Legal Project Manager.

Key Responsibilities of the Legal Project Manager

  • Ensure Project Management best practice is applied to the most complex legal matters

  • Ensure that matters are set up for success from initial scoping, planning, delivery, mobilisation to lessons learnt

  • Provide assurance to clients and lead matter partner that we are delivering to quality, on time, on budget

  • Efficient coordination of project management activity across the matter

  • Effective control and monitoring of the legal matter

  • Ensure the client and key stakeholders are communicated to real time and accurately

  • Management of risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies.

  • Identifying opportunities and challenges early

  • Demonstrate value and financial savings in the effectively delivery of legal matters.


Skills & Attributes of the Legal Project Manager

  • Experienced Project Manager, either from legal project management, inhouse legal team, client facing consulting, or other professional services firm

  • Project management professional accreditation or evidence that you are working towards it is desirable

  • Consulting, coaching and advisory skills

  • Excellent client facing skills including the ability to develop effective relationships with external stakeholders

  • Strong facilitation and presentation skills

  • Competent with all Microsoft office software and a facility with, and interest in, new and developing technology.

  • Good analytical skills, ability to produce engaging, concise and timely management information

  • Excellent numeracy skills is essential


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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.

Harcourt Matthews is committed to diversity and inclusion. We value and encourage applications from all ethnicities and welcome everyone regardless of social background, disability, gender identity, and orientation. Diversity benefits us all and challenges our assumptions.

Keywords: Project Manager, Project Management, LLP, Legal, Law

Ref: BHJOB3543_5369