Legal Project Manager
Web ID: SF423040
Classification: Legal
City: Remote
State: Remote
Compensation: Minimum $148,600+ commensurate with experience and location.
Education: Bachelors Degree
Benefits: Awesome Benefits + Remote Work Schedule!
Job Description: Global law firm’s Strategic Pricing team seeks Legal Project Manager to develop, implement and coordinate legal project management tools, train attorneys to use those tools, and leverage best practices in matter management. Scalable matter support within team environments or one-on-one, across multiple practice groups, and for clients of varying size. Attractive salary, awesome benefits + remote work schedule!
Responsibilities:
- Build and lead the firm-wide budget outreach and compliance reporting.
- Develop and proliferate best practices, tools, budget templates, and reference materials across the firm’s client portfolio.
- Ensure that internal stakeholders receive timely, accurate and professionally presented budgets and progress reports.
- Create and facilitate training for senior attorneys on when/how to employ best practices on engagements.
- Set and manage expectations with client and engagement team members.
- Collaborate with attorneys and clients to define matter management strategy and goals.
- Offer concrete project management guidance on best practices, roles and responsibilities.
- Identify issues, options for resolution and course-correction on matters that begin to diverge from initial expectations.
- Complete assessments and recommend process improvements as appropriate.
Global law firm’s Strategic Pricing team seeks Legal Project Manager to develop, implement and coordinate legal project management tools, train attorneys to use those tools, and leverage best practices in matter management. Scalable matter support within team environments or one-on-one, across multiple practice groups, and for clients of varying size. Attractive salary, awesome benefits + remote work schedule!
Responsibilities:
- Build and lead the firm-wide budget outreach and compliance reporting.
- Develop and proliferate best practices, tools, budget templates, and reference materials across the firm’s client portfolio.
- Ensure that internal stakeholders receive timely, accurate and professionally presented budgets and progress reports.
- Create and facilitate training for senior attorneys on when/how to employ best practices on engagements.
- Set and manage expectations with client and engagement team members.
- Collaborate with attorneys and clients to define matter management strategy and goals.
- Offer concrete project management guidance on best practices, roles and responsibilities.
- Identify issues, options for resolution and course-correction on matters that begin to diverge from initial expectations.
- Complete assessments and recommend process improvements as appropriate.
Job Requirements: - Knowledge of financial and accounting principles normally acquired through completion of a Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or equivalent.
- 3-5 years professional experience with demonstrated growth in scope of responsibilities, ideally within a law firm or professional services organization. Experience managing teams in a client-facing role is preferred. Formal project management certification and training is a plus.
- Ability to draft client-facing language clearly and concisely.
- Ability to summarize complex quantitative concepts, both orally and in written communications, to internal and external stakeholders.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Microsoft Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. Experience writing SQL queries is a plus.
- Proficiency in financial modeling and spreadsheet functionality. Candidate must be able to manipulate data effectively and present findings to management and attorneys.
- Must be proactive and have the ability to manage and prioritize multiple simultaneous projects and complete work within given time constraints.
- Detail-oriented, exercise sound judgment and possess the confidence and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with senior management, attorneys and staff.
- Candidate must be a self-motivated person with a positive, professional attitude, with a progressive, consistent work history and excellent references.
Compensation: The anticipated annual salary range for this position is based on an array of factors, including geographic location, work experience, education, and qualifications.
- Knowledge of financial and accounting principles normally acquired through completion of a Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or equivalent.
- 3-5 years professional experience with demonstrated growth in scope of responsibilities, ideally within a law firm or professional services organization. Experience managing teams in a client-facing role is preferred. Formal project management certification and training is a plus.
- Ability to draft client-facing language clearly and concisely.
- Ability to summarize complex quantitative concepts, both orally and in written communications, to internal and external stakeholders.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Microsoft Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. Experience writing SQL queries is a plus.
- Proficiency in financial modeling and spreadsheet functionality. Candidate must be able to manipulate data effectively and present findings to management and attorneys.
- Must be proactive and have the ability to manage and prioritize multiple simultaneous projects and complete work within given time constraints.
- Detail-oriented, exercise sound judgment and possess the confidence and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with senior management, attorneys and staff.
- Candidate must be a self-motivated person with a positive, professional attitude, with a progressive, consistent work history and excellent references.
Compensation: The anticipated annual salary range for this position is based on an array of factors, including geographic location, work experience, education, and qualifications.