Legal Project Manager
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Job Description
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The purpose of this role is to work in tandem with legal teams across the firm to run our matters effectively. As a legal project manager, you will manage the operational elements of our projects to allow our lawyers to focus on the substance of our legal service. You will be firmly committed to ensure successful project delivery, but flexible in how you add value to a matter. You can fulfil different roles tailored to the needs of a project and can manage matters to metrics and flag potential budget blowouts. You will be able to create, analyse, implement and improve processes, and drive the adoption of new ways of working by implementing the use of new technology and alternative staffing models.
Key Responsibilities and Deliverables
As a legal project manager, you will be responsible for supporting the matter partner (or managing counsel/senior associate) through the lifecycle of the matter from scoping/pricing stage to closing stage depending on the matter requirements. Where applicable, you will be responsible to ensure work would be undertaken by the right resource, delivered on schedule and produced within budget.
Among other things, you may be required to assist with:
- In consultation with the matter partner (or managing counsel or senior associate), defining the scope of a matter, understanding the client\'s objectives, identifying client requirements (legal, financial, operational and technological), assumptions and constraints and reporting to the matter partner any potential causes of scope creep.
- In accordance with the fee deal, preparing the budget proposal and monitoring budget v actual for matters in flight and reporting to the matter partner (or managing counsel/senior associate) any potential causes of budget blowouts.
- Where applicable, reviewing bills and enforcing billing best practices as well as monitoring WIP reports in order to assist the matter partner or managing counsel or senior associate to manage matters to metrics.
- Preparing, monitoring and updating workplans and work breakdown structures tailored to the mandates in flight, including but not limited to preparing timetables to track milestones and deliverables, reporting potential causes of delay and providing suggestions for course correction to the matter partner (or managing counsel/senior associate).
- In consultation with the matter partner (or managing counsel or senior associate), ensuring the right resource is allocated to undertake a task commensurate to skill and seniority including ensuring the utilisation of global client delivery resources if required.
- Creating, implementing, analysing, tracking and improving processes to optimise efficiency with the use of available firm technology and utilising global resources.
- Coordinating between senior and junior members of the team or if needed with third party providers, experts, witnesses, external counsel and the client to ensure seamless and transparent flow of communication.
- Concluding the matter by ensuring all deliverables have been completed and handed over to the relevant parties.
- Arranging lesson learned sessions, conducting post-matter reviews and documenting feedback for future mandates.
- Developing and maintaining legal project management tools and best practices and provide training in project management for lawyers and team member as needed.
- Other reasonable and lawful tasks as instructed.Key RequirementsEssentialCommunication skills
- Demonstrates good oral and written English communication and presentation skills.
- Demonstrates good negotiating skills.Commercial and business awareness
- Demonstrates understanding of law firm economics in particular, the link between effective matter management, profitability and delivering value to clients.
- Demonstrates the ability to analyse and produce reports for partners and clients.Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrates the ability to absorb, distil and explain complex issues and problems clearly and concisely.
- Demonstrates the willingness to challenge and questions assumptions and the ability to come up and propose alternative solutions.
- Demonstrates the skill and maturity to handle conflict and objections.Client service skills
- Demonstrates an understanding of client needs.
- Demonstrates the ability to build and maintain internal/external client relationships.
- Takes ownership and responsibility of tasks assigned.Project management skills
- Demonstrates strong planning skills.
- Demonstrates strong time management skills.
- Works well under pressure and able to multitask, prioritise and delegate tasks as appropriate.
- Takes ownership and responsibility of projects assigned.Team skills
- A team player \xe2\x80\x93 friendly, adaptable and flexible.Educational attainment
- Has completed a bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in law or other relevant area of study.
- Is IILPM, PRINCE2 or Lean Six Sigma certified.DesirablePrevious legal project management experience working.
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Job Detail
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Job IdJD1516699
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IndustryNot mentioned
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Total Positions1
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Job Type:Full Time
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Salary:Not mentioned
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Employment StatusPermanent
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Job LocationDubai, United Arab Emirates
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EducationNot mentioned