JOB DESCRIPTION
About Herbert Smith Freehills
As one of the world’s leading law firms, we advise many of the largest and most ambitious organisations across all major regions of the globe. With over 5,000 people, including 3,100 lawyers and over 2,000 business services professionals, operating from our global network of offices across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North America, Herbert Smith Freehills is at the heart of the new global business landscape providing premium quality, full-service legal advice.
We recognise that the success of our business and our clients relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. Our environment is one in which high performance is expected, in return, we will provide you with rewards and opportunities tailored to your personal and professional goals.
The Opportunity
Lead the relevant members of the LPM team as Senior Manager in the UK and EMEA (and in time other regions in West if applicable).
Lead the delivery of PG specific priorities with the other Senior Managers and lead strategic projects.
Core responsibilities include:
Delivering excellence in Legal Project Management service delivery to the firm's PGs in West.
Financial Management and Financial Performance of LPM West in line with relevant budget targets.
Strategic management of LPM in West toward demonstrable growth of the business unit – in respect of financial performance and the evolution of product offerings.
Accretive Business Development activities both internally and externally.
Formulate and communicate a clear vision and value proposition for contentious LPM and clearly define and communicate its services to internal and external clients.
Communicate a clear vision for own team and demonstrate exceptional leadership.
Establish and maintain robust processes for quality delivery of work including developing and maintaining sustainable models of operational best practice in legal project management.
Implement and manage robust risk and governance procedures.
Implement and manage robust financial management processes including time recording and productivity tracking and reporting.
Lead 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. Manage performance actively and identify and address gaps in capability and performance.
Coordinate team members to ensure effective collaboration, cross-pollination and teaming in service delivery and across own team and across the Digital Delivery PG more widely.
Qualifications, skills & experience
Degree qualified.
Over five years post-degree experience in a law firm or other professional services firm and at least 3 years of experience as a Legal Project Manager.
Comprehensive understanding of the legal process and typical work product in a law firm environment (including managing large matters).
Strong stakeholder management, influencing and relationship building skills including experience in building strong relationships of trust with senior stakeholders and/or clients.
Demonstrated financial acumen and understanding of key financial performance indicators.
Demonstrated ability to simplify complex concepts to understand and communicate information.
Strong systems skill set and an ability to rapidly pick up new systems.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Presents and facilitates with clarity, energy, confidence and enthusiasm, including structured interviewing.
Senior stakeholder management, influencing and relationship building skills.
Attention to detail with ability to simplify complex concepts to effectively communicate information.
Skilled at prioritising demanding workloads and working on projects as part of an international team
Please note, closing date for applications is Friday 23rd August 2024 at 12pm BST
Team
Digital Legal Delivery
Working Pattern
Full time
Location
Belfast
Contract type
Permanent Contract
Diversity & Inclusion
At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.
We understand that you have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to create a working environment based on mutual trust and respect, in which you can perform at your best whilst maintaining sustainable balance across your life.
