Senior Manager, Disputes LPM, UK, US

2 weeks ago

Belfast, United Kingdom Herbert Smith Freehills Full time

About Herbert Smith Freehills

We are a leading law firm that advises many of the world's 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, we are at the heart of the new global business landscape providing premium quality, full-service legal advice.

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

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.

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