IT Project Manager

The Role
The role is based within the It Project Delivery Team and will manage the delivery of multiple IT-driven or IT components of business-driven projects. The role is responsible for providing overall direction, coordination, control, implementation and completion of projects, ensuring alignment with business strategies.

The role will have overall responsibility for the full lifecycle of projects encompassing delivery to time, budget, benefits, quality and change. It will require an excellent grasp of how best to deliver change to a diverse group of global stakeholders in a fast-moving environment. As such, the role will require strong communication and influencing skills and building effective working relationships with all levels within the firm.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a track record of successfully managing and leading projects to delivery in a professional services company or comparable environment.

This is a great opportunity to join a forward thinking, fast growing and entrepreneurial law firm.

Key Responsibilities

• Create business cases, incorporating feasibility studies and research; liaising with stakeholders at all levels and subject matter experts to elicit and define business requirements
• Create and manage stakeholder and communication plans
• Organise and lead the appropriate formal governance of one or more projects
• Manage the full lifecycle of complex projects, including requirements gathering, procurement, design, development, testing, implementation and operational handover
• Manage the day-to-day aspects of one or more projects, including but not limited to: planning and scheduling, budget management; risk and issue management; work and resource assignment; and reporting· Manage the commercial and legal aspects of projects, including the preparation of budgets, risk assessments, tenders and related commercial and legal negotiations
• Identify and manage the change management aspects of projects, e.g., recognise the changes in the broader business environment; identify the relevant stakeholders; develop the appropriate approach; communicate with and train the relevant staff/clients on the appropriate changes; and generally, win support
• Identify and manage the realisation of the benefits and value to be delivered by projects
• Ensure that all changes are fully embedded into the business' operation
• Contribute to the on-going development of the firm's approach to project and change management, addressing processes, tools and techniques
• Ensure all handover, support and systems documentation is produced and signed off

Essential Skills & Experience
Technical Skills

• Experience in managing technology projects in a legal or comparable global partnerships environment using an Agile approach
• Excellent practical understanding of project management methods, techniques and tools
• Demonstrable experience of liaising with and influencing senior business executives (e.g., CxO level) and partners
• Excellent networking and knowledge building skills
• Excellent commercial and budget management skills
• Excellent pragmatic approach to risk and issue management
• Excellent analytic skills with a good understanding of business analysis techniques
• Experience of using Microsoft Project or an equivalent tool, to plan, manage and track projects
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Visio
• Familiarity with legal IT systems would be beneficial

Qualification

• Professionally recognised project management qualification, e.g., PRINCE2 or APMP is essential
• Professionally recognised business analysis qualification, e.g., a BCS diploma, is desirable

Specification

• Demonstrable success in defining, managing and implementing large, complex technology/change projects
• Demonstrable good planning skills and a track record of delivering projects to time, budget and quality
• Strong consulting, influencing and communication skills (oral and written)
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously and composed when in pressured situations
• Able to communicate with a variety of stakeholders in a clear manner:
• In writing, in the form of emails and other documentation
• Verbally, on the telephone and in group and one-to-one situations
• Business and client service focused with good interpersonal skills, with confidence to deal with all levels of staff
• Experience of working effectively across geographies, cultures, teams and

functions with an ability to operate effectively in a complex environment

• Flexible and adaptable and able to work as a part of a small team within the wider organisation
• Self-motivated and uses initiative
• Able to cope with ambiguity
• Collaborative and diplomatic
• Relationship driven
• Good attention to detail
• Creative thinker
• Organised with a pragmatic approach
• Able to manage time effectively and prioritise workload

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

We offer a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning and wellbeing initiatives.

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our core values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity.

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