Taylor Wessing is a global law firm that serves the world's most innovative people and businesses. Deeply embedded within our sectors, we work closely together with our clients to crack complex problems, enabling ideas and aspirations to thrive. Together we challenge expectation and create extraordinary results. By shaping the conversation in our sectors, we enable our clients to unlock growth, protect innovation and accelerate ambition.
With 1200+ lawyers, 300+ partners, 28 offices and 17 jurisdictions we are looking to expand our Change team, with the addition of a Project Manager.
The opportunity for you
As a Project Manager within the Change department, you will be required to manage a variety of projects with a high degree of autonomy. The role will involve building relationships both with the legal departments and business services teams and working with key stakeholders from across the business.
Key responsibilities
* Confer with stakeholders to carry out project planning, establishing project objectives, scope, and deliverables to produce concise project documentation.
* Create project plans, RAID logs and mechanisms for managing and controlling the delivery of your project.
* Run regular project board meetings and liaise with your board members and stakeholders at various levels as required.
* Take ownership of your projects, build relationships and organise resources.
* Manage the procurement process for the onboarding of new vendors, products and services.
* Manage your project budgets, working closely with our Finance and Procurement Manager.
* Deliver effective management level communication about the performance of project delivery and risks and issues under management.
* Utilise the TW Change Delivery Framework and project management tools to plan, manage and communicate at each stage of the project lifecycle.
* Contribute to the sharing of good practice and development of Change Delivery framework templates, assets and processes.
* Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders and peers across the firm and positively represent the department to the wider business.
Knowledge, skills and experience
* Project management experience of between 3-5 years, working with senior stakeholders and sponsors, preferably in a legal or professional services environment.
* Highly organised with good time management, able to manage several ongoing projects in tandem.
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, as well as external vendors and partners.
* Analytical, organisational and problem solving skills, with the confidence to challenge and hold stakeholders to account for progressing the project. Proven experience in tailoring your project management approach and techniques according to the project environment.
* Professional certification (Prince2 or Agile PM) or equivalent experience.
Benefits
* Hybrid working (Offering the opportunity to work remotely, while maintaining a social boundary by working from our award-winning offices for 3 days a week).
* Holiday (Our basic annual holiday entitlement starts at 25 days, with a further discretionary day of paid leave in December. You may also purchase up to five extra days each year (pro rata).
* Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave (After one-year service, you are entitled to up to 26 weeks leave full pay if you or your partner give birth or adopt a child).
Along with these, there are many more benefits we offer, with the addition of a comprehensive flexible benefits package available.
Our culture
Nurturing a diverse, inclusive culture allows all of our talent to flourish, sparks creativity and powers innovation. We continue to build a team that exemplifies inclusivity and reflects the firm's core values: creative, excellence, integrity, responsible, respect and team. We value and celebrate the differences in who we are, what we have experienced and how we think, so all candidates will be treated fairly regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, marital status, neurodiversity, pregnancy, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.
The way we work
At Taylor Wessing, we never settle for average. We're creative thinkers, problem solvers and continuous learners who excel at what we do and believe our best work is still ahead of us. We are a firm that's large enough for you to achieve your ambitions, but connected enough to be a true community.
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