Senior Project Manager - 12 month Fixed Term Contract

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About Ashurst

Ashurst is a leading progressive global law firm with a rich history spanning more than 200 years. We are proud of our history and are future-focused, having expanded into new technologies through our NewLaw division, Ashurst Advance, and our consulting arm. Our in-depth understanding of our clients and commitment to providing excellent standards of service have seen us become a trusted adviser to local and global corporates, financial institutions and governments in all areas of commercial law. To find out more please visit www.ashurst.com .

Department/Role overview

The Transformation Management Office (TMO) is an integral part of shaping, defining, and delivering a portfolio of initiatives aligned to the Firm's Strategy.

The Project manager will work with stakeholders, SMEs and other TMO resources to deliver complex initiatives across the firm to define and manage the delivery of a new Enterprise Service Management tool for the Firm

Main responsibilities

This person must demonstrate the ability to work on projects of high complexity across all levels of stakeholders and third parties within a high performance environment and with a relentless focus on deliverables.

Senior Project Management:

• Support Business Leads to develop robust Business Cases, including financial (budget and benefit) measures.
• Lead and direct project teams, globally where necessary, to ensure timely delivery of projects, keeping within budget and managing risk to the firm
• Work directly with third party vendors on the delivery of the project
• Plan, design and proactively monitor project progress; resolve issues and initiate appropriate action
• Actively seek out project dependencies with other initiatives underway within the Firm and implement effective management controls
• Work with business change and communications professional (internal & external) to implement plans to effectively deliver the transformation
• Facilitate a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring that change projects consider effective process streamlining before moving to technology investment
• Act as a coach/mentor for Project Managers where a requirement is identified
• Create and deliver project work plans and revisions as appropriate in alignment with the Project Delivery Framework
• Risk and Control: Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with our regulatory requirements and internal policies.

Essential skills and experience

• Minimum 5 years' experience as a project manager with a proven track record of successfully managing and leading global projects through the full project life cycle in a professional services company, ideally a law firm
• Experience of agile and waterfall project methodologies
• Experience across the whole project lifecycle including scoping, scheduling, costing, resourcing, change, communications, quality, risk and project closure.
• Demonstrable experience of end to end project management and deployment of Enterprise Service Management tooling (e.g. ServiceNow) to an IT function and across other functional areas (HR, Finance etc.)Advanced organisational and influencing skills, flexibility of style, attention to detail and ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, high pressured, detail-oriented environment
• High degree of initiative and independent judgment with excellent troubleshooting, decision-making and follow-through skills
• Develop and manage project risk documentation ensuring that required project documentation is properly completed
• Track progress against plans, budget and agreed KPIs, alerting relevant stakeholders promptly to variances and recommending changes and developing contingency plans where necessary.
• Experience with working closely with the change and communications team to ensure that stakeholder analysis, change impact analysis and benefit analysis are delivered effectively
• Excellent people skills with a track record of establishing and maintaining effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels
• AgilePM, PRINCE2 or equivalent project management certifications

Desired skills and experience

• Experience of managing business change within a shared services environment with strong focus on standardisation and optimisation
• Good level of process improvement awareness and use of associated techniques (Lean, Six Sigma etc..)
• Change management qualification (PROSCI)
• Experience in working in a global environment and across multiple time-zones

Background checks

In order to comply with regulatory and client requirements, Ashurst will undertake appropriate vetting of staff. When applicants accept a job offer, Ashurst, alongside a specialist provider, will undertake professional verification and background checks. These checks are only undertaken with consent, and in accordance with our legal and regulatory obligations.

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