Competitive Salary + excellent company benefits
A leading UK law firm is seeking a senior professional to lead its Legal Project Management function within the Transformation & Projects team. The role focuses on driving strategic delivery, improving operational efficiency, and enhancing client outcomes across complex legal matters. This position offers the opportunity to shape firm-wide practices and contribute to continuous improvement in legal service delivery.
Key Responsibilities of the Head of Legal Project Management
- Lead LPM strategy delivery - Define and implement a firm-wide Legal Project Management strategy aligned with business objectives and client needs. Establish clear performance measures and report on outcomes such as profitability, delivery and client satisfaction.
- Develop and manage team - Lead, coach and grow a team of Legal Project Managers and coordinators, ensuring capability, resilience and succession planning. Act as the senior escalation point for delivery and stakeholder challenges.
- Oversee complex matter delivery - Provide assurance on high-value and high-risk matters, ensuring effective scoping, resourcing, governance and lifecycle management. Support consistent and disciplined delivery across all stages of legal matters.
- Advise senior stakeholders - Act as a trusted adviser to partners and leadership on delivery models, pricing, resourcing and risk. Influence behavioural change to embed project management as a core discipline.
- Drive financial and operational performance - Collaborate with Finance and Pricing teams to support sustainable pricing models and improve matter economics. Use data and insight to inform decisions and enhance efficiency.
Skills & Attributes of the Head of Legal Project Management
- Extensive LPM leadership experience – Demonstrated experience in legal project management, legal operations or complex programme delivery within professional services. Strong understanding of legal service delivery and law firm dynamics.
- Proven team leadership capability – Experience building and leading high-performing teams, with a focus on development, performance management and succession planning.
- Strong stakeholder influence skills – Ability to engage credibly with partners, senior stakeholders and clients, managing expectations and driving positive outcomes.
- Advanced analytical and commercial acumen – Skilled in using data to inform decision-making, with a strong grasp of financial management and matter economics.
- Change and improvement mindset – Experience driving innovation, continuous improvement and adoption of new ways of working within a complex organisational environment.
Applications can only be considered from those eligible to live & work in the UK without restriction.
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A leading UK law firm is seeking a senior professional to lead its Legal Project Management function within the Transformation & Projects team. The role focuses on driving strategic delivery, improving operational efficiency, and enhancing client outcomes across complex legal matters. This position offers the opportunity to shape firm-wide practices and contribute to continuous improvement in legal service delivery.
Key Responsibilities of the Head of Legal Project Management
- Lead LPM strategy delivery – Define and implement a firm-wide Legal Project Management strategy aligned with business objectives and client needs. Establish clear performance measures and report on outcomes such as profitability, delivery and client satisfaction.
- Develop and manage team – Lead, coach and grow a team of Legal Project Managers and coordinators, ensuring capability, resilience and succession planning. Act as the senior escalation point for delivery and stakeholder challenges.
- Oversee complex matter delivery – Provide assurance on high-value and high-risk matters, ensuring effective scoping, resourcing, governance and lifecycle management. Support consistent and disciplined delivery across all stages of legal matters.
- Advise senior stakeholders – Act as a trusted adviser to partners and leadership on delivery models, pricing, resourcing and risk. Influence behavioural change to embed project management as a core discipline.
- Drive financial and operational performance – Collaborate with Finance and Pricing teams to support sustainable pricing models and improve matter economics. Use data and insight to inform decisions and enhance efficiency.
Skills & Attributes of the Head of Legal Project Management
- Extensive LPM leadership experience – Demonstrated experience in legal project management, legal operations or complex programme delivery within professional services. Strong understanding of legal service delivery and law firm dynamics.
- Proven team leadership capability – Experience building and leading high-performing teams, with a focus on development, performance management and succession planning.
- Strong stakeholder influence skills – Ability to engage credibly with partners, senior stakeholders and clients, managing expectations and driving positive outcomes.
- Advanced analytical and commercial acumen – Skilled in using data to inform decision-making, with a strong grasp of financial management and matter economics.
- Change and improvement mindset – Experience driving innovation, continuous improvement and adoption of new ways of working within a complex organisational environment.
Applications can only be considered from those eligible to live & work in the UK without restriction.
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