Senior Legal Project Manager – Litigation, Arbitration & Employment

Location: London, with hybrid working of up to 40% from home and 60% in the office

Company

A global legal services firm supporting clients through efficient, innovative and high-quality legal service delivery.

What you will do

• Manage sophisticated litigation, arbitration and employment matters through scoping, pitching, planning, delivery, monitoring, completion and review.
• Provide on-demand legal project management consultancy to partners and lawyers on live matters.
• Support pricing, resource planning, scope-change management, reporting and profitability across client engagements.
• Identify and implement process, technology and service-delivery improvements.
• Develop LPM capability, tools, processes and training across the practice group.
• Guide and coach junior LPM team members and collaborate with finance, IT, knowledge, pitching and business development specialists.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience championing and delivering change and pragmatic solutions for multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, influencing, relationship-building and collaboration skills.
• Commercial, proactive and solution-oriented approach with the ability to work from senior partners to junior colleagues.
• Proven experience selling chargeable LPM services to clients and partners and contributing as a chargeable asset on live matters.
• Strong numerical and financial skills, including competent use of Excel for fee analysis and reporting.
• Ability to challenge assumptions, work through uncertainty and deliver creative, effective outcomes.

Nice to have

• Experience in a law firm or professional services environment.
• Understanding of legal services markets and their challenges and opportunities.
• Subject matter expertise recognised by colleagues.
• Experience with Microsoft 365, Power Platform, SmartSheet or other legal technology and AI tools.

Culture & Benefits

• 35-hour working week, typically from 9:30am to 5:30pm, with additional hours potentially required.
• Agile and flexible working patterns are supported.
• Opportunity to contribute to a global LPM strategy and practice-specific initiatives.
• Focus on quality, transparency, efficiency, innovation and client value.
• Equal opportunities are provided across recruitment, training and promotion.