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Ashurst is a leading global law firm with a history spanning almost 200 years, and clear strategy for our future growth. Our in-depth understanding of our clients and commitment to providing exceptional 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 here

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Business Area - IT

Role: Project Manager

Location: London

Reporting to: Global Projects and Portfolio Manager

Hours of work

Monday to Friday, 09:30 – 17:30. You may be required to work additional hours to facilitate project implementations.

Department/ Role Overview:

Project Manage IT based projects for the firm and provide relevant business analysis.

Main responsibilities:

• Lead and direct project teams to ensure timely delivery of projects facilitating business initiatives, keeping within budget and managing risk to the firm
• Manage projects end to end, from requirements gathering, contract negotiation, development and testing through to implementation and handover to the operations and support teams
• Manage internal and external project communications to all levels of stakeholders both business and technical
• Carry out business analysis where required
• Create and manage project plans and documentation
• Recommend and manage project budgets
• Manage, monitor and motivate the cross-functional project teams
• Conduct project presentations and compile reports
• Manage third parties and suppliers
• Ensure projects are delivered and run in such a way that they meet industry leading quality standards following the firm's methodology

Risk and Control: Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with our regulatory requires 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.
• Working within a structured project framework
• Good understanding of soft skills involved in successful management of projects and team motivation
• Team leadership or supervisory/management skills
• Able to manage teams remotely in a global context.
• A good eye for detail; ability to work accurately and effectively even when under pressure
• Able to learn and understand current business processes and help to model new processes/procedures
• Excellent analytical skills
• Excellent knowledge of all elements of the project lifecycle
• Able to listen and understand customer requirements
• Able to manage multiple projects concurrently
• Assist with research and evaluation of software solutions from 3rd party suppliers and production of necessary deliverables such as tender documents, liaising with suppliers
• Tactful and diplomatic when in pressured situations
• Liaise and influence at a senior level within the firm
• Excellent presentation, written and communication skills
• Uses initiative - 'can do' approach
• Client focused

Desired skills and experience

Familiarity with some or all of the following:

• Prince 2 or similar project methodologies
• MS Office implementations
• Operating System implementations
• Document management systems
• Accounting/billing and/or time recording systems
• Workflow applications
• Integration projects
• Client/server architectures
• ITIL
• Web technologies – Internet, Intranet, Extranet
• Microsoft environments -  Windows 7, .Net, SQL Server, MS Project