Osborne Clarke are seeking an experienced Senior Project
Manager to join our International Change & Transformation function within
our Business Services Group, based from either our London or Bristol offices.
This position will play a pivotal role in managing and
successfully delivering a number of complex, strategic projects across the
international business, ensuring alignment with Osborne Clarke’s strategic
goals and the delivery of tangible, embedded business outcomes.
This is a full-time, permanent position offering hybrid
working, with travel expected as required within the UK and internationally.
The role
The Senior Project Manager will be a key member of the
Change & Transformation team, working closely with the International
Director of Operations & BD, the Head of Portfolio & Delivery, and
other senior stakeholders across the network. You will lead critical,
high-profile projects from initiation through to benefits realisation, with a
particular focus on stakeholder engagement, change management and the embedding
of sustainable business outcomes.
You will also provide matrix management and mentoring to
project managers as required, promoting a culture of collaboration,
transparency and continuous improvement across the project portfolio.
Other key responsibilities include:
Project Delivery
- Directing
and managing complex, strategic projects from beginning to end, with a
specific focus on delivering and embedding agreed business benefits and
outcomes.
- Defining,
in collaboration with senior stakeholders, project scope, goals and
deliverables that support the firm in achieving its strategic objectives.
- Liaising
with business analysts and sponsors on the creation and refinement of
business cases.
- Ensuring
successful delivery of projects to agreed timelines and budget, and
continually validating the achievability of planned benefits.
- Developing
and managing full-scale, integrated project plans, including the
identification and management of inter-dependencies and the critical path.
- Coaching,
motivating and supervising project delivery teams (including third
parties), influencing them to take positive action and accountability for
their assigned work.
Collaboration
- Working
closely with the UK Change & Transformation team to ensure seamless
communication, full transparency of OCI projects, and alignment within the
wider network programme and project portfolio.
- Building
strong relationships with a wide group of international stakeholders,
including national business COOs, Business Analysis Leads, PMO, and key
business sponsors, ensuring cultural differences are understood and
respected.
Reporting and Governance
- Delivering
clear, concise progress reports, proposals and presentations to key
governance forums and stakeholders, including the International Board,
International Council and project sub-committees.
- Providing
the visibility and insight needed for effective decision-making, ensuring
that critical risks, issues and inter-dependencies are communicated and
escalated appropriately.
- Working
with UK Change & Transformation to update and maintain the
network-wide project roadmap to reflect any changes in OCI project scope
or priorities.
Change, Benefits and Risk Management
- Embedding
a strong focus on benefits management and the delivery of associated
business outcomes throughout the project lifecycle.
- Recognising
and championing the critical role of change management, ensuring that
people, process and technology impacts are clearly understood and
effectively managed.
- Proactively
identifying, assessing and managing project risks and issues, and ensuring
mitigation strategies are in place and monitored.
- Supporting
the promotion of a culture of mutual understanding and effective
communication across the Osborne Clarke business as a whole.
We are looking for
- An
experienced Senior Project Manager with a proven record of delivering
positive, tangible outcomes for complex, strategic projects.
- Extensive
experience of working in a legal environment, with a strong understanding
of the complexities of law firm business and legal operations structures.
- A
high level of technical expertise in project management, with a full and
complete understanding of the project lifecycle and how to use project
methodologies to deliver tangible business benefits.
- Excellent
written and verbal communication skills, with proven client relationship
and stakeholder management experience, including regular engagement with
C-suite and senior leadership.
- The
ability to build strong relationships with a wide group of international
stakeholders, adapting style and approach to different audiences and
cultural contexts.
Salary and benefits
We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.
Our recruitment process
Please note that although we include closing dates for our roles as a guide, we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.
We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.