Legal Project Manager (AVP)

* Back to Search Results Legal Project Manager (AVP) * Salary: Negotiable * Location: London, England, United Kingdom * Job Type: Permanent, Full time * Company: Barclays UK * Posted on: 20 Jan 19 The Legal Project Manager role within the Legal Project Management team will be responsible for providing commercially-focused legal project management and operational support to the Legal function. The remit of the team is to introduce greater control and transparency of projected costs and elicit more meaningful MI on a select group of major matters with a significant combined budget. Overall purpose of role Barclays works with 140+ external legal providers. The Legal function is accountable for maximising value from our relationships with these vendors and ensuring appropriate cost, quality and risk controls are in place. The Legal Project Manager role within the Legal Project Management team will be responsible for providing commercially-focused legal project management and operational support to the Legal function. The remit of the team is to introduce greater control and transparency of projected costs and elicit more meaningful MI on a select group of major matters with a significant combined budget. The Legal Project Manager will work with lawyers, business managers and 3rd party vendors to ensure that the following best practices are implemented on all major matters: Person Specification Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications: * Experienced Legal Project Manager with strong understanding of multiple formal project delivery methodologies including Lean/Agile/Waterfall knowledge along with the ability to deliver continuous improvement aligned to a central strategy. * Experienced commercial negotiator / financial manager with robust history of challenging, setting and controlling significant budgets across multiple complex projects * Experience of working in a major law firm or in the legal function of a financial services organisation. * Strong influencing skills, with the ability to challenge and provide steer to stakeholders. * Ability to balance 'big picture' perspective with strong attention to complex detail * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a core competence in streamlining and enhancing reporting for a Legal audience. Desirable Skills/Preferred Qualifications: * Delivery focused and proactive individual, able to act on own initiative and work effectively towards objectives while maintaining good communication with colleagues and escalating where appropriate * Team player with collaborative style and ability to quickly build trust/credibility and strong working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels * Ability to work under pressure with competing deadlines and balance priorities to deliver a high quality outcome * Solution-focused, creative problem-solver who strives for the right outcome * Recognises and values diversity, inclusion and citizenship Share Share Barclays UK View All Jobs Contact Details * Contact: Barclays * Recruiter ref: More jobs like this * Lawyer, Products and Distribution Legal * Personal Assitant * Legal Manager - Loans * CIB - Firmwide Risk Management - Legal Entity Risk - Associate * Legal Manager - Loan Services * Legal Operations Analyst * Legal Documentation Business Analyst/Project Manager * Legal Entity Controller, Analyst * In-House Counsel - PART TIME * Global Financial Crimes - Legal Advisory: Financial Crimes Counsel (EMEA) - Executive Director See more jobs Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications: * Experienced Legal Project Manager with strong understanding of multiple formal project delivery methodologies including Lean/Agile/Waterfall knowledge along with the ability to deliver continuous improvement aligned to a central strategy. * Experienced commercial negotiator / financial manager with robust history of challenging, setting and controlling significant budgets across multiple complex projects * Experience of working in a major law firm or in the legal function of a financial services organisation. * Strong influencing skills, with the ability to challenge and provide steer to stakeholders. * Ability to balance 'big picture' perspective with strong attention to complex detail * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a core competence in streamlining and enhancing reporting for a Legal audience. Desirable Skills/Preferred Qualifications: * Delivery focused and proactive individual, able to act on own initiative and work effectively towards objectives while maintaining good communication with colleagues and escalating where appropriate * Team player with collaborative style and ability to quickly build trust/credibility and strong working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels * Ability to work under pressure with competing deadlines and balance priorities to deliver a high quality outcome * Solution-focused, creative problem-solver who strives for the right outcome * Recognises and values diversity, inclusion and citizenship