Senior Implementation Service Manager

LawVu is transforming the legal industry by providing the world’s leading and most loved platform for in-house legal teams. 

LawVu is a fast growing New Zealand software company with customers and employees around the globe, including in New Zealand, United States, Australia and Europe. Our legal workspace is a category creating software platform that is designed specifically for in-house legal teams. We’re backed by leading venture capital firms, including Insight Partners and Airtree Ventures. 

You will be responsible for the initiation, progression and completion of all project planning aspects, working with key stakeholders to ensure that the client transition from sales, through onboarding, to customer success, is a smooth process. You will plan the implementation, working with LawVu colleagues and the client, to prioritize, plan and track implementation milestones and task dependencies throughout the project lifecycle.

Using your consultative, advisory and negotiation skills, you will help ensure our customers and internal delivery teams remain focused on the delivery and realisation of each client’s most critical and agreed project outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and engage stakeholders, prepare, manage and communicate a clear, timed implementation plan
• Utilise key project planning software, tools and materials, such as Gantt charts and Kanban boards to communicate the project plan, dates and outcomes to stakeholders
• Assess, confirm, and track stakeholder responsibilities, collating and managing all project communications with the client, at regular check-ins points
• Liaise with internal LawVu teams including sales, implementation, product and engineering, as well as third party partners (when applicable) to ensure smooth delivery of project goals
• Communicate with clients to fully understand their objectives, requirements, internal workflows and ways of working
• Identify, help and nurture client-side project advocates and blockers where necessary
• Set up new client accounts, including configuration and data as required
• Feedback end-user experiences to the product team and customer success
• Transition implemented customers to Customer Success Management
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

Skills and Experience

• 5 + years previous experience in a senior project delivery or change management role
• Strong knowledge and understanding of the legal industry with a focus on in-house legal teams
• Strong time management and organisational skills, and the ability to multitask
• Excellent listening, negotiation and presentation skills
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills 
• Experience working with implementation partners preferred

Due to the security requirements of this role and the level of access granted, employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a clear FBI background check. The cost of this check will be covered by the employer.

Why LawVu?

At LawVu we support many types of flexible working arrangements that allow you to balance your work, your life and your passions. We offer the opportunity to get onboard a growth company early and the opportunity to participate in LawVu’s success through our incentive scheme. LawVu has rapidly expanding offices and our work environment encourages continuous improvement and future career development. 

Our collaborative and inclusive culture is one we’re immensely proud of. We know that a diverse workforce is a strength that enables us to better understand and serve customers and innovate successfully. From the moment you join, you’ll feel welcome and supported to do the best work of your life.

Our team is only as strong as the culture it is built upon. Our core values are:

Inspire and Delight

We take pride in what we do and go the extra mile to create experiences that inspire and delight our customers.

Move Swiftly

We do what we say we will do, moving fast to get the r