Senior Legal Project Manager – Global Financial Markets

<h3>Company Description</h3><p><strong><u>Who we are</u></strong></p><p>We are one of the largest international law firms in the world. With over 30 offices across the globe, we strive to exceed the expectations of our clients, providing them with the highest-quality advice and legal insight, which combines the firm’s global standards with in-depth local expertise.</p><p>Our firm, work and people span jurisdictions, cultures, and languages. We offer our clients a truly international perspective. We believe every career should be rewarding and stimulating - full of opportunities to learn, thrive, and grow. That’s why we’re so proud of our inclusive, friendly, and team-based approach to work.</p><p>Our one firm global strategy is focused on targeted growth led by the needs of our core clients, those who we can best support with the breadth and depth of Clifford Chance expertise, across the sectors and geographies, which matter most to them.</p><p>You’ll find our clients in commercial and industrial sectors, the financial investor community, governments, regulators, trade bodies, and not-for-profit organisations. But no matter who they are or why they’ve reached out to us, we provide a world-class service every step of the way. And that’s possible thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit and conscientious approach to work that you’ll find across all of our teams.</p><p>Whichever area of the business you join, you’ll become an integral part an innovative, diverse and ambitious team of people. Clifford Chance is a place where the brightest minds and the best of colleagues meet.</p><h3>Job Description</h3><p><u><strong>The Role</strong></u></p><p>Clifford Chance is the world's largest fully integrated law firm committed to leadership and innovation in legal service. We are global market leaders in all major areas of legal advice, and a significant element of our strategy is to attract and retain the best people by investing in, developing, and nurturing our talent.</p><p>Clifford Chance is committed to delivering our Clients the best-in-class legal service. We recognise that achieving this relates to the quality of our legal advice and how we provide our advice to Clients, which is why efficient and effective delivery is critical to our strategy. We apply innovative technology, embed a culture of continuous improvement, and deploy efficient resources to improve outcomes for the firm and our Clients.</p><p>We have established cross-functional teams in key locations, comprising Legal Project Managers, Resource Managers, Legal Technology Advisors, Pricing Specialists, and Transformation professionals.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Legal Project Management (LPM)</strong></p><p>Our LPMs are fully aligned and embedded within our priority Client relationship teams and the global business units (GBUs), which comprise Corporate, Global Financial Markets, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Real Estate, and Tax, Pensions, and Employment. </p><p>Our Legal Project Management team is market-leading. Those who join our award-winning team become integral to shaping a rapidly evolving area of law essential to the firm's growth strategy.</p><p>As a Senior Legal Project Manager, you will have impact on how we deliver high end complex legal advice to our biggest clients.</p><p>In conjunction with your Legal Project Management colleagues, you will be responsible for strategically planning and building demand in your relevant sub-practice area's or office, to deploy legal project management resources and best practices on the firms largest and most complex mandates.</p><p>You will work on client matters and deals, as a core part of the client team recording time against those matters.</p><p>You will help enhance the client experience and add value through efficient project management.</p><p>You will track workstreams, work with clients, monitor resourcing, manage budgets, and integrate "best delivery" solutions into our largest and most complex projects. You will bring new ideas and expertise to an evolving role within a rapidly changing legal market.</p><p> </p><p><u><strong>Who you will work with</strong></u></p><p>You will work day to day on a range of projects (legal matters) working across multiple client / sectors typically on two to three project teams at any one time. These multi-disciplinary teams will be made up of trainees, lawyers, partners, legal tech advisors, secretaries, business development, billing, and anyone else in the firm who forms part of a client matter or deal team.  The focus of each of the teams you work with is to serve the client, and to deliver excellent legal advice and guidance, and to conclude the matter successfully.</p><p>You'll need establish strong relationships with Practice Area Leaders, Practice Area Managers,  Business Development and Transformation Managers. You'll able develop sustainable relationships, understanding stakeholder needs, identifying ways to address needs and demonstrate influencing skills