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. 

The Senior Implementation Services Manager is responsible for ensuring an effective and enjoyable onboarding experience for new clients. 

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 department leads 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 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, 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 as required 

• Feedback end-user experiences to the product team and customer success 

• Handoff implemented customers to Customer Success Management 

Skills and Experience 

• 5 + years previous experience in a senior project or change management role 

• Expert knowledge and understanding of the legal industry  

• Strong time management and organisational skills, and the ability to multitask 

• Excellent listening, negotiation and presentation skills 

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills  

About LawVu 

LawVu is a modern software platform that is revolutionizing the way corporate legal teams manage legal and engage with the wider business. LawVu is creating a true legal operating system. We’re helping in-house legal teams to reduce risk while providing massive productivity gains along with cloud technology to share and collaborate on files. We have both clients and staff around the world so if you enjoy working in a fast based entrepreneurial environment then you are the person we are looking for. 

Our Culture 

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

Inspire and Delight