Attorney in Miami, FL

Law Firm

Miami, FL

Attorney in Miami, FL

Non-practicing Attorney

Min 1 yrs required

No

Job Title: Senior Legal Project Coordinator

Job Responsibilities:

- Support the management of multiple projects with competing deadlines.
- Liaise with clients, the law firm's client matter team, specialist departments, and offices worldwide, along with external stakeholders.
- Support the creation and management of detailed project plans.
- Assist project teams in defining the matter scope, and tracking and managing changes.
- Direct and advise junior team members on project-specific tasks.
- Proactively offer support to project teams beyond minimum delivery requirements, seeking opportunities to add additional or higher value.
- Set up and manage recurring tasks and activities.
- Build organizational charts and timelines.
- Support requests from the Legal Project Management (LPM) team.
- Map matter-specific processes.
- Provide continuous support to core projects throughout their lifecycle, offering ad hoc support to other projects as needed.
- Design ad hoc project update reporting, create client-ready reports, and provide oral and written updates to project teams on developments.
- Support project teams by identifying scope variance and key risks/issues, and work creatively with senior team members on mitigation across projects.
- Support the matter-review process for key matters and identify areas of improvement through discussions with project teams.
- Triage help requests and raise marginal requests with the senior team to determine LPM's position on task involvement.
- Be creative and improve standard delivery solutions on projects; identify and propose future needs and improvements to the LPM framework.
- Identify opportunities for new service delivery, support analysis, and design workshops.
- Contribute to the LPM element of project budgeting.
- Convert project-specific materials into templates and reusable resources for the LPM team.
- Prepare, review, and interpret data visualization for matters.
- Contribute to the firm's Innovation Strategy; become a subject matter expert on given technology and standardized processes: evangelize, advise, train, apply to projects, and support refinement.
- Support implementation of existing and new technology to meet project requirements and encourage LPM/legal team uptake.
- Demonstrate project-specific processes, tools, and resources to project teams.
- Enhance client experience through LPM tools and communications.
- Build a network of professional colleagues across various business services and legal functions, including Knowledge Management, Business Development, Finance, and IT, as well as with external stakeholders.
- Use the network to identify opportunities for new projects or to showcase the law firm's LPM.
- Offer ad hoc support and project management expertise to non-LPM initiatives.

Education and Experience:

- A bachelor's degree, preferably in law or business.
- Formal project management qualification of Prince 2 Foundation is required, with LSS Yellow Belt being desirable.
- Additional desirable qualifications include Prince 2 Practitioner or Prince 2 Agile, LSS Green Belt or LSS Black Belt, Management of Portfolios (MoP), or PMP.
- Some experience in project management roles.
- Understanding of or experience working in large complex organizations, ideally within a law firm or professional services firm.
- Knowledge or experience with relevant IT packages, such as Document Management Systems, Project Extranets (., SharePoint), or other collaborative project management tools. Other LegalTech knowledge is desirable.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel, and financial systems and reports.
- Experience influencing stakeholders within a professional services environment is desirable.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- Desire to work collaboratively with senior-level professionals to help them succeed in meeting their objectives.
- Ability to work independently with a willingness to work flexibly and hands-on to achieve project objectives.
- Knowledge of data visualization and associated tools (., Excel charting, Tableau, Power BI).
- Demonstrated skills, knowledge, and experience in sourcing data for and preparing reports, executive summaries, and status reports for consumption by attorneys and clients.
- Ability to calculate key financial metrics and analyze matter-level performance, including profitability.
- Disciplined and attentive to detail with strong time management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize work in a dynamic and complex environment to meet deadlines and daily requirements.
- Demonstrated competency in continuous improvement, change management, a flexible approach, and exceeding expectations.

Salary Information:

This position is bonus-eligible and includes medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits based on the number of hours worked. The US base compensation for this position is expected to be $80,000 to $95,000 annually if located in an office in the states of Washington . or Illinois (Chicago). Within this range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can provide more information about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.