Firm Operations Project Manager
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$110,000–$160,000 a yearJobFig found this opening at its original source and checks that it remains available.
About the role
Firm Operations Project Manager Cooley LLP is seeking a Project Manager to join the Firm Operations team. Cooley Firm Operations embraces a culture of excellence and transparency, and all members of the department are expected to move this agenda forward. The Firm Operations Project Manager will proactively manage multiple related critical projects to achieve a specific organizational goal(s), ensuring that all requisite projects are being actively driven and seamlessly coordinated with the firm’s evolving platform/data and digital workplace strategies. The Firm Operations Project Manager should, at a moment’s notice, be able to report accurately and cohesively regarding the status of a given project and should feel comfortable managing up to five high-profile initiatives simultaneously. As a team member within central firm operations, the Firm Operations Project Manager is expected to understand the full intake/demand cycle, inclusive of budgeting and procurement so that they may guide their program stakeholders through an end-to-end experience with all operational aspects of program-related business. Specific duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
What you'll bring
- After orientation at Cooley LLP, exhibit proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, iManage and other firm applications
- Ability to work extended and/or weekend hours, as required
- Ability to travel, as required
- 3+ years project management and planning experience implementing projects.
- Senior candidates must have 5+ years applicable experience in the field.
- Bachelor’s degree
- Certified Project Manager (from accredited program) and/or PMP credential
- Experience with a suite of projects/programs inclusive of process reengineering and improvement, software and vendor evaluation and selection (RFPs) and implementation, and agile custom software development
- Experience working in the legal and/or operations industry
- Ability to trust and elicit trust
- Strategic, critical thinking and reasoning skills
- Excellent verbal and written comprehension skills