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Legal Project Manager
Job Description
Legal Project Manager - Philadelphia
Our client, a national full-service law firm, is seeking a Legal Project Manager to join its team in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Job Overview:
Successful candidates will be able to perform two categories of essential functions: 1) Lawyer-facing consulting; and 2) Project Management and Delivery. Using a wide range of skills, the Legal Project Manager will serve as an internal consultant to unpack existing workflows in and adjacent to legal practice, and translate business-driven ideas into operational solutions and improvements.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience as a consultant and 2+ years as a project manager
- Previous law firm experience in lawyer-facing role(s) required
- Thorough understanding of both agile and waterfall project management principles; PMP certification is a plus
- Thorough understanding of knowledge management principles a plus
- Comfortable presenting information and responding to questions from groups of attorneys, business professionals, and clients
- Highly organized, master of time and task management
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational and planning skills.
- Highly collaborative with an emphasis on flexibility and adaptability
- High degree of proficiency with commonly used Microsoft technologies
- Able to periodically travel to regional offices
- Four-year college degree required, JD or MBA a plus.
All candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Meet Your Recruiter
Misty Kokkos
Global Legal Recruiter
mkokkos@lawseek.com
With fifteen years of combined experience in Talent Acquisition and Human Resources, Misty Kokkos has successfully navigated diverse industries ranging from start-ups to Big 4, financial services, logistics and supply chain, and more.
Misty’s recruiting experience spans globally from the United States to Europe, the United Kingdom, India and beyond. She focuses on practice areas including healthcare and regulatory compliance, as well as Labor and Employment.
Misty enjoys world travel, learning new languages and exploring the arts. Based in Athens, Greece, Misty splits her time between Europe and Texas, U.S.A.