Senior Legal Project Manager – Disputes

About the role

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader is recruiting a Senior Legal Project Manager for its Disputes practice in London. The role works closely with the Legal Project Manager Lead and other stakeholders to help implement legal project management (LPM) initiatives and contributes to the practice's LPM strategy. It sits in the Finance department and supports partners and lawyers in managing complex client engagements efficiently.

Key responsibilities

• Manage matters end to end with partners: scoping, pricing, resource planning, delivery and monitoring, scope changes, and reviews aimed at quality and efficiency.
• Provide on-demand support and consultancy to partners and lawyers on live matters, and identify opportunities for efficiency and innovation.
• Champion the build-out of LPM capability across the firm and liaise with pricing/finance, reporting/IT, knowledge sharing and pitching/marketing teams.
• Train fee earners on the LPM methodology and tools, and support the implementation and use of the LPM software.
• Support the LPM Practice Lead and Head of LPM on strategic goals, including rollouts of tools, training and processes.
• Coach and mentor junior team members, help manage workloads and share best practice.

Required profile

• Proven track record of selling the chargeable elements of LPM to clients and partners and acting as a chargeable asset on live matters.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, influencing and coaching skills, and ability to work with all levels of the organisation.
• Desired: experience in a law firm or professional services environment, understanding of legal services markets, and a history of championing change.

Required skills

• Highly numerate and competent in Excel for fee analysis and reporting.
• Professional qualifications required if applicable.
• Desired: Microsoft 365 / Power Platform (Power BI, Power Automate, SharePoint, Planner, CoPilot), SmartSheet and other legal tech / AI tools.

Working hours are 35 hours per week, 9:30am to 5:30pm, with up to 40% of time working from home under a hybrid arrangement.