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Cooley LLP · 1 day ago

Firm Operations Project Manager

Seattle

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$105K/yr - $155K/yr

3+ years exp

Cooley LLP is seeking a Project Manager to join the Firm Operations team. The Firm Operations Project Manager will proactively manage multiple related critical projects to achieve specific organizational goals, ensuring seamless coordination with the firm’s evolving platform/data and digital workplace strategies.

Document PreparationLegalProfessional Services

Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Establish rapid familiarity with various project lifecycles including but not limited to agile custom software development, software and vendor selection (RFI/RFP), process reengineering initiatives; extensively research project frameworks where required to quickly self-start and deliver various types of projects successfully

Critically analyze work on receipt and on an ongoing basis, ensuring the most efficient and cost-effective options are employed, factoring in detailed assessments of in-house assets and proposing business process changes where appropriate

Ensure that business needs and desired project outcomes are documented and measured (during and post-implementation) at a detailed and comprehensive level, continually leading to better decisions and investments

Extensively research and understand market relevance (and alternatives) and monitor for changing conditions that may impact the scope or body of work

Proactively build and maintain delivery and test plans that are built to surface issues, risks and dependencies as early as possible; ensure that project/task dates, assignments and regular updates are made consistently in the project management platform (project plans in the firm’s PPM platform should serve as one-stop shop for what’s happening on a given project at any point in time)

Ensure stakeholder and firm operational readiness for delivery of work, build and deliver change management and communication plans accordingly

Ensure that all key project artifacts are delivered – roles and responsibilities, scope statement/charter, business requirements, test plan, release plan, change management and communication plan, etc

Proactively and transparently communicate bodies of work, progress/stoppages, potential risks and issues to team leadership on a proactive and ongoing basis; when in doubt, escalate

Work intra and inter team to understand, evaluate and action enterprise resource constraints, work/delivery overlap, and areas where outcomes and business benefits are not adequately well-defined to warrant firm investment

Adhere to consistently evolving and improving delivery standards established by team/department leadership

Establish and maintain program-level KPIs and reports

All other duties as required

Qualification

Process ReengineeringAgile DevelopmentProject ManagementPMP CertificationMicrosoft Office SuiteVendor EvaluationBusiness AcumenCommunication SkillsStrategic ThinkingLeadership Skills

Required

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

Preferred

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