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Legal Project Manager

Job ID: 25-11143
Job Title: Senior Project Manager – Legal
Location: Toronto, ON (Open to remote candidates who can work on EST, however, the preference is for a candidate who can follow a hybrid model and come to office during the week as needed. The team currently goes into office 3 days weekly.)
Duration: 6 months
Contract Type: T4 only
Pay Rate: $87.84/Hour
 
Role Mandate:
  • We are looking for a Project Manager to join Client’s External Legal Counsel program to support an initiative focused on a program and panel refresh.
  • RFPs are expected to be distributed to a number of firms and a skilled PM who can navigate Change Management and direct various levels of leadership and groups is requested to keep the project on track.
 
Role Responsibilities:
  • Leads assigned projects from project initiation to implementation to achieve desired business results.
  • Ensures that a successful business outcome is the prime measure of project success including delivering projects on time, within budget, within quality standards and to the satisfaction of the project sponsor.
  • Drives to mitigate execution risk to achieve the desired business outcomes. Understands the business/group and facilitates communication with other program/project managers and stakeholders efficiently and effectively.
  • Directs, manages, and coordinates team members including other project managers, business and technology resources, user groups, internal and external consultants and contractors, as well as vendors and external regulatory organizations.
  • Monitors and tracks performance and addresses any issues.
  • Designs and produces regular and ad-hoc reports, and dashboards.
  • Socializes change management plans with stakeholders and consistently measures project effectiveness and adoption.
  • Directs complex initiatives typically involving multiple business units.
  • Exercises direct accountability for projects with up to 50 team members
  • Negotiates complex contracts with external vendors (in consultation with Strategic Sourcing) to ensure receipt of specific resources and materials
  • Provides guidance to the project sponsor on the implementation and sustainment of projects, resulting in successful project outcomes
  • Manages all aspects of the project lifecycle, including business, operational and technology deliverables. Ensures all project processes are completed.
  • Ensures change management plans are developed, socialized and consistently measured to deliver the expected project benefits and adoption.
  • Executes project requirements in governance frameworks focused on risk appetite, regulatory and compliance standards.
  • Develops all related project management artifacts, while complying with applicable enterprise standards
  • Monitors and controls project deliverables. Makes recommendations and adjustments to the overall project plan to achieve deliverables

Must Have Skills:
  • Project management experience – 6 to 8 years (grounded in PM organization, meetings, minutes, sequence activities, problem solving)
  • Background must reflect experience working with client Legal teams, external legal counsel
  • Change Management experience is preferred
  • Banking and Procurement experience are nice to have
  • Valid PMP designation from the Project Management Institute (PMI) is an asset.
  • Entrepreneurial skills, able to navigate change – In-depth.
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