# Senior Legal Project Manager – Disputes

**Company**: Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Legal

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## Description

We are seeking a Senior Legal Project Manager – Disputes to join our Finance – Legal Project Management team. You will work closely with the Legal Project Manager Lead – Disputes, International and other key stakeholders to support the effective implementation of LPM initiatives within the practice group.

The successful candidate will have a good track record of championing and delivery change, excellent verbal and written communication skills, and be self-motivated with a commercial outlook.

Key responsibilities include:

- Working closely with partner and lawyer teams to support the efficient management of sophisticated client engagements

- Providing 'on-demand' support and consultancy for partners and lawyers on 'live matters'

- Identifying opportunities for efficiency and innovation

- Championing and supporting the build out of LPM capability across Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

- Liaising with other operational specialists to support various functions

The outcomes we are looking for from Legal Project Management are:

- Priced correctly

- Managed

- High quality

- Consistent

- Efficient

- Profitable

- Transparent

- Innovative

In addition to the above, you will also be expected to:

- Support strategic goals and collaborate with the LPM Practice Lead and Head of LPM

- Assist in developing and maintaining practice-specific LPM knowledge, tools, and processes

- Provide day-to-day guidance and support to the LPM team within the practice group

- Coach and mentor junior team members

The ideal candidate will have:

- A good track record of championing and delivery change

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Self-motivated, able to demonstrate determination and persistence

- Ability to implement pragmatic solutions

- High degrees of influencing skills

- Coaching skills; high level of credibility, professional

- Ability to work with all levels within an organisation

- Pro-active, commercial outlook with a solution-based approach

- Proven track record of selling the chargeable elements of LPM to clients and partners

Desirable skills and experience include:

- Worked in a law firm or professional services environment

- Understanding of the legal services markets

- Experience with Microsoft 365 / Power Platform, SmartSheet, or other legal tech / AI tools

## Skills

### Required
- change management
- communication
- influencing
- coaching
- problem-solving
- commercial awareness

### Nice to have
- Microsoft 365
- Power Platform
- SmartSheet
- legal tech
- AI tools

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