**Senior Corporate or Litigation Lawyer seeking an 'alternative' career?** Unique Multi-D role. Elite multi-award winning global firm. $120,*******,000 Pack+Perks.Melbourne.
YOUR NEW EMPLOYER
Our client is a multi-award winning ‘high-tech’ international law firm with a formidable reputation+ the ‘employer of choice’ for over 1000+ top professionals globally.
It is a pioneering LEADER (not a follower)+is at the cutting-edge of some of the newest innovation/tech developments in the legal industry.
YOUR NEW ROLE
Reporting to the Head Manager of the integrated document review/legal tech/ediscovery/legal projects team, as a senior project manager, you will love the challenge+ variety+satisfaction:
- leading document review managers/ lawyers/paralegals/legal tech professionals+ project managing/overseeing doc review projects to ensure adherence to cost, quality and time expectations;
- liaising with Partners, your senior managers/colleagues/subordinates, corporate services team and external service providers to fulfil your various business strategic functions including: 1) knowledge sharing/performance coaching staff in your team; 2) contributing to developing new initiatives/strategies to meet market demands and drive necessary change; 3) assisting with developing national learning programs to build the capability of the team, drive high performance and deliver results; 4) assisting with recruitment.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
- RARE ‘foot in the door’ opportunity to join an elite quick-evolving international law firm with an enviable reputation;
- Stimulating+ Challenging+ Rewarding multi-faceted role to ‘stretch’ yourself +grow;
- Vibrant, open, inclusive+ collaborative culture that encourages+ helps you to succeed +reach your full potential;
- Top Camaraderie/Mentors- Lead/share+ learn from/be inspired by A+ top legal and non-legal professionals.
- NON-STOP learning+ career development opportunities to ensure you fulfil your maximum potential;
- Enviable working conditions including part work from home+ Extra staff benefits [subsidised gym, health checks, in-house snacks/meals, social, flexible work, discounts on products/services, generous paid parental leave, purchase additional annual leave etc].
WHO YOU ARE
We are interested in hearing from you if you:
- Have a law degree (essential)+ additional qualifications in information management/project management/IT (preferable not essential);
- Have 5+ years (up to senior) legal/legal tech industry experience including minimum 3+ years’ experience as a practising litigation/corporate/commercial/competition lawyer at some point in your career;
- Have had experience in large-scale document review/ediscovery+ some exposure to legal technology (preferable);
- Have solid leadership experience managing a team of lawyers/paralegals+ project management experience (essential);
- Have outstanding communication, people/relationship/stakeholder management skills;
- Are super organized+ deadline driven+ can deliver even under pressure/tight time frames;
- are hungry to carve out+grow a long-term ‘alternative legal’ career as a specialist legal project manager with a first-class high-tech global firm which heavily invests in their staff.