Project Manager

Description & Requirements

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP seeks an experienced and engaging project manager desiring to be part of an exciting team of professionals supporting the Firm’s mission: to materially enhance our client’s ability to succeed in their business activities through consistent delivery of exceptional legal services.

Summary: The Project Manager works closely with IT personnel, and other departments, through the project management lifecycle on 10-15 annual projects. The complexity of this position requires an engaging, imaginative, and collaborative management approach, with a sophisticated ability to work with other leaders to set the best balance between implementation strategies, security considerations, fiscal constraints, and other priorities at the Firm.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for project plan development, project plan execution, and integrated change control.

• Responsible for scope, time, cost, quality, resources, communications, and risk management.

• Hosts project meetings regularly with defined objectives in the meeting agenda.

• Provides project leadership to facilitate cohesion among the project team and project sponsors.

• Serves as a valued member of the Firm and meets daily or weekly with various department leaders.

• Meets bi-weekly with the leadership and reports on project priorities, statuses, and issues.

• The candidate must possess a bachelor’s degree and have achieved Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP)® Certification or have earned the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)®.

• First-rate project managers are excellent communicators, written and oral.

• Must be able to plan and organize project meetings, documents, tasks, and issue tracking.

• Must be able to solve problems, adapt, and excel in a fluid and fast-moving environment.

• Must possess strong team-building skills.

• Must be able to perform project cost estimates in developing project budgets.

• Must be able to manage multiple projects with often changing priorities.

• Must be a self-starter.

• Must have 10+ years of experience interacting with clients.

• Should be proficient in project management software (e.g., BrightWork, MS Project).

Vaccination Requirements: To help promote and ensure the safety of all of our employees and the clients we serve, we strongly encourage all personnel to be up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccination status. Vaccination status will be requested and will be kept confidential.

An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Pro Disabled and Veteran Employer.