Project Manager - Seattle, United States - Lane Powell

Description

Lane Powell has nearly 150 years of experience serving as a strategic business advisor and legal counsel to premier public and private companies. Our lawyers work with a venerable list of clients in the Pacific Northwest and around the globe - from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses and startups - and we take great pride in serving not only as their trusted legal counsel, but also as their partners in business.

Position Summary

The Project Manager will be responsible for managing resources in a collaborative environment, ensuring proper resource allocation to complete projects on time and within budget. The Project Manager will work closely with Firm Leadership and have frequent communications with key stakeholders, including attorneys, operations directors, and end-users to ensure awareness of project status and progress. This position will deliver business related solutions in accordance with the directives laid out within the Firm's strategic frameworks, principles, and guidelines. This position will work on a range of ongoing projects related to internal systems improvements or replacements, process changes and enhancements, office real estate and logistics, firm Objectives and Key Results, external client projects, and special projects in support of the Executive Team priorities.

Essential Functions

• Project Management - manage multiple, ongoing, and interrelated projects to achieve business goals. Coordinate and prioritize resources across business areas. Organize and manage scope, timeline from project inception to completion. Provide project management services and expertise to operational departments and attorney teams. Lead project teams in implementing solutions through their entire lifecycle. Lead the project creation process including requirements gathering, business case development, and stakeholder identification.
• Communication - Maintain frequent and direct communication with stakeholders, develop scope and estimates, monitor and control projects, and resolve impediments effectively and efficiently. Plan and deliver cross-department solutions to enhance the Lane Powell business operations.
• Project Audience and Neutrality - present ideas in a variety of ways depending upon audience and aim. Attain an overall technical and process understanding of a solution. Emphasize results while driving projects forward, regardless of personal interest in the task. Challenge ideas within a group in a constructive way. Work effectively in a rapidly changing environment with aggressive project deadlines. Manage business meetings including scheduling, facilitating discussions, building agendas, recording minutes, distributing relevant information. Excellent research, writing, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Business Analysis - work with attorneys, managers, and directors to define business and system requirements for new implementations. Prepare and communicate proposals for project implementation. Design and develop data-backed presentations for firm leadership, including cost/benefit and saving analysis. Research current trends and development in the industry relevant systems and identify new solutions or enhancements to current systems. Attend user group meetings, conferences, workshops, and training sessions as appropriate. Make recommendations to management regarding current trends.
• Business Intelligence - work with attorneys, managers, and directors to define business and system requirements for project implementations.
• Documentation - fully document all systems, processes, and procedures related to the daily administration of enterprise projects/programs. Consistently document project statuses through written communication to properly communicate with project teams.
• Assist, review and negotiate contracts; liaises with legal counsel as appropriate in conjunction with Chief of Staff and Executive Team.
• Collaborate with project owners and Operations Directors to provide training and information required to promote and implement new projects, programs, and systems.

Desired Skills:

• Possess a high level of integrity and discretion in handling confidential information.
• Successfully collaborate with a large and wide-ranging set of internal stakeholders
• Handle difficult issues with confidence and professionalism. Remain clear-headed and focused, and inspire others to do the same.
• Identify stakeholder needs and expectations and respond to them in a timely and effective manner.
• Research and present assessment of risk and benefits of alternative approaches in any decision.
• Focus on objectives and consider both the short-term and long-term impact of decisions throughout the process.
• Understand technical issues and apply proper fundamentals, techniques, and procedures
• Break down problems and issues into sub-components and then assess the costs, benefits, and risks of various options prior to selecting a particular approach.
• Look for new and productive ways to make an impact. Originate constructive and appropriate actions to achieve results.
• Follow through and achieve closure of assignments and projects in a timely manner.
• Establish a pattern of working independently, meet reasonable deadlines, and accept responsibility for your actions.
• Readily accept new responsibilities and adapt well to changes in procedures. Give appropriate priority to work demands.
• Fulfill any commitments made to others on the team and work cooperatively with others to ensure accountability.
• Remain current on job knowledge. Be familiar with Lane Powell policies and procedures and meet training and/or professional development goals set by the Firm. Share new skills and knowledge with others in the Firm.
• Produce quality work that is consistent, accurate, thorough, and demonstrates attention to detail.

Minimum Requirements:

The minimum qualifications listed below (along with education/experience) are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of this position.

• High School Diploma/GED
• 3-5 years of Project management experience
• Superb organizational skills
• Ability to follow instructions and take actions independently
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Professional, respectful attitude towards all
• Ability to receive and analyze information
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Knowledge of and experience using MS Office and project management software and tools

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree

Hours / Schedule / Location:

• 40 hours per week / Monday through Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM / Seattle office
• This position reports to Chief of Staff and Firm Leadership
• This is a full-time, exempt position that requires regular and predictable attendance
• Infrequent travel may be required for cross-office projects
• Hybrid - Remote and On-site work will be necessary for this role

Salary Range:

• $80,000 to $130,000 annually

Other Compensation:

• Other compensation may include bonuses, profit sharing, HSA employer contributions, prizes and gifts

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, vision, and Life and AD&D insurance, additionally we offer voluntary accident, hospital indemnity and critical illness insurance plans
• 401(k) Retirement and Profit Sharing plan
• Paid Time Off - we offer PTO starting at 18 days annually for employees that accrues per pay period

Pre-Employment Screening

• Any job offer will be conditional upon successfully completing a pre-employment background screening and reference check.

Lane Powell PC is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications for employment from qualified individuals of diverse backgrounds. If you need reasonable accommodations to apply for any position, please let us know. All employment decisions, practices and procedures are carried out without regard to gender, race, color, religion, national origin, political ideology, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or any other applicable legally protected status. This policy applies to all personnel activities including employment, promotion, transfer, compensation and termination.