Senior Project Manager in Sydney, New South Wales at Law Partners Compensation Lawyers

Reports to: Chief Operating Officer
Role type: Project / Program Delivery
Responsible for:

• Legal operations platform transformation
• CRM transformation
• Finance platform transformation
• Integration and data infrastructure greenfield project

Role Purpose:

The Project Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating and governing a portfolio of enterprise transformation initiatives across legal operations, CRM, finance, integrations and data infrastructure.

The role will ensure each project stream is delivered with clear scope, milestones, resource plans, governance controls, budget oversight and vendor coordination. The Project Manager will work closely with executive sponsors, business owners, technology teams, vendors and professional services partners to ensure delivery remains aligned to business priorities, approved scope, budget, risk appetite and transformation objectives.

This is a hands-on delivery role requiring strong project governance, stakeholder management, commercial discipline and the ability to manage multiple interdependent workstreams as part of a broader transformation ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Planning and Delivery

• Develop, maintain and manage integrated project plans across multiple transformation streams.
• Define project milestones, dependencies, deliverables, deadlines and critical path activities.
• Maintain a master transformation roadmap across legal operations, CRM, finance, integrations and data infrastructure projects.
• Track delivery progress, risks, issues, decisions and dependencies across internal teams, vendors and professional services providers.
• Ensure project delivery remains aligned to approved business requirements, MVP scope and broader transformation objectives.
• Coordinate project activities across business, technology, finance, operations and vendor teams.
• Proactively identify delivery risks, blockers and resourcing constraints, and drive resolution with the appropriate stakeholders.

Required Experience:

• Minimum 10 years’ project management experience in enterprise transformation environments.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-stream transformation programs.
• Experience delivering technology-enabled transformation in legal, professional services, financial services or similarly regulated environments.
• Legal technology experience is highly desirable.
• Strong project governance, reporting and delivery control experience.
• Proven ability to manage multiple interdependent project streams concurrently.
• Strong resource planning experience across internal teams, vendors and professional services partners.
• Experience managing vendors, implementation partners and technology providers.
• Demonstrated experience managing OpEx and CapEx, project budgets, forecasts and financial reporting.
• Experience defining, managing and controlling MVP scope and broader transformation scope.
• Strong understanding of Agile, hybrid and traditional project delivery methodologies.
• Experience working with executive sponsors, steering committees and senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to work hands-on, take initiative and resolve delivery issues independently.

Preferred Certifications

• Agile certification, such as Scrum Master, AgilePM, SAFe or equivalent.
• Prosci change management certification.
• Six Sigma certification.
• Project management certification, such as PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent.

Why Join Law Partners?

• Work at one of Australia’s largest specialist personal injury firms
• Interesting project
• Supportive, collaborative and down-to-earth team culture
• Sydney CBD location
• Regular social events and firm-wide celebrations
• Birthday leave and wellbeing initiatives