Technical Project Manager
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ABOUT THE ROLE
Due to our continued growth and commitment to providing our colleagues and clients with the very best service from our IT infrastructure, we are looking to hire a new Technical Project Manager. Technology is at the core of everything we do. The Winckworth Sherwood IT Team supports around 380+ people, mainly in our London Head Office. We also provide support for our smaller offices in Oxford and Manchester.
As our Technical Project Manager, you will be responsible for the planning, execution and delivery of multiple critical firmwide and departmental IT projects. Reporting into the Programme Manager, you will be working closely with various stakeholders including the IT Director, our Systems Developers and/or the Infrastructure Team, as well as third party consultants.
You will use your:
- Project management and technical experience in delivering legal IT systems ranging from in-house developed systems and/or workflows covering automation, AI or a combination of both to deliver critical projects.
- Change and people management skills, to deliver first in class solutions to our internal as well as external clients.
ABOUT YOU
You will ideally have experience within the legal profession and a successful track record on managing IT projects, utilising your background in software development, IT infrastructure, alongside any experience of driving AI projects and adoption.
Your intellectual curiosity when it comes to IT problem solving will enable you to provide our colleagues with innovative solutions to progress their IT projects. Your project planning and execution expertise, backed up by your familiarity with project management tools will enable you to manage risk, documentation and champion best practice.
In return you will enjoy a fun, vibrant and stable IT team and have the opportunity to make a real impact across some business-critical projects.
WHY US
Winckworth Sherwood is an exciting, diverse, and growing business. We are a full-service law firm with a diverse client base, that prides itself on providing advice across a broad range of sectors and markets. Delivering a first-class service is key to everything we do.
Our clients range from some of the UK’s largest businesses and institutions, housebuilders and developers through to investors, professional partnerships, family offices, not for profit organisations and private individuals – all of which benefit from the flexible, practical approach of our lawyers.
We recognise that our people play a key part in our success and as a result we are committed to their development and well-being. We promote a healthy work-life balance and flexibility, keeping our people motivated and stimulated to deliver great things.
YOUR APPLICATION JOURNEY
Application review
Your profile will be screened by a member of the WS recruitment team. If you CV is shortlisted, you will be invited to have a short call with our Recruitment Manager, Ash Evans, to discuss your interest in the vacancy. No AI is used in our application screening process! Every candidate who applies to this role will be told if they have been successful or not in moving to the next stage.
1st interview (in person at our London office)
This will be with the Director of IT and your potential line manager, the Programme Manager. They will discuss your interest in the role, what you are looking for professionally, and ask some competency/behavioural/technical questions that relate to the key skills/behaviours needed for this position.
Every candidate who reaches this stage will be offered the chance to have a feedback call with our Recruitment Manager to understand why they weren't progressed to the next interview stage, so that you can use this feedback to help with other job applications.
2nd interview (in person at our London office)
At this stage, you will At this stage, you will meet the Programme Manager again briefly, before speaking to Ash and one of our Partners, who is a key member of one of the project teams.
This is also a good opportunity to ask any final role/firm specific questions.
Every candidate who reaches this stage will be offered the chance to have a feedback call with our Recruitment Manager to understand why they weren't offered the position, so that you can use this feedback to help with other job applications.
Offer of employment
If you are successful and accept our offer of employment, we will submit your details to our background screening company (Giant), who will conduct a series of background checks. Once these have been completed and we have separately validated your proof of right to work in the UK, a start date can be agreed, and your onboarding schedule can be planned.