Business Project Advisor

Job Title: Business Project Advisor
Job Location: Remote role
Job Duration: 6-7 Months (possibility of extension)
Payrate: $ 50.36/hr on W2

Notes:
8am-5pm CST
Prefer candidates in CST time zone. Will consider from EST who are willing to work in CST time zone.

Manager Requires:
  
•    Must have 8-10 years relevant project management experience with at least 5 years supporting a legal and/or compliance department.
•    Healthcare industry preferred.
•    Must be able to Oversee all projects  for the whole legal and/or compliance  department.
•    Must be able to interact with legal operations team, Technology team.
•    Must be able to Take notes, track project completion.
•    Experience in PowerPoint, Excel and VISIO required
•    Must be able to escalate items that are required to keep the project moving forward.
•    Must actively manage projects and drive towards completion
•    Must be able to propose solutions if unable to meet milestones
•    Must be able to drive projects forward .
•    Must be able to  create professional presentations and document project maps using 
Interview:  One or 2 rounds of interview with 2 managers
 Education: 
•    Bachelor’s degree required
•    Master’s degree preferred

Project management professional certification strongly preferred 
 
Job Summary:

• This role will help drive the mission of the Legal Operations & Shared Services team – which is to provide centralized support to Client’s Legal & Corporate Affairs department. Our goal is to drive efficiency and create value through improved technology, best in class processes and to strengthen governance both internally and with external vendors.
• This role will manage a small team of legal project managers and will collaborate with key stakeholders to intake, aggregate, prioritize, schedule, and execute strategic legal initiatives and process improvement projects.
• The ideal candidate will possess knowledge of benchmarking, business process analysis, change management, metrics development and measurement and have experience compiling and delivering executive-level status reports.
• A demonstrated ability to lead project management teams supporting a legal and/or compliance function is required.
• The qualified project management professional must be able to able to manage large, complex cross-functional initiatives that span across the entire Legal & Corporate Affairs department, and provide support for enterprise wide programs or initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the Legal Project Management Office (LPMO) as it provides support for cross functional projects and improvement initiatives.
• Identify and implement best practices that will drive overall efficiency for the Legal & Corporate Affairs Department.
• Partner with key leaders within the Legal Operations & Shared Services team as well as leaders within Client’s entire Legal & Corporate Affairs department to ensure process improvements align with overall enterprise strategy & goals.
• Define the metrics and KPIs to measure success of each project and the overall LPMO program.
• Lead change management efforts associated with implementing new processes
• Collaborate with matrix partners such as Client’s technology team, Information Protection Team, Finance and others.
• Develop and maintain project artifacts, documentation, and playbooks.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• Project management professional certification strongly preferred.

Skills:

• A successful candidate will be able to work with their constituents to identify reasonable goals, establish a project plan, identify the need for additional stakeholders or resources and identify any barriers to completion.
• Project management professional certification strongly preferred.
• 8-10 years relevant project management experience with at least 5 years supporting a legal and/or compliance department.
• Must have strong organizational skills.
• Proven track record of leading enterprise scale, complex projects successfully.
• Demonstrated attention to detail & the ability to work independently while managing multiple projects and priorities.
• Ability to create professional presentations and document project maps using PowerPoint, Excel and VISIO required.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills required.