Chicago - Global Project Manager

Winston Taylor • Chicago, IL

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Winston Taylor’s Project Management Office (PMO) manages initiatives across the firm’s global departments and practices. The Global Project Manager partners with staff and attorney stakeholders to scope, plan, and manage medium- to high-complexity projects globally, including business process improvements, office moves, technology product implementations, and business development special projects. The role creates and delivers project plans that support business solutions and the firm’s evolving needs by improving existing processes. It also serves as a liaison between the customer community and technical teams, ensuring documented requirements are implemented to stakeholders’ satisfaction.

The project management team engages regularly with senior firm leadership and contributes meaningfully to business and technology initiatives affecting the firm’s clients, competitiveness, and employees’ working environment. Project managers are expected to define and drive progress, not simply coordinate and document meetings. The role is based in Chicago and requires living within commuting distance of a firm office, with the ability to work in the office three to four days per week.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least 3 years of project management experience in a law firm or relevant professional services environment required.
• Must live within commuting distance of a firm office and be able to come into the office 3–4 days per week.
• Advanced knowledge of project management methodologies and tools.
• Strong leadership, prioritization, and organizational skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships with firm leadership, customers, stakeholders, and project sponsors.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to present detailed or complicated information understandably to attorneys and staff.
• Strong information-gathering and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to apply critical thinking to complex situations.
• Experience collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to identify and solve complex business problems.
• Experience managing projects involving mergers, acquisitions, and organizational integrations, including cross-functional teams, dependencies, risks, and business transition activities.
• Skill in conveying business requirements to business leaders, IS team members, and vendors as needed.
• Ability to oversee the technical creation and implementation of business solutions.
• Experience with testing to ensure project deliverables are completed.
• Experience in information systems and/or applying technology solutions to business processes.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with non-U.S. operations, especially in Europe and Asia, is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Partner with project sponsors or subject matter experts to identify and document business requirements, focusing on business effectiveness and efficiency, and develop project feasibility and cost-benefit analyses.
• Lead and facilitate project meetings and ensure timely, effective communication across project teams and stakeholders, including PMO leadership.
• Prepare project charters and plans, and deliver projects within allocated time and resource targets while meeting defined scope and quality requirements.
• Identify risks, manage scope changes and resource constraints, and develop mitigation strategies.
• Drive decision-making and escalate issues among project stakeholders, PMO leadership, and firm leadership as appropriate.
• Continuously improve existing project management methodology and help expand the firm’s methodology, best practices, and tools.
• Prepare recommendations for technology and business solutions based on project requirements.
• Develop and maintain project objectives, scope, and work plans for software development, application implementations or modifications, and business processes.
• Communicate project status, issues, and accomplishments to project teams and management.
• Ensure project deliverables are completed according to identified requirements and approved timelines.
• Work with Quality Assurance Managers and Business Analysts to monitor and track defects identified during testing through resolution, including requirement gaps and usability issues.
• Work with Change Managers on organizational readiness, stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and adoption to support implementation and sustained project outcomes.
• Coordinate rollouts to users, including communications, documentation, reference guides, and demonstrations.
• Understand integrations between firm applications and systems.
• Research and analyze new technologies.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge through educational workshops, professional publications, and networking.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits providing a full spectrum of coverage and support for full-time employees and their families.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits package.
• Yearly retirement contribution.
• May include an annual discretionary merit bonus.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level