Innovation Project Manager

Greenberg Traurig•Miami, FL

3d•$150,881 - $172,473•Onsite

About The Position

The Innovation Project Manager leads the end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of innovation initiatives across the firm, with a focus on its AI program. The role works closely with attorneys, practice group leaders, IT, and external vendors to move initiatives from intake and evaluation through piloting, implementation, adoption, and value realization. It serves as a strategic partner in building a well-governed innovation portfolio aligned with firm strategy, protecting client confidentiality, and promoting responsible AI use. The position manages innovation and AI project portfolios, develops roadmaps, and delivers projects using Agile, hybrid, or traditional methods. It coordinates cross-functional teams, testing, deployment, training, and adoption readiness, and monitors schedules, expenses, budgets, deliverables, and project outcomes. The role also evaluates technology through vendor pilots, recommends go/no-go decisions, and leads phased deployments of approved solutions. The Innovation Project Manager is a key contact for attorneys, practice group leaders, and executive leadership. The role facilitates discovery, requirements, workshops, and solution design; supports client-facing innovation work; and manages vendor relationships, service expectations, and third-party onboarding and governance.

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years of project management experience.
PMP certification required.
Demonstrated full project lifecycle experience, from feasibility studies, business cases, and requirements through selection, implementation, and post-implementation support.
Proven success managing multiple concurrent projects and complex portfolios in fast-paced environments.
Experience managing projects involving AI, automation, and technology applied to legal and professional services workflows.
Experience with structured change management and digital transformation in professional services.
Ability to translate complex business, legal, and technical challenges into actionable plans.
Strong analytical skills, including the ability to interpret operational, usage, and financial data.
Advanced stakeholder management and executive communication skills, including presenting complex concepts clearly and succinctly.
Ability to influence without authority in a partnership-driven organization.
Experience facilitating workshops, stakeholder alignment sessions, and design thinking initiatives.
Ability to work independently and within globally distributed, cross-functional teams, adapting work style to project and cultural demands.
Strong problem-solving, organizational, and prioritization skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and project management tools.
Proficiency with AI tools (e.g., Microsoft 365 Copilot), including prompt design and evaluation of AI-generated output.

Nice To Haves

Law firm, professional services, or consulting experience.
Experience leading technology and AI initiatives.
Understanding of law firm economics and legal service delivery models.
Experience working within a PMO environment.
Experience with SharePoint, HighQ, Power BI, or equivalent tools for dashboards and reporting.
Understanding of large language models, natural language processing, machine learning, and automation use cases.
Familiarity with enterprise systems, cloud platforms, information governance standards, and application, database, and system architecture.

Responsibilities

Manage intake, prioritization, and readiness assessment of innovation and AI use cases.
Plan, scope, and deliver projects within the firm’s AI program across enterprise AI tools.
Maintain visibility of the innovation project portfolio, including status, dependencies, and resourcing, using executive reporting and leadership dashboards.
Develop annual innovation roadmaps with firm and practice group leadership.
Partner with project sponsors to define objectives, scope, schedules, and success metrics.
Develop project plans, critical success factors, status reports, and delivery roadmaps.
Execute projects using Agile, hybrid, and traditional delivery models.
Lead geographically dispersed, cross-functional teams and secure resources in a matrix organization.
Coordinate testing, deployment, training, and adoption readiness with departments and vendors.
Manage tasks, timelines, expenses, and budgets; take corrective action when tasks or milestones slip.
Coordinate timely review and sign-off on project deliverables.
Design and launch vendor pilots with defined success criteria and metrics; prepare debriefs and go/no-go recommendations for leadership.
Develop rollout playbooks covering readiness assessment, governance, pilot design, training, and phased deployment.
Lead phased firm-wide and global deployments of approved solutions.
Apply AI and automation to legal and business workflows, including document processes, knowledge management, and reporting.
Serve as a key contact for attorneys, practice group leaders, and executive leadership.
Collaborate with IT, Training, and InfoSec to align priorities and delivery.
Facilitate stakeholder meetings, discovery and requirements sessions, workshops, and solution design sessions.
Support client-facing innovation work, including client requirements discussions and performance reporting.
Proactively manage and align client and internal stakeholder expectations.
Occasionally lead RFP processes, including requirements, evaluation, due diligence, and vendor selection.
Liaise between vendors and internal teams, managing relationships, SLAs, performance metrics, and delivery expectations.
Coordinate onboarding and governance of third-party consultants and resources.