Innovation Project Manager

Greenberg Traurig•Miami, FL

About The Position

Greenberg Traurig is hiring an Innovation Project Manager to lead end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of innovation initiatives across the firm, with a focus on its AI program. The role partners with attorneys, practice group leaders, IT, and external vendors to move initiatives from intake and evaluation through pilots, implementation, adoption, and value realization. It supports a well-governed innovation portfolio aligned with firm strategy, client confidentiality, and responsible AI use. The position manages innovation and AI projects across enterprise tools, develops roadmaps and executive reporting, and coordinates cross-functional teams through planning, testing, deployment, training, and adoption. It also evaluates vendor solutions and pilots, supports firm-wide and global rollouts, and helps apply AI and automation to legal and business workflows. The role serves as a key point of contact for internal stakeholders and supports client-facing innovation work. The employee may occasionally move around the work area to meet colleagues or retrieve assignments. The work may also be sedentary, involve sitting for extended periods, and require manual dexterity to use a phone, enter computer data, handle objects, and operate office equipment.

Requirements

At least 5 years of project management experience, including leading technology and AI initiatives as a plus.
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 and 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 such as Microsoft 365 Copilot, including prompt design and evaluation of AI-generated output.

Nice To Haves

Law firm, professional services, or consulting experience preferred.
Understanding of law firm economics and legal service delivery models preferred.
Experience working within a PMO environment preferred.
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 assessments for 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, through 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 pilot 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 point of 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; manage relationships, SLAs, performance metrics, and delivery expectations.
Coordinate onboarding and governance of third-party consultants and resources.