Senior Project Manager - Delhi - Clifford @ Clifford Chance

The role of the Senior Project Manager is to shape and deliver the business benefits outlined in the Business case within the agreed tolerances of time, cost and quality. The role incumbent will be responsible for the delivery of large and complex project lifecycle covering the overall, planning, management, co-ordination and financial control.

The core focus area of the Senior Project Manager will be to work with business and GPG Portfolio Manager to understand the need for a change, contribute in creation of a business case for the desired change, and set-up a project organisation with participation from multi-discipline teams to deliver the expected outcomes.

The Senior Project Manager will also be responsible for coaching and mentoring project coordinators and project leads aligned to her/him.

The role incumbent will be accountable for delivering large and complex projects (business and system alike) with a primary focus on benefits realization and will hold the following accountabilities:

• Provide day to day project team leadership and matrix management to motivate and inspire multi-discipline project teams to deliver project milestones according to agreed project schedule.
• Collaborate with business and GPG Portfolio Manager to prepare the business case to elicit the need for change and organize for its approval by appropriate governance forums.
• Work with minimum supervision to set-up a project organisation structure.
• Build and own client and stakeholder relationships at executive levels during and beyond the project duration.
• Elicit business needs and requirements translating them into clearly documented application and operational requirements.
• Contribute to the analysis, documentation and proposition of solution options ensuring the options are based on sound commercial and financial judgement.
• Ensure projects start, progress and finish with a defined and detailed scope including time, cost and governance parameters and any deviations are skillfully managed and controlled through change control processes available.
• Develops, reviews and gains agreement of project plans, allocates resources and work packages to accomplish project objectives.
• Provide and maintain the link between business requirements and the delivery plan.
• Ensure sufficient resources and skill sets are available in order to meet all project targets agreeing resource requirements throughout the project team with the relevant managers, escalating where necessary.
• Undertake cost management, in liaison with the finance and commercial support teams, including time, resource and cost forecasting with associated change management.
• Provide accurate project status reports against milestones, project expenditure against budget and benefit realization to all stakeholders.
• Plan and mitigate project risks to acceptable levels to ensure project objectives and deliverables are achieved, communicating all risk mitigation steps relevant stakeholders.
• Prepare and communicate various project related documentation including; Project Board information, project briefs, exception reports and options papers.
• Utilize the Clifford Chance project management methodology (the Delivery Framework) and project management tools to plan, manage and communicate throughout every stage of the project.
• Participate in the development and organic learning of the Clifford Chance Delivery Framework and project management techniques.
• Ensure projects comply with all internal Clifford Chance policies, procedures and regulations.
• Develop and execute project communication plans.
• Contribute to the lessons learnt process and champion organizational learning.
• Undertake recruitment of various roles within GPG as and when needed and approved by the Director of Global Programme Group.
• Mentor and coach junior members of the project team.

Skills, Knowledge Experience

The role incumbent will possess the following skills and knowledge, preferably practiced in a law firm or other similar professional services company: