PMO Project Manager

1 week ago

Dublin, Ireland A&L Goodbody LLP Full time

Reporting into the Project Management Office Manager, this position provides the opportunity for a highly motivated and ambitious person to work in a Project Management Office in a leading Irish firm.

The role will involve in the provision of project management disciplines, administration and governance to deliver projects efficiently and effectively. A key focus of this role will be on project planning, scheduling and execution across a wide variety of projects both IT and business related. Another key focus of this role will be to ensure the firm's project delivery lifecycle is implemented including supporting project documentation. The role will provide the right individual with good opportunities to grow and develop in this function while working closely on a date to day basis with a wide variety of project stakeholders.

The role is a 12-month fixed-term maternity cover, with a prospective start date of mid-January to allow for a reasonable transition period.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Apply project management standards and best practices to ensure successful execution of portfolio projects on scope, on schedule and on budget.
  • Concurrently manage multiple projects end-to-end using industry best practices methodologies (Waterfall & Agile). This role will suit a detail orientated individual.
  • Work with the PMO to ensure best practice standards and project governance approaches are maintained across the project portfolio.
  • Ensure organisational confidence in the projects being delivered by building strong stakeholder relationships.
  • Identify inter-dependencies between resources, stakeholders and deliverables and ensure all risks are identified and mitigated.
  • Prepare detailed project plans, resourcing needs, delivery milestones and success criteria for every project.
  • Excellent time management, organisation and prioritisation abilities. Liaise with all stakeholders to ensure requirements are understood, signed off, and delivery priorities agreed prior to solution development.
  • Track deliverables against project plans. Ensure that all project status reporting is completed and all risks/issues are identified, escalated and addressed appropriately.
  • Support all phases of the projects testing cycle to ensure requirements have been delivered, success criteria has been achieved, and the solution being delivered is fit for purpose.

Skills, Experience and Characteristics

  • 5 years PM experience working in a similar role, eliciting requirements and delivering projects and working to recognised PM standards
  • A relevant IT and/or business qualification
  • A recognised project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2)
  • Project Management skills including financial management, planning, scheduling, reporting, resource management, communications, risk management, dependencies, scope, time quality and budget.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels from across the firm and to explain and justify project plans and approaches in clear non-technical language.
  • Experience and knowledge of the leading project management methodologies including skills in business process analysis, requirements gathering and process mapping.
  • Ability to work effectively in ambiguous situations and respond favourably to change.
  • Ability to cope with tight schedules in a calm and effective manner and manage the delivery of multiple projects concurrently.
  • Experience of working on both large and small IT related projects and delivering business change.
  • Experience in creating and updated project documentation including requirements gathering.
  • In depth knowledge of risk, issue, assumption and dependency management to ensure close & consistent governance of all projects.
  • Experience of working in project analysis within a professions services / corporate environment.
  • Familiarity with working in a Project or Programme Management Office preferable.
  • Knowledge of cloud based applications and cloud migration desirable

Working hours and remuneration

  • Hybrid Working and a competitive remuneration package.
  • Access to the firm’s marquee training and development programmes
  • Pension and health insurance contribution, clubs and subs contribution, marriage/civil partnership gratuity and leave, life insurance, complimentary conveyancing allowance and a subsidised restaurant and coffee shop.

 

The Firm

A&L Goodbody (ALG) is a leading Irish law firm with five international offices in Dublin, Belfast, London, New York and San Francisco. There are currently 114 partners and over 900 employees. The strong international and domestic business community in Ireland forms a valuable part of the ALG client base. ALG is incredibly proud to be recognised as the leading Irish law firm in the Chambers and Partners Europe 2024 Guide with the highest number of Band 1 practice area rankings. ALG is also ranked as a 'top tier' law firm in The Legal 500 EMEA Guide 2024 and the IFLR1000 Guide 2023. The firm is consistently ranked number one in the Irish market and on a European level.

 

A sample of other recent notable awards include:

 

  • Awarded the Investors in Diversity Silver Mark in 2024 by the Irish Centre for Diversity
  • Most Popular Graduate Recruiter in Law 2024 by GradIreland (for 13 consecutive years)
  • Law firm of the year – Republic of Ireland 2023 at The Lawyer European Awards
  • Irish Law Firm of the Year 2023 at the Chambers Europe Awards
  • One of the top 50 most innovative law firms in Europe 2023 by the Financial Times
  • Future of Legal Services Innovation Award winners 2024
  • Best client support 2023 by the Managing Partners Forum
  • Business Working Responsibly Mark 2023
  • Ireland's top 25 best places to work by LinkedIn's Top Companies list for 2022

 

ALG has a reputation for leading the way in continuously developing its service to clients and internally to its business. This is delivered through the use of new processes, ways of working, innovative use of technology and marketing-leading business service teams.

 

If you are interested in the above role or require any further information, please contact Rory Sullivan, Talent Generalist, directly: rsullivan@algoodbody.com.

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