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Project Manager
Project Manager
Job Role: Project Manager
Working Arrangements
- Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (35 hours per week)
- Hybrid working: Minimum of two days per week office-based
- Flexible working: Happy to discuss
- Location: Liverpool
Hill Dickinson were named as a Top Ten Employer for Working Families 2025 for the second year running, offering flexible working solutions to support a balanced work-life.
Team Overview
Team: Project Management Office The team includes Project Managers, Business Analysts, QA Analysts, and a PMO Analyst. Projects vary in scale, averaging 20 active at any time, with budgets ranging from internal changes to £500,000+.
Recent projects:
- Cyber security enhancements
- Manchester flagship office relocation
- Firm-wide laptop refresh and Windows upgrade
- Active Directory redesign
- Backup and recovery system upgrades
- Rebrand rollout support
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:
Core Benefits:
- Annual leave: Starting at 25 days
- Annual bonus scheme
- Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown
- Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme
- 2 charity volunteering/pro bono days
- Optional private medical insurance via BUPA
- Annual fitness allowance
- Flexible pension scheme
- ISA saving scheme + independent financial advice
- Electric/hybrid vehicle lease scheme
- Medicash
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) with access to counselling
- Enhanced family leave policies
- Fertifa support for reproductive health and wellbeing
- 10 subsidised emergency care days (Bright Horizons)
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- Travel season ticket loan
- Hybrid working + dress-for-your-day policy
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Role Overview
Key Responsibilities
As a Project Manager, you’ll oversee projects from initiation to handover, ensuring adherence to governance, documentation and reporting standards.
Core Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end project delivery, ensuring business readiness and smooth BAU handover.
- Define and governance projects in line with PMO standards, collaborating with the PMO Analyst.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to set scope, objectives, and deliverables.
- Maintain detailed project plans aligned with internal teams and external suppliers.
- Manage third-party suppliers, including onboarding and oversight.
- Collaborate with Business Analysts/QA teams to capture requirements and define test approaches.
- Allocate and manage resources, risks, issues, budgets, and dependencies.
- Facilitate meetings (stand-ups, reviews, steering groups, and boards).
- Produce clear reporting (weekly highlights + monthly board updates).
- Track scope changes and re-plan timelines as needed.
- Support business readiness, training, and user adoption with internal teams.
- Conduct lessons learned sessions to drive PMO improvements.
What We’re Looking For
Essential Criteria
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in Project Management (or equivalent delivery roles).
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
- Knowledge of project delivery practices (planning, risk/issue management, governance).
- Experience working with external suppliers and external delivery partners.
- Strong stakeholder management, influencing ability across the organisation.
- Organisational and problem-solving skills for prioritising competing demands.
- Experience in budgeting and financial management.
- Ability to lead meetings (steering groups/boards) with clear, structured project reporting.
- Confidence to escalate issues and drive resolutions.
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Nice-to-Haves
- Experience in legal/professional services environments.
- Knowledge of legal systems (Aderant, Clio, Intapp, iManage).
- Familiarity with PRINCE2, Agile or Lean methodologies.
- Pragmatic approach to change management and business readiness.
- Experience with PPM tools (e.g., Monday.com).
Hill Dickinson is open to candidates who may not meet all criteria but believe they have transferable value—development opportunities will be provided if successful.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We are committed to fair opportunity and celebrate differences in age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, religion, and more. All applicants are considered solely on merit.
Disability Support
As a Disability Confident employer, we provide reasonable adjustments. Contact hrteam@hilldickinson.com if your needs require consideration during the application or interview process.
Career Diversity
We are welcoming to individuals returning to the law, and all professional qualifications (e.g., SRA/CILEx) are considered.
Screening Process
- All successful candidates undergo a standard pre-employment check, including a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) criminal record check.
- Offers are conditional upon passing all checks.
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