PMO Executive Manager

The Role

This role sits in the Programme Management Office (PMO) which is part of the Global Programme Group (GPG). The GPG provides stewardship of the firm's global investment portfolio, ensuring the investments advance the firm's strategy, are effectively governed and the outcomes delivered. The GPG works across the firm's governance model, collaborating with the firm's executive leadership to define, organise, govern and deliver transformational change in a coordinated and effective way.

The GPG provides a central location and expertise to support, enable and deliver the firm’s transformation strategy. These changes may affect all functional and geographic areas within the Firm (including both legal and non-legal teams) and, as such, there are multiple complex projects and programmes that require sophisticated yet pragmatic programme and change management to ensure the delivery of successful outcomes and maximum business benefits.

The PMO establishes and oversees the institutional framework that ensures the firm's initiatives are strategically aligned, suitably prioritised, resourced and effectively governed. Overall, it sets the environments that increases the likelihood of successfully delivering the intended business outcomes.

Role Description

The Clifford Chance Global Programme Group is seeking a PMO Executive Manager to join our team. The PMO Executive Manager will be responsible for overseeing the GPG Programme Management Office (PMO) and ensuring that all projects and programs are executed successfully and in line with the firm's strategic objectives. In this role, you will report to the Head of PMO, working closely with and provide strategic support to the GPG leadership to help advance the GPG strategy.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management, excellent communication skills, be highly resourceful with solid emotional intelligence and analytical skills and able to lead and develop a team of PMO professionals.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Act as a strategic advisor to the Head of PMO, providing insights and recommendations on GPG operations and strategic initiatives.
• Promote operational excellence and focus within the GPG and the PMO, fostering a culture of continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to create efficiency, remove obstacles and outline high-impact opportunities.
• Facilitate communication and collaboration across the GPG and other departments, ensuring all teams are aligned and working towards common project goals.
• Develop and implement PMO processes, policies and procedures to ensure consistent and efficient project management practices across the firm.
• Oversee the ideation, initiation, execution, and closure of projects and programs, supporting the delivery team in ensuring that they are completed on time, within scope, and within budget.
• Provide guidance, support, and direction to project managers and team members, fostering a collaborative and results-driven environment.
• At a portfolio/"roll up" level, monitor and track project progress, risks and issues, advising on appropriate mitigation strategies and providing insight over and above data aggregation to support senior management decision making.
• Prepare and review reports, communications, presentations and other materials for the firm's senior governance groups.
• Develop and maintain project management tools, templates, and documentation to support effective project delivery.
• Establish and maintain relationships with other departments who are key to the delivery of projects within the firm, ensuring processes are effective, efficient and pragmatic.
• Lead, manage, mentor, and develop the PMO team, promoting professional growth and development.
• Coordinate, orchestrate and manage initiatives for the Head of PMO such as sensitive lessons learned or issue resolution activities.
• Support inter-department communications through managing the monthly department meeting and similar mediums.

Key skills and knowledge

• Significant experience of working within a department/enterprise wide PMO ideally in a Professional Services environment.
• Proven ability to build relationships with cross-functional teams of diverse styles, skill sets, and experience levels and achieve results.
• Organized and detail-oriented with the ability to prioritize.
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and inspire others.
• Ability to manage resources and multiple projects simultaneously under pressure and within deadlines.
• Willingness to work hard, take direction, and creatively solve problems the answers for which are not obvious or known.
• Ability to think critically and demonstrate good judgment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Data analytics skills and experience of dashboarding tools such as PowerBI, drawing conclusions and insight from the data.
• Willing to ‘get their sleeves rolled up’ and ‘get things done’.

The Clifford Chance Principles embody what we stand for and aspire to be:

Exceeding clients' expectations

We are committed to helping our clients achieve their goals by providing commercially focused legal advice of the highest quality that will consistently exceed their expectations.

Local excellence, global standards

We ensure we can benefit our clients by combining the highest global standards of business and law with local excellence of service and by maintaining the depth, quality and scale of resources necessary to meet our clients' needs whenever and wherever they arise.

Investing in talent

To deliver on our commitment to our clients, we recruit and develop the best people.  We believe that, by delivering great client service, we will be involved in the most interesting and challenging client work and, as a result, achieve the reputation and the high levels of profitability which are essential to attracting and retaining the best people.

An adaptable and approachable team

We believe in the power of collaboration, collegiality and teamwork and we have an open, approachable style.  We expect our people to be flexible and creative and to have the desire and drive to embrace new experiences and challenges.  We require everyone to put the interests of our clients and the Firm before their own.

Strength through diversity

We are proud of our firm and value the diversity of the people and cultures within it.  In our firm people succeed according to their merits.

Community

Our strength comes from our one firm approach and our partnership ethos.  They underpin our ability to deliver excellent client service and create a working environment where talented people can succeed.  We are ambitious for our clients and ourselves but we understand the importance of making a positive impact on the community at large.

An ambition for success

We are determined to be the leader of an elite group of international law firms and to be at the top of the profession in each market where we practice.  Our aim is to be regarded as one of the world's leading professional services organizations.

Thinking ahead

To be at the forefront of the legal profession requires foresight, a desire to share ideas and a willingness to have a voice on issues of importance.  We have the confidence to challenge existing thinking and to push boundaries.

Who We Are

As one of the leading international law firms, our work spans jurisdictions, cultures, and languages – and so do our people.

We believe every career at Clifford Chance should be rewarding and stimulating –  full of opportunities to learn, thrive, and grow. That’s why we’re so proud of our inclusive, friendly and collaborative approach to work. 

You’ll find our clients in commercial and industrial sectors, the financial investor community, governments, regulators, trade bodies, and not-for-profit organisations.

But no matter who they are or why they’ve reached out to us, we provide a world-class service every step of the way. And that’s possible thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit and conscientious approach to work that you’ll find across all our teams.

Whatever your area of expertise, Clifford Chance is a place where the brightest minds meet.

• MBA or advanced degree in a related field from a reputed institute

Equal opportunities statement

At Clifford Chance, we understand that our true asset is our people. Inclusion is good for our team and their families, our firm and society.

We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age.  This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment.

We have a variety of flourishing employee networks. These networks are a place for colleagues to share experiences and advocate for change wherever they see an opportunity for improvement.

Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity, an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm. 

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