Law Department Applications and Tools Mgr

Purpose:
Job ID: 49466

Department Description: Law Department-Processes, Tools and Quality Group

Responsibilities/Expectations: - Responsible for day to day training, program management, domain expertise, and process improvements for specific assigned law department eTool (s)
Responsible for practice area and regional support of eTool(s)
Responsible for the implementation of specific law department projects at the direction of the general law business operations director
Responsible for understanding specific eTool alignment to other LD eTools
Responsible for working closely with corporate IT groups to ensure that the Law Department and IT resources are coordinated
Responsible for vendor evaluation, contract negotiation & interface in conjunction with IT and the procurement organization
Initializing, planning (defining requirements), executing/managing, and closing projects
Completing projects within budget and on time while meeting client requirements
Building client and vendor relationships and stakeholder expectations, providing project leadership, leveraging project management tools, monitoring project performance, and understanding their projects strategic impacts and ROI to the law department.
Experience with SEI Level practices and DSS processes.
Experience with cross matrix interactions
Ability to communicate/influence clients
Ability to set and establish clear processes for tool implementation
Possess strong time management and project planning skills and be able to manage multiple simultaneous projects and strict deadlines. ^^

Knowledge Skills: The ideal candidate will have a green belt and/or black belt
Knowledge of functional area workings/requirements in law department and/or a law firm
Negotiation skills, business skills for pro/con evaluation.
Strong IT skills and knowledge/understanding
Strong program management skills
Broad skills/knowledge in all practice areas
Law Department experience a plus
REQUIREMENTS
Required Qualifications:
Experience Requirements:
(See Description)

Travel Percentage: 5%