Description
Job Title: Legal IT Project Manager – Business of Law Applications (Senior Consultant)
Location: London 3 days per week Duration: 6 month Fixed Term Contract (potential to extend)
Salary: £70,000 - £100,000 plus benefits (dependent on experience)
Start: ASAP
At Pace, our consultants genuinely care about the impact our work has on our customers and their customers alike. We are ‘problem solvers’ who call on our collective experience, knowledge and skills to support customers to access benefits early.
We are reimagining how consulting services are delivered, taking a human-centred approach, and our work is having a material impact on people's lives.
We are scaling rapidly - our clients are undergoing major global transformations, and we’re expanding our Consulting Project Management capability to match. We are seeking an exceptional Legal IT Project Manager to join our team and support a high‑profile law firm through a significant multi‑year transition.
Role:
As one of our Senior Consultants, you’ll be delivering projects in IT for a merger integration program at a global law firm focusing on business of law applications and different systems, working closely with different stakeholders across the business at a senior level.
Your experience will ideally include working on Business of Law Applications in the legal sector, and you will be able to demonstrate an element of subject matter expertise in legal workflows, confidentiality requirements and regulatory obligations.
What you’ll do:
The successful IT Project Manager will be able to demonstrate:
Essential:
Desirable:
What’s in it for you?
Company benefits include:
Your Pace team:
Pace is one of Europe’s fastest-growing UK-based management consultancies, transforming the industry with a focus on delivering measurable customer value.
Pace tackles complex challenges across the Legal, Central Government, and National Infrastructure sectors.
By optimising people and systems, we help organisations enhance efficiency, boost productivity, and achieve significant savings in time, cost, and resources.
At Pace, we recognise that we are only as good as our people. Apply today to find out about the great things we’re achieving together and the fun we have as a team.
Job Title: Legal IT Project Manager – Business of Law Applications (Senior Consultant)
Location: London 3 days per week Duration: 6 month Fixed Term Contract (potential to extend)
Salary: £70,000 - £100,000 plus benefits (dependent on experience)
Start: ASAP
At Pace, our consultants genuinely care about the impact our work has on our customers and their customers alike. We are ‘problem solvers’ who call on our collective experience, knowledge and skills to support customers to access benefits early.
We are reimagining how consulting services are delivered, taking a human-centred approach, and our work is having a material impact on people's lives.
We are scaling rapidly - our clients are undergoing major global transformations, and we’re expanding our Consulting Project Management capability to match. We are seeking an exceptional Legal IT Project Manager to join our team and support a high‑profile law firm through a significant multi‑year transition.
Role:
As one of our Senior Consultants, you’ll be delivering projects in IT for a merger integration program at a global law firm focusing on business of law applications and different systems, working closely with different stakeholders across the business at a senior level.
Your experience will ideally include working on Business of Law Applications in the legal sector, and you will be able to demonstrate an element of subject matter expertise in legal workflows, confidentiality requirements and regulatory obligations.
What you’ll do:
- Take ownership of our customer’s various Business of Law Applications projects
- Develop, maintain and monitor project plans, ensuring all project documentation is maintained and kept up to date such as floor plans, RAID logs and Change Orders
- Facilitate regular project meetings and produce clear, concise status reporting
- Manage change and communications to ensure successful project delivery
- Support technical teams in issue resolution and escalation management
The successful IT Project Manager will be able to demonstrate:
Essential:
- Proven success delivering IT projects in law firms
- Minimum 5 years project management experience, with experience establishing and adhering to clear project governance and reporting structures
- Ability to operate within a consulting environment, with strong stakeholder engagement skills and an ability to translate technical concepts for non‑technical audiences
- Systems integration experience, such as HRIS, CRM, intranet or Business of Law applications
- Advanced PPM tooling (MS Project/ Monday.com), PowerPoint and Excel skills for reporting and Exec‑level communication
- Legal industry or financial/ professional services experience
- Relevant program/ project management certifications (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, Agile)
Desirable:
- M&A integration experience
What’s in it for you?
- An opportunity to join a high-growth, scale-up consulting firm; we see an opportunity to make a material difference to how clients are served, and are on a mission to create environments that thrive for our clients.
- A dedicated focus on your individual personal development: managed through annual performance appraisals, individual personal development plans, and our bi-weekly ‘continuous conversations’ programme.
- Access to Corporate APM membership benefits and additional professional development through a personal training budget (subject to approval of a relevant business case)
Company benefits include:
- Pace pension scheme
- 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Private Healthcare*
- Life Assurance*
- Critical Illness*
- Holiday Purchase Scheme
- Electric Car Scheme*
- Cycle To Work Scheme*
- Birthday Day off, Paid Volunteer Day off
- Reservist Leave
- Enhanced Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave
- Work from Abroad policy
- Regular company and team events
- Discounted shopping with ADS Rewards
Your Pace team:
Pace is one of Europe’s fastest-growing UK-based management consultancies, transforming the industry with a focus on delivering measurable customer value.
Pace tackles complex challenges across the Legal, Central Government, and National Infrastructure sectors.
By optimising people and systems, we help organisations enhance efficiency, boost productivity, and achieve significant savings in time, cost, and resources.
At Pace, we recognise that we are only as good as our people. Apply today to find out about the great things we’re achieving together and the fun we have as a team.
