Legal Project Manager Specialist

LPM Specialist

Insight Global is seeking an LPM Specialist to collaborate with the Client Value and Client Solutions teams, client relationship attorneys and other attorneys to ensure that matter budgets align with firm expectations, provide timely status and tracking analyses and recommendations if arrangements exceed agreed upon scope. The LPM Specialist supports the firm's matter management tool stack and serves as the day-to-day lead of the firm's budget management tool. In collaboration with Legal Project Manager(s) and the Senior Practice Innovation and Client Solutions Manager, the LPM Specialist develops best practices and evaluates new solutions to enhance the firm's matter and budget management capabilities. This position offers the opportunity to build expertise in legal project management tools while contributing directly to client satisfaction and firm profitability through insightful data analysis and thoughtful budget development. Essential Functions: Collaborate with the Client Value and Client Solutions team and attorneys to scope, analyze comparable data and develop compelling client budget proposals. Lead implementation of approved budgets into the firm's budget management application; serving as the subject matter expert on the dashboard and managing implementation of new features and updates. Utilize the firm's financial alerting system to establish budget alerts for matters, consulting with the Legal Project Manager as needed to escalate budget issues. Collaborate with attorneys to track legal budgets including, but not limited to tracking actions, staffing, timelines, deliverables, assumptions, and escalating activities when there are material changes in scope or status. Learn and apply knowledge of legal project management tools and systems (e.g., Clocktimizer, Iridium, BigHand). Work with the Legal Project Manager, attorneys, and clients to define requirements and develop custom budget reporting for external client portals. Prepare and manage financial and client status reports, as required. Collaborate to automate the firm's legal project management workflow and task/phase code groupings, including the creation of dashboards to create and update matter budgets, view matter status reports, and search historical data for future matter planning. Assist in the development and proliferation of best practices, tools, budget templates, and reference materials across the firm's client portfolio. Support effective communication strategies on projects/matters that foster a collaborative approach between project workstreams including between our lawyers and our clients. Support post project review and post-mortem assessments and recommend process improvements as appropriate. Build relationships and foster a collaborative approach when working with clients and across all departments. This role has a hybrid working arrangement. Potential candidates must live within commuting distance of our Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Dallas, or New York office. In this role, you will report to the Legal Project Manager. Compensation: $80K to $90K per year annual salary. Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education. Benefits are provided. We are committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.