Digital Transformation Lead

3 weeks ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Herbert Smith Freehills Full time

About Herbert Smith Freehills

We are a world-leading international law firm with a global team of over 5,000 professionals. As the market leader in Australia, we are committed to high performance, collaboration, diversity, and digital innovation. Our client-centric approach and commercially driven expertise make us renowned for our solution-focused advice.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Senior Manager (Digital Projects), Digital Change to join our new, global, Digital Legal Delivery practice to be based in Melbourne or Sydney. This is a 12-month maximum term contract.

As a Senior Manager within our Digital practice, you will play a lead role on a range of digital projects, bringing together multidisciplinary teams and consulting with stakeholders across the business to drive towards optimal digital solutions for the firm.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead successful teams to deliver digital projects that have a scale, positive impact on the firm: this will require the application of an analytical mindset and problem-solving approach to design and develop solutions.
  • Collaborate with projects' business owner(s) to ensure the design meets the needs of the business and identifies and addresses key risks in delivery.
  • Proactively share best practice and support peers where expertise or experience allows. Provide support and coaching for junior members of the team, acting as escalation points for issues within projects or for more general challenges or queries.
  • Be an active participant in project governance, primarily regarding the delivery of the relevant digital projects but also to provide broader input and insights into strategic / prioritisation decisions for the team and the firm.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 5 years' experience in digital transformation or a related field with proven track record of leading successful digital transformation initiatives and delivering measurable business impact.
  • Strong understanding of legal processes and associated technology.
  • Demonstrable experience of leading a team to deliver successful outcomes in a complex stakeholder environment – to encompass but not limited to problem identification and solution design.
  • Strategic, solution-focused thinker – able to balance a desire for perfection with the need to achieve progress.
  • Proven ability to develop a high-performance team.

About the Team

Our Digital Legal Delivery team combines the best analytical legal minds backed by investments in cutting-edge tools and technologists. We deliver a holistic response to clients and our problem solvers support businesses needing invention and fresh thinking from their legal advisers alongside the technical excellence you expect from a leading global law firm.

What We Offer

  • We're a world-leading international law firm with a global team of over 5,000 professionals. As the market leader in Australia, we are committed to high performance, collaboration, diversity, and digital innovation.
  • We make your personal and professional growth our business. And as part of the team, our ambition is yours too. Wherever you are in your career: grow and help the firm grow with you.
  • We will provide opportunities to learn on the job as well as a mix of learning opportunities tailored to you. Daily experiences, supportive challenges, team collaboration, mentors, and structured learning opportunities help you to expand your knowledge and reach your goals.
  • We value your wellbeing, both at home and work and we place a strong emphasis on mental health. If you need support, you'll have it and we'll empower you to harness your personal strengths, navigate uncertainty, embrace opportunities, and effectively manage things within your control.


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