Senior Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION

About Herbert Smith Freehills

As one of the world’s leading law firms, we advise many of the largest and most ambitious organisations across all major regions of the globe. With over 5,000 people, including 3,100 lawyers and over 2,000 business services professionals, operating from our global network of offices across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North America, Herbert Smith Freehills is at the heart of the new global business landscape providing premium quality, full-service legal advice.

We recognise that the success of our business and our clients relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. Our environment is one in which high performance is expected, in return, we will provide you with rewards and opportunities tailored to your personal and professional goals.

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 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.

In this role, you will be responsible for the delivery of digital projects, and as part of the firm's Digital Change team, they will play a major role in delivering the firm's Digital Ambition.

Your role will include:

Delivering outcomes

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.

Business partnering

Do this in close collaboration with projects' business owner(s) to ensure the design meets the needs of the business and identifies and addresses key risks in delivery.

Collaboration in team

As part of the senior members of the Digital Change team, 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.

Strategic input

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.

You will gain exposure to a wide range of blue-chip clients, innovative legal technology, global strategic projects, and best of all, work in a truly collaborative and caring culture, which is dedicated to offering an exceptional and rewarding experience to our people and clients.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

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.

Internal candidates should have a strong internal network and be well regarded by senior individuals within the firm.

Proven ability to develop a high performance team.

The team:

Our Digital Legal Delivery team combines the best analytical legal minds backed by investments in cutting-edge tools and technologists.

Continuing to support our clients, 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.

Leveraging experience to map the intersections where people and tech deliver results, our group supports businesses undergoing their own digitisation projects and those who seek freedom from the manual and inefficient processes of traditional legal services delivery.

Experienced at delivering large and complex legal services, we are experts in the delivery of data-intensive mandates.

Imagining possibilities, our Digital Legal Delivery group is implementing the best solutions today, while experimenting with emerging tools to understand their practical applications for tomorrow.

Evolving through design thinking, legal project management, advisory and new law frameworks, generative AI came as no surprise to HSF’s digital team, neither will the next big digital transformation.

What you can expect from us:

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 are client-centred, commercially driven, and renowned for our solution-focused expertise. We will align your growth with our ambitions.

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.

For more benefits on offer such as our 26 weeks paid parental leave, holistic wellbeing fund or home office allowance please click/ copy this link into your browser -

Join us to be part of a human, bold and outstanding team at Australia’s market leading law firm.

We encourage applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to First Nations, LGBTIQA+ and neurodivergent individuals, as well as individuals of all ages, cultures, genders, and abilities. We’re a safe, inclusive, and equitable workplace and celebrate the diversity of our people.

Team

Digital Legal Delivery

Working Pattern

Full time

Location

Melbourne

Contract type

Maximum Term Contract

Diversity & Inclusion

At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.

We understand that you have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to create a working environment based on mutual trust and respect, in which you can perform at your best whilst maintaining sustainable balance across your life.

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