Job role: Project Manager

Hours: Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:00 (35 hours per week)

Hybrid working with a minimum of two days per week office based

Happy to talk flexible working

Hill Dickinson are proud to be named as a Top Ten Employer for Working Families 2025 for the second year running and so, we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home life.

Team: Project Management Office

Location: Liverpool

Benefits: At Hill Dickinson we understand that incentives go far beyond a good salary, so we have created a comprehensive benefits package tailored around our people.

Here are some examples of what we offer:

• Annual leave starting at 25 days
• Annual bonus scheme
• Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown
• Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme
• 2 charity volunteering or pro bono days
• Optional private medical insurance via BUPA
• Annual fitness allowance
• Flexible pension scheme
• ISA saving scheme and independent financial advice
• Electric or hybrid vehicle lease scheme
• Medicash
• EAP with access to counselling
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Access to confidential, expert support via Fertifa in relation to reproductive health and wellbeing
• Access to 10 days fully subsidised emergency or back-up care per year via Bright Horizons.
• Life assurance
• Group income protection
• Annual travel season ticket loan
• Hybrid working and dress for your day policy
• Bespoke training and development opportunities

Role overview

Introduction to the role:

As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for delivering projects effectively, with a strong focus on planning, coordination, communication, dependency management, and the control of risks, scope and resources where required. This is a varied and fast-paced role, offering exposure to a broad portfolio of projects across technology, cyber security, and business change.

Our approach to delivery is flexible and adapts to the needs of each project, while maintaining a strong framework for governance, documentation, and reporting. You will manage multiple projects at the same time, maintaining control over scope, risks, issues, budgets, and dependencies to deliver successful outcomes.

We are looking for a motivated and experienced Project Manager who is confident working with a wide range of stakeholders and managing competing priorities. The successful candidate will bring strong organisational, problem-solving, and communication skills, together with the ability to lead, influence, and provide clear direction. You will also be comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders, facilitating project boards, and escalating issues where appropriate to keep delivery on track.

Introduction to the team

We are a firm-wide Project Management Office, made up of Project Managers, Business Analysts, QA Analysts and a PMO Analyst. We deliver a rolling portfolio of diverse projects across our Legal Business Groups (Health, Marine and Business Services) and Operational Directorates (IT & Cyber Security, Legal Technology & Data, Finance, Risk & Compliance, Human Resources, and Business Development & Marketing).

There are, on average, 20 projects in flight at any time, with budgets ranging from £0 for internal change-only projects to £500,000+ for large-scale transformation programmes. Over the past 12 months, this has included delivering cyber security enhancements, supporting estates projects such as the move to our flagship Manchester office, completing a firm-wide laptop refresh and Windows upgrade, redesigning our Active Directory service, upgrading backup and recovery systems, and supporting the rollout of the firm's recent rebrand.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of projects, from initiation through to business readiness, rollout, and BAU handover.
• Ensure all projects are initiated and governed in line with PMO standards, working closely with the PMO Analyst.
• Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders and the Portfolio team.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, ensuring alignment across internal teams and external suppliers.
• Manage third-party suppliers, including onboarding, contractual engagement, and delivery oversight.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts and QA teams to capture detailed requirements and define test approaches.
• Identify, allocate, and manage resources required to successfully deliver project outcomes.
• Monitor and control project scope, timelines, budgets, and dependencies, ensuring effective delivery.
• Proactively manage risks and issues, implementing mitigation plans and escalating where appropriate.
• Facilitate regular project meetings, including stand-ups, project reviews, steering groups, and project boards.
• Produce clear and concise project reporting, including weekly highlight reports and monthly board updates.
• Manage project change, including scope adjustments and timeline re-planning where required.
• Work with internal teams (Infrastructure, IT Support, L&D, LTI) to ensure smooth business readiness and adoption.
• Support the development of training materials and business communications to enable successful change delivery.
• Conduct lessons learned sessions and contribute to continuous improvement across the PMO.

What are we looking for:

Important criteria:

• A minimum of three years' experience in a Project Manager or similar delivery role
• Proven experience of managing multiple projects concurrently
• A strong understanding of project delivery practices, including planning, risk and issue management, and governance
• Experience of working with third-party suppliers and managing external delivery partners
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and influence at all levels of the organisation
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to prioritise competing demands effectively
• Experience of managing project budgets and tracking financial performance
• A confident written and verbal communicator, with experience of producing clear and structured project reporting
• The ability to lead project meetings, including steering groups and project boards
• A proactive approach, with the confidence to escalate issues and drive resolution

It would be beneficial for you to have some of the following:

• Experience of working within a legal or professional services environment
• Knowledge of legal processes and software such as Aderant, Clio, Intapp and iManage
• Knowledge of formal project management methodologies, such as PRINCE2 / Agile / Lean
• Experience of supporting organisational change, business readiness, and user adoption activities
• Experience of working with PPM tools such as Monday.com or similar

If you don't meet all of the criteria above but feel that you could add real value to Hill Dickinson, we encourage you to apply and if successful, we can help you develop along the way.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief.

We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths.

Hill Dickinson is an equal opportunities employer. All applications received by the firm will be considered based on their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background and from all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.

Disability Support

We are a Disability Confident employer, which means if there is anything that we can do to make your visit easier, so you are able to perform at your best, please let us know. You can contact the HR team at hrteam@hilldickinson.com should you require any adjustments to the application or interview process.

At Hill Dickinson, we welcome applications from individuals that are looking to return to the law as well as all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.

All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre-employment screening, including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service. Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all checks.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.