Information Services (IS) Project Manager

Job title: Information Services (IS) Project Manager

About the Role The Information Services (IS) Project Manager leads visible, high-impact technology initiatives that support the firm’s legal and business operations. This role brings structure, judgment, and momentum to cross-functional projects—from definition through implementation—and partners with stakeholders and vendors to deliver on evolving business needs, including AI and emerging-technology initiatives. The incumbent ensures governance, readiness, and continuous improvement through planning, budgeting, risk management, and effective communications.

What You'll Do

• Develops an understanding of stakeholder processes and needs; supports business analysis activities, including requirements and use case definition, solution evaluation, and problem identification and resolution.
• Defines, estimates, and documents the scope of assigned technology projects in partnership with multi-functional teams and key stakeholders.
• Develops practical project plans that translate approved business needs into deliverables, timelines, budget considerations, resource needs, roles, dependencies, testing, and implementation activities.
• Manages project execution using project management best practices; tracks progress against schedule, budget, resource, scope, and quality; coordinates risk/issue management and testing; maintains clear day-to-day communications.
• Delivers on AI and emerging-technology initiatives by partnering with Business Relationship Managers and stakeholders to convert defined use cases and business needs into executable projects.
• Supports portfolio visibility by identifying cross-project dependencies, resource constraints, sequencing considerations, and delivery risks.
• Maintains governance artifacts and coordinates stakeholder readiness and transition to steady-state operations with business owners, BRMs, technical teams, and change management resources; participates in post-implementation review to assess adoption, benefits realization, lessons learned, and opportunities for continuous improvement.