Project Manager

The role

This role sits in the Programme Management which is part of the Global Programme Group (GPG). The GPG is responsible for advancing and delivering many of these strategic programmes and related key components. As a member of this team, you will have the opportunity to work on varied and substantial projects and programmes that are integral to the delivery of the firm's strategy. The GPG is located in India and the UK and serves the firm's projects globally.

Who you will work with

Reporting into a Associate Director, you will operate as part of the Global Programme Group (GPG) in Clifford Chance - specifically the Project Management function.

What you will be responsible for

The Project Manager plays a pivotal role in driving the firm's business transformation agenda by ensuring the successful delivery of strategic initiatives that realise the benefits outlined in the Business Case. This role is accountable for managing the full project lifecycle—from initiation through to execution and closure—within agreed tolerances of time, cost, and quality. The Project Manager will lead the end-to-end planning, outcomes management, stakeholder engagement, risk management, and financial oversight of one or more complex projects, ensuring alignment with the firm's broader transformation objectives. This includes mobilising cross-functional teams, managing interdependencies, and navigating change to deliver sustainable business outcomes.

What you will do

The role incumbent will be responsible for delivering the full project lifecycle with a primary focus on benefit realization and will hold the following accountabilities:

• Provide day to day project team leadership and matrix management to motivate and inspire multi-discipline project teams to deliver project milestones according to agreed project schedules;
• Elicit business needs and requirements translating them into clearly documented application and operational requirements;
• Collaborate with technical teams and subject matter experts to establish the solution and analyze compromises between usability and performance needs;
• Contribute to the analysis, documentation and proposition of solution options ensuring the options are based on sound commercial and financial judgement;
• Ensure projects start, progress and finish with a defined and detailed scope including time, cost and governance parameters;
• Develops, reviews and gains agreement of project plans, allocates resources and work packages to accomplish project objectives;
• Provide and maintain the link between business requirements and the delivery plan;
• Ensure sufficient resources and skill sets are available in order to meet all project targets agreeing resource requirements throughout the project team with the relevant managers, escalating where necessary;
• Undertake cost management, in liaison with the finance and commercial support teams, including time, resource and cost forecasting with associated change management;
• Provide accurate project status reports against milestones, project expenditure against budget and benefit realization to all stakeholders;
• Plan and mitigate project risks to acceptable levels to ensure project objectives and deliverables are achieved, communicating all risk mitigation steps relevant stakeholders;
• Prepare and communicate various project related documentation including; Project Board information, project briefs, exception reports and options papers;
• Utilize the Clifford Chance project management methodology (the Delivery Framework) and project management tools to plan, manage and communicate throughout every stage of the project;
• Participate in the development and organic learning of the Clifford Chance Delivery Framework and project management techniques;
• Ensure projects comply with all internal Clifford Chance policies, procedures and regulations;
• Develop and execute project communication plans; and
• Contribute to the lessons learnt process and champion organizational learning.